User:Mountaincirque/sandbox

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Didcot to do:

-North Wessex Downs AONB, Chilterns edge -Thames Valley Royals under sport, brief
-Expand Military section, 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment RLC and Pillbox (military) with pics
-Edgar Andrews, materials scientist, prof. UoL
-Patrick Abercrombie, Sir, architect, proposer of Crossrail idea, born in Aston Tirrold
-Aston Tirrold: Steve Winwood based there...?
-Poohsticks
-surrounding villages, the ridgeway, Blewbury fort
-Robert Wintour, gunpowder plot, reverted to crown http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-448000-189000 -Stonor Family, famous catholic recusants http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-448000-189000/page/1, great ref here: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol3/pp471-475#fns - Great Western Mainline station, designed by Brunel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone_beam_computed_tomography

Villa to do:

• Ballon D'Or nominated players: Platt, McGrath (3), and Martinez.
• investigate the players in this image: [[1]]
• Pongo Waring - article needs a lot of work/expansion for one of the all-time club greats
• Len Capewell - doesn't even have an infobox and no refs other than AVPD

• Aston Villa Under-23s and Academy: add 1960 apprentice scheme start date: [2]
• 'colts' team during WW1 [3]
• Birmingham Charity Cup play]]
• National Five-a-Sides (England), 1980 winners

The reserve side joining up in the Second World War and playing in their German prison camp.

Junior side as early as 1887, who played against Queen's Park: [4]

There was a junior side in the Birmingham and District AFA in 1957: https://www.hattersheritage.co.uk/sites/default/files/Programme_2720.pdf

"Mercer's Minors" in the early 1960s. Comments on 1-4th sides in the 1960s: [5]

JImmy Hogan cosching the juniors: [6]

England youth players from here: [7]

Youth players that went on to play for England: Agbonlahor, Allen,

Use this great link to find youth players who left: [8]

County honours:

1. Warwickshire Combination Western Division 1959-60 [9]
2. Birmingham and District Football League (amateur side)
3. Birmingham Combination "reserve 'A' side"
4. Birmingham Charity Cup (Lord Mayor's)
5. Staffordshire County Cup (reserves?)
6. Birmingham Senior Cup
7. Staffordshire Senior Cup (reserves after 1950s, need to double check the 1954 side) [10]
8. Worcestershire Senior Cup
9. Walsall Senior Cup
10. Midland Floodlit Cup (Youth)
11. Southern Junior Floodlit Cup (Youth), finalists in 1981 at least
12. The Central League
13. Dusseldorf youth tournament 1972 [11]

Add players from this article: [12]

Aston Villa Academy Players

Zak Brunt

Shane Paul, 8/22/06 for Scunthorpe

John McGrath (Irish footballer), 2001 debut

Bobby Park (footballer, born 1946), 1960s debut

Harry Burrows, 1959

Charlie Aitken (footballer, born 1942), 1961 debut, played 2 years in reserves/youth including FA Youth cup campaign 1959-60, joined age 17.5

Mike Tindall (footballer)

Alan Deakin

John Sleeuwenhoek

Mick Wright (footballer, born 1946)

Wilson Briggs, 1960s debut

Ivor Linton, 1970s debut

Ian Olney, 1980s debut

Trevor McCallum, 1980s

Graham Fenton

Rory Hale

Tommy Mooney

Callum Stretch needs adding to academy list, has played for Puerto Rico

Roy Stark (footballer), needs page creating, 1970s, played 2 matches for seniors and then went to Canberra, 1972 FAYC Winner

FA Youth Cup winning sides - important place to check along with 'seasons' squads.

Noel Blake

Jamie Searle

Benjamin Mensah

Richard Burgess (footballer)

Joe Edwards (footballer, born 1990)

Ray Walker (footballer, born 1963)

Roy McDonough

Alan Lee (footballer)

+James O'Connor (footballer, born 1984)

+Michael Husbands

+Courtney Cameron

+Elliot Parish

	Player	DOB	Position	First-Team Debut	First-Team Appearances	First-Team Goals	Current Club
	Tony Dorigo	2 December 1978	Defender	2 January 1999 (vs Hull City)	1	0	Halesowen Town
	Gary Shaw	2 December 1978	Defender	2 January 1999 (vs Hull City)	1	0	Halesowen Town
	Tony Daley	2 December 1978	Defender	2 January 1999 (vs Hull City)	1	0	Halesowen Town

+Brendan Ormsby (1970s)

+John Gidman (1970s)

+Erik Lund (footballer)

+Sam Williams footballer)

+Andras Stieber

+Jimmy Brown (footballer, born 1953), (1960s)

+Moustafa Zeidan

+Ian Olney debuted 1988

+Ollie Bassett 2015

+Dave Norton

+Brian McClair

+Lloyd Dyer

+Kevin Poole

+Graham Fenton

+Mark Walters

+Colin Gibson

+Adam Rachel

+Mark Jones

+Gary Williams

+Paul Birch

+John Deehan

+Brian Little

+Jonathan Bewers

+Gordon Cowans

+Damian Bellon to avfc academy graduates, Greek Superleague

+erik lund, sweden international

+Danny Earls, MLS player

+Steve Froggatt

+Magnus Troest

+Rushian Hepburn-Murphy

+Shane Lowry

+Joseph Mills

+Steve Hunt

+Lew Chatterley

+Dominik Hofbauer

+Ray Walker (footballer, born 1963)

+Alan Baker - 16 at debut

+Wally Hazelden - 16 at debut

+Dicky York, very early days, signed as an amateur/reserve

George Graham

Academy Players of the 1960s

Bobby Park (footballer, born 1946)

Harry Burrows

Academy Players of the 1950s

Roy Chapman

Ron Atkinson