Happy Birthday To Ray Graydon!

Happy days. Growing up being a villa fan was fantastic. Promotion. League cup (thanks Ray) Promotion (what a day at home to Sunderland). League Cup. League. European champions. 2 league cups. And then David James dropped that ball. I thought we were unbeatable in finals until then. Happy birthday Ray! My first great villa memory. Still have the newspaper cutouts.
 
I remember as a kid getting one of those sticker books and Ray Graydon was described as an "orthodox winger". I asked my mate what the hell orthodox meant. He said, it means "really good". To this day whenever I hear the word orthodox I think of Ray Graydon.
 
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I used to live in the same street as Ray Graydon when he was at Oxford United and went to primary school with his daughter for a year.

I was too young to appreciate this fact.
 
Loved Ray Graydon but orthodox was he shite he was anything but many a time Iv'e seen him run with the ball from right wing to left wing and back again he did some odd things at times but what a player.Then on the other wing we had Frank Carrodus who would beat five players round the keeper then trip over the ball. Fuck me whatever happened to those days when football was so much fun. Happy birthday Ray and thanks for those very special memories.
 
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