If Whitts played for Villa nowadays he wouldn't have dropped to the championship.

We were still in the football dark ages then with far more emphasis on physicality over skill. In today's technique-biased game and massive squads, he'd have only come to Cardiff for cup finals.

Weren't Villa a top 6 team in those days whilst Southampton we a mid-to-bottom team ? Anyway, LeTiss was the next level, but again not physically quick enough for football in those days to be considered "great", a bit of a side show highlights reel player.

DJ encouraged and then allowed the artist to perform, but Malky wanted his ten pieces of gold from him and turned him into a professional footballer who he managed to squeeze every last drop out of.

Malky got us promoted, DJ didn't.

I go to football to watch players do things i can only dream of, nearly every game Whitts made me smile