70

Youth
Appearances

53

Youth
Goals

110

Reserve Appearances

63

Reserve
Goals

114

Senior
Appearances

21

Senior
Goals

Ian Olney

First Team

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Forward

Ian Douglas Olney

Role

CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #657 |

Position

Born

Forward

17 December 1969

Birthplace

Country

Citizenship

Height

Foot

Luton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

(6 ft 1 in) 1.86 m

Transfer Notes

July 1986: Aged 16, 1st Year YTS professional

Transfer In

Transfer In:

1986-87

Aston Villa Youth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Youth

1 July 1986

Graham Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Transfer Out

Transfer Out:

1991-92

Oldham Athletic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

£804k

1 July 1992

Ron Atkinson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Previous Clubs

Ian Olney

Previous Clubs:

Ebley FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
-1986 Aston Villa Youth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Loans Out

Ian Olney

Loans Out:

None

Subsequent Clubs

Ian Olney

Subsequent Clubs:

1992-96 Oldham Athletic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 £0.81m
Premier League, Football League First Division
🕒 56 | 52 (4) | ⚽ 14 |

1996-97 Kidderminster Harriers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Free
Football Conference

1997-00 Without Club

2000-01 Forest Green Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Football Conference
🕒 2 | 0 (2) | ⚽ 0 |

2001 Retired

Career Progression

Ian Olney

1986-88 Aston Villa u18s
1986-92 Aston Villa Reserves
1988-92 Aston Villa First Team

Peak Villa

First Team

Youth Career

Ian Olney

70

Youth
Appearances

53

Youth
Goals

1987-88 Yth 🕒 38 | ✅ 36 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 38 |
1986-87 Yth 🕒 30 | ✅ 28 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 14 |
1985-86 Yth 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 |

Reserve Career

Ian Olney

110

Reserve Appearances

63

Reserve
Goals

1991-92 PCL 🕒 14 | ✅ 13 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 9 | 🇺0 |
1990-91 PCL 🕒 9 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 3 | 🇺0 |
1989-90 PCL 🕒 7 | ✅ 7 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 6 | 🇺0 |

1991-92 BSC 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺0 |

1988-89 Rsv 🕒 25 | ✅ 24 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 20 |
1987-88 Rsv 🕒 29 | ✅ 21 | 🔁 8 | ⚽ 13 |
1986-87 Rsv 🕒 25 | ✅ 20 | 🔁 5 | ⚽ 12 |

First Team Career

Ian Olney

114

Senior
Appearances

21

Senior
Goals

CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1988-92 | Youth |
🕒 114 | 83 (31) | ⚽ 21 | 🔥 7 | 🇺 26 | #657 |
🟩 49 | 🟨 26 | 🟥 39 |
Cards 🟨 7 | 🟥 1 |

Squad Honours

Ian Olney

🥈 1989-90 Football League First Division Runner Up
🥈 1991-92 Pontins Central League Runner Up

PL2: Premier League 2
FAPL: FA Premier Reserve League
PLP: Pontins League Premier Division
PLD1: Pontins League Division 1
PLD2: Pontins League Division 2
EFLT: EFL Trophy
UYL: UEFA Youth League
BSC: Birmingham Senior Cup
PLC: Premier League Cup
PLIC: Premier League International Cup

u18PL: u18 Premier League
MYL: Midland Youth League
FAYC: FA Youth Cup
u18PLC: u18 Premier League Cup
MYC: Midland Youth Cup
MYLC: Midland Youth League Cup
SJFC: Southern Junior Floodlit Cup

Reserve & Youth Appearances