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Youth
Appearances

0

Youth
Goals

47

Reserve Appearances

19

Reserve
Goals

31

Senior
Appearances

1

Senior
Goals

Youth Appearances

Reserve Appearances

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๐ŸŸฅ 28 Mar 1989 Manchester City 2-0 Villa

Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 5 Sep 1989 Liverpool 1-3 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 9 Oct 1989 Villa 4-3 Everton

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 18 Oct 1989 Notts County 0-6 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฅ 26 Oct 1989 Manchester City 3-2 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 30 Oct 1989 Villa 3-0 Oldham

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸจ 6 Nov 1989 Villa 1-1 Coventry

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 16 Nov 1989 Villa 6-0 Wolves

Birmingham Senior Cup 2nd Round

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 20 Nov 1989 Villa 3-0 Blackburn

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฅ 29 Nov 1989 Newcastle 1-0 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 6 Dec 1989 Hull 1-3 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 11 Dec 1989 Villa 4-2 Leeds

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸจ 19 Dec 1989 United 2-2 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 2 Jan 1990 Villa 6-3 Liverpool

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฅ 18 Jan 1990 Huddersfield 3-2 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฅ 22 Jan 1990 Villa 1-3 Bradford

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸจ 7 Feb 1990 Blackburn 2-2 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 12 Feb 1990 Villa 5-0 Newcastle

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฅ 19 Feb 1990 Leicester 1-0 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฅ 6 Mar 1990 Everton 2-1 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฅ 8 Mar 1990 Villa 0-1 Atherstone United

Birmingham Senior Cup Semi-Final

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 12 Mar 1990 Villa 5-0 Notts County

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 27 Mar 1990 Oldham 1-2 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 2 Apr 1990 Villa 5-0 Hull City

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฅ 9 Apr 1990 Forest 2-0 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 11 Apr 1990 Leeds 1-5 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸจ 18 Apr 1990 Villa 0-0 United

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 24 Apr 1990 Coventry 1-5 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸจ 26 Apr 1990 Villa 0-0 Sheffield United

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 30 Apr 1990 Villa 4-0 Derby

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 29 Aug 1990 Villa 2-1 Liverpool

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 3 Sep 1990 Villa 1-0 Manchester City

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸจ 10 Sep 1990 Villa 1-1 Derby

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฅ 20 Sep 1990 Wednesday 4-1 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 24 Sep 1990 Villa 3-1 Rotherham

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 23 Jan 1991 Derby 3-4 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 30 Jan 1991 Blackburn 0-1 Villa

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸจ 4 Feb 1991 Villa 0-0 Coventry

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฅ 25 Feb 1991 Villa 0-1 Newcastle

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 4 Mar 1991 Villa 1-0 Blackburn

Pontins Central League Division One

Reserves

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๐ŸŸจ 23 Sep 1991 Villa 0-0 Coventry

Pontins Central League

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 5 Oct 1991 Liverpool 2-4 Villa

Pontins Central League

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 10 Oct 1991 Villa 2-1 Manchester City

Pontins Central League

Reserves

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๐ŸŸจ 19 Oct 1991 Villa 2-2 Everton

Pontins Central League

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 22 Oct 1991 Rotherham 0-2 Villa

Pontins Central League

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฅ 2 Nov 1991 Villa 1-3 Albion

Pontins Central League

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 4 Nov 1991 Bradford 0-1 Villa

Pontins Central League

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 9 Nov 1991 Villa 7-1 Liverpool

Pontins Central League

Reserves

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๐ŸŸจ 11 Nov 1991 VS Rugby 0-0 Villa

Birmingham Senior Cup 2nd Round

Reserves

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๐ŸŸจ 13 Nov 1991 Bolton 1-1 Villa

Pontins Central League

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 20 Nov 1991 Blackburn 0-2 Villa

Pontins Central League

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฅ 25 Nov 1991 VS Rugby 1-0 Villa

Birmingham Senior Cup 2nd Round Replay

Reserves

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๐ŸŸจ 27 Nov 1991 Villa 0-0 Leeds

Pontins Central League

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 4 Dec 1991 Sunderland 1-2 Villa

Pontins Central League

Reserves

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๐ŸŸจ 18 Dec 1991 Forest 1-1 Villa

Pontins Central League

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 15 Jan 1992 Wednesday 2-3 Villa

Pontins Central League

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 20 Jan 1992 Villa 4-1 Forest

Pontins Central League

Reserves

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๐ŸŸฉ 9 Mar 1992 Albion 0-2 Villa

Pontins Central League

Reserves

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Personal Profile

Nigel Callaghan

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Winger

Winger

12 September 1962

Singapore ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ

Singapore ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ

England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ

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Nigel Ian Callaghan

Career Progression

Nigel Callaghan

1989-91 Aston Villa First Team
1989-92 Aston Villa Reserves

Peak Villa

First Team

Youth Career

0

Youth
Appearances

Nigel Callaghan

0

Youth
Goals

Did Not Graduate from Youth Team

Reserve Career

47

Reserve Appearances

Nigel Callaghan

19

Reserve
Goals

1991-92 PCL ๐Ÿ•’ 15 | โœ… 14 | ๐Ÿ” 1 | โšฝ 4 | ๐Ÿ‡บ0 |
1990-91 PCL ๐Ÿ•’ 10 | โœ… 10 | ๐Ÿ” 0 | โšฝ 2 | ๐Ÿ‡บ0 |
1989-90 PCL ๐Ÿ•’ 17 | โœ… 17 | ๐Ÿ” 0 | โšฝ 11 |

1991-92 BSC ๐Ÿ•’ 2 | โœ… 2 | ๐Ÿ” 0 | โšฝ 0 | ๐Ÿ‡บ0 |
1989-90 BSC ๐Ÿ•’ 2 | โœ… 2 | ๐Ÿ” 0 | โšฝ 2 |

1988-89 Rsv ๐Ÿ•’ 1 | โœ… 1 | ๐Ÿ” 0 | โšฝ 0 |

First Team Career

Nigel Callaghan

31

Senior
Appearances

1

Senior
Goals

W Nigel Callaghan | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Aston Villa 1989-91 | ยฃ650k |
๐Ÿ•’ 31 | 27 (4) | โšฝ 1 | ๐Ÿ”ฅ 4 | ๐Ÿ‡บ 1 | #659 |
๐ŸŸฉ 7 | ๐ŸŸจ 9 | ๐ŸŸฅ 15 |
Cards ๐ŸŸจ 1 | ๐ŸŸฅ 0 |

Squad Honours

Nigel Callaghan

๐Ÿฅˆ 1991-92 Pontins Central League Runner Up

Previous Clubs

Nigel Callaghan

1980-87 Watford ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Football League First Division, Second Division
๐Ÿ•’ 195 | 187 (8) | โšฝ 39 |

1987-89 Derby County ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Football League First Division
๐Ÿ•’ 58 | 58 (0) | โšฝ 6 |

Transfer In

Nigel Callaghan

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1988-89

Derby County ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ

ยฃ650k

1 January 1989

25

Graham Taylor ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ

Loans Out

Nigel Callaghan

1990 Derby County ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Sep 1990 to Dec 1990
Football League First Division
๐Ÿ•’ 12 | 12 (0) | โšฝ 1 |

1991 Watford ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Mar 1991 to May 1991
Football League Second Division
๐Ÿ•’ 12 | โšฝ 1 | (League)

1991 Huddersfield Town ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Jan 1992 to May 1992
Football League Third Division
๐Ÿ•’ 8 | โšฝ 0 | (League)

Subsequent Clubs

Nigel Callaghan

1992 Retired aged 29

Transfer Out

Nigel Callaghan

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1991-92

Retired

Released

10 March 1992

29

Ron Atkinson ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ

Career Notes

Nigel Callaghan

March 1992: Contract terminated three months ahead of its expiry

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

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The Trophy Cabinet

Domestic:โ€จ
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League Champions: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81โ€จ
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FA Cup Winners: 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57
โ€จ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96โ€จ

Europe:
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European Cup Winners: 1981-82
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European Super Cup Winners: 1982-83โ€จ

Other Domestic:โ€จ
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Second Division Champions: 1937-38, 1959-60
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Third Division Champions: 1971-72โ€จ

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Other Europe:

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Intertoto Cup Winners: 2001-02โ€จ
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Peace Cup Winners: 2009

Reserve Leagueโ€จ:
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Premier Reserve League Champions: 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12โ€จ
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Central League Champions: 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

Reserve Cup
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Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24 โ€จ
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NextGen Series Winners: 2012-13โ€จ
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Premier League Cup Winners: 2017-18

Youth League:
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u18s Premier League Champions: 2024-25
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u18s Premier League National Champions: 2024-25
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u18 Premier League Tier Two Champions 2016-17
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u18 Premier Academy League Academy Group B Champions: 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010-11
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u18 Premier Academy League National Champions 2007-08
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u17 FA Premier Academy League Champions: 1999-00, 2003-04
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Midland Youth League Champions: 1989-90, 1994-95, 1995-96

Youth Cup:
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FA Youth Cup Winners: 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
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Midland Youth League Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1994-95
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Midland Youth Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98
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Southern Junior Floodlit Cup: 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1993-94

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