Player #524
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1967-68
1970-71
Retired
Brian Godfrey
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1967-71 🕒 159 | 156 (3) | ⚽ 23 | 🔥 22 | 🇺 2 | #524 |
Season :
1967-68 | 1968-69 | 1969-70 | 1970-71 |
Age :
27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
Division :
D2 | D2 | D2 | D3 |
Squad # :
# | # | # | # |
Appearances :
35 | 41 | 30 | 53 |
Starts :
35 | 41 | 27 | 53 |
Substitute :
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Unused :
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Goals :
13 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Assists :
6 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
Involvements :
19 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
Games / Goal :
2.69 | 5.86 | 10.00 | 0.00 |
Bookings :
0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Sendings Off :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Brian Cameron Godfrey
Birth Date
1 May 1940
Birth Place
Flint
Birth Country
Wales
🏴
Citizenship
🏴
Wales
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
1958-60 Everton
Football League First Division
🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | (League)
1960-63 Scunthorpe United
Football League Second Division
🕒 87 | ⚽ 24 | (League)
1963-67 Preston North End
Football League Second Division
🕒 127 | 126 (1) | ⚽ 52 | (League)
Original Transfer
Aged
27
From
Preston North End
For
£35,000
On
29 September 1967
Under
Tommy Cummings 🏴
Returning Transfer 1
Aged
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From
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For
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On
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Under
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Returning Transfer 2
Aged
n/a
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For
n/a
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Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
31
Bristol Rovers
Exchange
June 1971
Vic Crowe 🏴
Transfer Out 2
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Transfer Out 3
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Subsequent Clubs
1971-73 Bristol Rovers
Football League Third Division
🕒 81 | 79 (2) | ⚽ 16 | (League)
1973-75 Newport County
Football League Fourth Division
🕒 118 | 117 (1) | ⚽ 14 | (League)
1975 Portland Timbers
NASL
🕒 20 | ⚽ 3 | (League)
1975-78 Bath City
Southern League Premier Division
🕒 27 | ⚽ 2 | (League)
1978 Retired aged 38
Died
11 February 2010, Aged 69
Brian Godfrey
Villa Career
1967-71 | £35k |
1967-70 Football League Second Division, 1970-71 Football League Third Division,
🕒 159 | 156 (3) | ⚽ 23 | 🔥 22 | 🇺 2 | #524 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
Tommy Cummings 🏴 1967-68
Arthur Cox 🏴 1968
Tommy Docherty 🏴 1968-70
Vic Crowe 🏴 1970-71
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
Transfer In
Under
Tommy Cummings 🏴
First Squad
30 September 1967
Manager
Transfer In
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1967-68
30 September 1967
Middlesbrough (a), Division Two
27
Tommy Cummings 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1970-71
4 May 1971
Reading (h), Division Three
31
Vic Crowe 🏴
Final Squad
4 May 1971
Manager
Vic Crowe 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
Wales
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
🕒 3 | ⚽ 2 |
Wales
Caps with Villa
🕒 0 | ⚽ 0 |
Brian Godfrey
Player #523 for Aston Villa, Brian Cameron Godfrey known as Brian Godfrey played as a forward for the club.
Between 1967-68 and 1970-71 Brian made 159 appearances and scored 23 goals.
Brian was born in Flint on 1 May 1940 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 30 September 1967 aged 27.
Villa had signed Brian from Preston North End for £35,000 along with fellow Prestonian Brian Greenhalgh in September 1967.
Scoring on his debut and hitting 13 goals in 35 games promised much especially given the overall direction of the contemporary Villa side however Brian would score just 10 times in his next 124 games for the club dashing any hopes of a new terrace legend being created.
Despite his lack of goals Brian was highly valued by his managers and his final boss, Vic Crowe, handed him the captaincy for 1970-71 League Cup final against First Division Spurs.
That however was to prove Brian’s swansong and he would make his final appearance for Villa on Tuesday, 4 May 1971 aged 31 before moving on to Bristol Rovers in June 1971 with Ray Graydon coming the other way.
Brian passed away on 11 February 2010 aged 69 of leukaemia.