Player #477
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Career Status:
1959-60
1961-62
Retired
Norman Ashe
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1960-61 🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 2 | #477 |
Season :
1959-60 | 1960-61 | 1961-62 |
Age :
15 | 16 | 17 |
Division :
D2 | D1 | D1 |
Squad # :
# | # | # |
Appearances :
1 | 0 | 4 |
Starts :
1 | 0 | 4 |
Substitute :
0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused :
0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals :
0 | 0 | 0 |
Assists :
0 | 0 | 2 |
Involvements :
0 | 0 | 2 |
Games / Goal :
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Bookings :
0 | 0 | 0 |
Sendings Off :
0 | 0 | 0 |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Norman James Ashe
Birth Date
16 November 1943
Birth Place
Bloxwich
Birth Country
England
🏴
Citizenship
🏴
England
Villa Youth
1959-61 Aston Villa Youth
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
Brierley Hill Schoolboys
1959-61 Aston Villa Youth & Reserves
Football League Second Division, First Division
Original Transfer
Aged
15
From
Aston Villa Youth
For
Youth
On
July 1959
Under
Joe Mercer 🏴
Returning Transfer 1
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Returning Transfer 2
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
19
Rotherham United
£2,000
March 1963
Joe Mercer 🏴
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
1962-64 Rotherham United
🕒 6 | ⚽ 1 | (League)
1964-69 Nuneaton Borough
Southern League Premier Division
1969-73 Falmouth Town
South Western League
1973-75 Porthleven
South Western League
1975-76 Illogan RBL
South Western League
1976-78 Falmouth Town
Western League Premier Division
1978-82 Truro City
South Western League
1982-85 Falmouth Town
Western League Premier Division, South Western League
1985 Retired aged 42
Norman Ashe
Villa Career
1960-61 | Youth |
Football League First Division,
🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 2 | #477 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
Joe Mercer 🏴 1960, 1961
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
September 1961
Under
Joe Mercer 🏴
First Squad
2 January 1960
Manager
Joe Mercer 🏴
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1959-60
2 January 1960
Swansea City (a), Division Two
16
Joe Mercer 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1961-62
28 October 1961
Birmingham City (h), Division One
17
Joe Mercer 🏴
Final Squad
28 October 1961
Manager
Joe Mercer 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
Not selected
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Not selected
Caps with Villa
Norman Ashe
Player #476 for Aston Villa, Norman James Ashe, known as Norman Ashe, played as an outside right for the club.
Norman played for Villa between 1959-60 and 1961-62 making 5 appearances.
Norman was born in Bloxwich, just 10 miles from Villa Park, on 16 November 1943 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 2 January 1960 aged just 16.
Villa may have had an up and down time on the pitch during the 1950s however one thing the club got very right was their youth policy of which Norman Ashe was a product.
Dubbed ‘Mercer’s Minors’ the group included Alan Deakin, Charlie Aitken, John Sleeuwenhoek, Harry Burrows, Mike Tindall and Alan Baker. Although Norman wasn’t the most successful of the ‘Minors’ he had sterling influence over three spells with Cornish side Falmouth Town.
Before that however Villa had signed Norman from Brierley Hill Schoolboys in July 1958 and he signed professional forms with the club in November 1960.
Norman made just the one appearance as Villa took the Second Division Championship and won promotion back to Division One at the first attempt.
Norman would not feature at all in the following season and would only return to the first team in 1961-62 making 4 appearances and playing his final game for Villa on Saturday, 28 October 1961 still only 17 before moving on to Rotherham United for a fee of £2,000.
Norman played under manager Joe Mercer.