MARC Albrighton and Gary Gardner created a wave of excitement when they dropped in at Boldmere Primary on Monday to promote the Aston Villa’s Tickets for Schools scheme.
But which soccer stars or footballing flops popped into the playground or attended assembly during your school days?
We posed that question on Twitter and here are your responses:
@matkendrick None of you beat me being pictured in the Halesowen News with Martyn Bennett & Simeon Hodson when they opened our school astroturf!
@Craiged123 mark davies bolton wanders went to my school everyday.... Yes he was a pupil :-)
@Tom P the one and only @DionDublinsDube... But I missed it!
@Pete Moxon Roger Hynd of Walsall coached some after school training sessions.
@gary_avfc86 I went to primary and secondary school with Wolves legend (in his head) Greg Halford, now of Portsmouth
@colgan89 Craig gardener came to my school, he wasn’t invited tho.....
@r1874 didn’t he go to ever school? Used to put it about a fair bit in the 80’s
@Denty73 played footy with dwight yorke and David platt in their agents garden (tony Stephens) when I was about 15
@RichardYallop Tommy Johnson once came to my junior school.
@_seandeane Sean Deane I had Neil Lennon in Belfast if that comes close...
@brettatkinsUTV I built fibbersley park primary school with ivor Linton does that count?
@PetitSinge82 Stuart Slater, ex West Ham legend
@Gurdo Gurdip Thandi PE teacher told me Carl Lewis was coming to our school. Imagine my dismay when Alum Rock born Ainsley Bennett walked in...!
@MattB88 never had any footballers at school but I met Andy Townsend in JD Sports in Burton Town»
@DanB5826 Neil cox visited our primary school and Stan Staunton my cubs group back in the day
@IanMSanders i went to school with martyn bennett
@Claire1573 I feel left out. No footballers came to my school but I did meet the cast of Crossroads #thrilled
@UTVilla Tom a man called Mr Morris came into my school,not sure who he was but he wore Predators & had a pic of him with Shearer
@RMOZ81 went to school with and played many a time with Simon King
@VillaDude Dalian Atkinson. His nephew went to my school. The reason why I started supporting villa! #AVFC
@aaronsagar no footballers, but we had Wolf from gladiators open the school fete! #wouldvepreferedshadow
@DJ_Pricey Peter withe used to coach us at our junior school with his son but was working for blues then in the 90’s
@dirk1978 Carlton Palmer went to my school and I helped him to dig his mom and dad’s garden.
@adcasey never had a player, but we had deadly doug!
@seanavfc Ugo Ehiogu he was then my favourite Villa player for years!
@majd1975 The great Dalian Akinson went to my old school. He held just about every sporting record going! #playgroundplayers
@leedogg13 oh jeez...none to school, lived ten doors from Allan Evans for years. Mellberg and angel were at my kids school everyday.
@adamavfckelcey we had Simon sturridge and dean pear coach our junior school football team at marsh hill school, erdington.
@greenkeeperdave dave I once had a certificate given to me by Roy aitkin at butlins in ayr when I was 11 ......34 years ago ;) #iknowitsnotschool ;)
@DaveResuggan No footballers but David Wilkie came during P.E. and said ‘lot of kids in this school called Umbro’... Oh how we
@JimWillz Someone called ‘Brown’ who played/plays for Reading. There’s a signed shirt of his in the fitness suite...
@martygabel Tony Currie’s son used to go to our school for a bit -- does that count? #playgroundplayers
@craigk816 if its any consolation I played in the same school team as Michael Ricketts. I think i was better just wasn’t 6ft 2 tall
@88DanniJ gabby came to my old primary school BBQ, I believe his sister that worked at the school at the time!
@Brooksta72 Peter Withe, but then again his son went to the same school...
@Alberto_Aveiro I went to the same school as Graeme Le Saux in Jersey, but not at the time. He never wrote, called or visited.
@simonlbostock i used to mow dion dublins next door neighbours grass!!
@topcat3566 Fatima Whitbread. Never was sure who he played for?
@Rossvilla David Platt, Paul McGrath
@Kellboy1 Robbie Savage’s caravan used to be parked close by our house
@ScottA_Linforth Ashley Young used to live 5 minutes from my house, once met him in the local chippy. Nice guy haha
@leedogg13 none to my school, but lived ten doors from Allan Evans for years. Kids school, saw mellberg and angel every day.
@paulypaulvilla we had Gary shaw visit us
@deanmoulder guy whittingham! Evesham born and bred. His mum lived on the same road as my nan. Prestige.
@claireperkins80 I was on the back of the evening mail with a petition to drop charges against Bosnich after the incident at White Hart lane!
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