| Colin Viljoen 23:30 - Jun 20 with 1279 views | Miaow |
78 today. |  |
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| Colin Viljoen on 23:43 - Jun 20 with 1235 views | armchaircritic59 |
He'd do a good job in the PL. Class player. Unfortunately a few years past his best. Happy Birthday Ace! |  | | |
| Colin Viljoen on 06:53 - Jun 21 with 1038 views | Colin_Viljoen |
As you might guess, my favorite player of that era!
Happy Birthday Ace! |  | | |
| Colin Viljoen on 07:53 - Jun 21 with 987 views | britbiker |
My first favourite town player. |  | | |
| Colin Viljoen on 10:34 - Jun 21 with 911 views | mellowblue |
| Colin Viljoen on 07:53 - Jun 21 by britbiker |
My first favourite town player. |
Viljoen and Whymark were my faves as a 10-12 year old. He just used to slow the game down to his tempo. Sublime passer of the ball in all ranges. Absolutely pulled the strings in midfield with the likes of Talbot and Morris doing the donkey work. |  | | |
| Colin Viljoen on 14:03 - Jun 21 with 838 views | Scuzzer |
| Colin Viljoen on 07:53 - Jun 21 by britbiker |
My first favourite town player. |
Me too.
One that I tried to emulate when a young player in my teens. Wonderful passer of the ball. |  |
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| Colin Viljoen on 14:08 - Jun 21 with 834 views | Radlett_blue |
| Colin Viljoen on 06:53 - Jun 21 by Colin_Viljoen |
As you might guess, my favorite player of that era!
Happy Birthday Ace! |
Yes, when I started watching Town in 1971, Viljoen was clearly our best player. A shame his Town career ended acrimoniously, with Robson bringing him back for the last league game of the 1977-78 season, with a view to playing him in the FA Cup Final. Viljoen wasn't too popular with his team mates & they made sure this was his last game for Town. [Post edited 21 Jun 16:56]
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| Colin Viljoen on 14:27 - Jun 21 with 807 views | blueoutlook |
Ace! |  | | |
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| Colin Viljoen on 16:59 - Jun 21 with 672 views | Meadowlark |
For the first few seasons of my Town supporting years Viljoen was by far our best player. When he played well it was contagious and the rest of the team played well too. But even on his off days he was magnificent.
Happy Birthday Colin.
(I saw a picture of him somewhere online earlier today - but I really don't think it was him in the photo. Anyone else see that?) |  | | |
| Colin Viljoen on 03:35 - Jun 22 with 532 views | pablovien |
| Colin Viljoen on 07:53 - Jun 21 by britbiker |
My first favourite town player. |
Ditto.
Colin had silky smooth skills and adapted seamlessly to playing with a variety of different partners in midfield, including Danny Hegan and Ian Collard, as well as Peter Morris and Brian Talbot. I remember that he used to do a lot of stretching exercises before kick off, in an era when no-one else did. He was ultimately very unfortunate with knee injuries that were not treated as effectively as they would be nowadays.
Thank you for the memories, Colin. | | | |
| Colin Viljoen on 03:57 - Jun 22 with 517 views | Bluespeed225 |
| Colin Viljoen on 03:35 - Jun 22 by pablovien |
Ditto.
Colin had silky smooth skills and adapted seamlessly to playing with a variety of different partners in midfield, including Danny Hegan and Ian Collard, as well as Peter Morris and Brian Talbot. I remember that he used to do a lot of stretching exercises before kick off, in an era when no-one else did. He was ultimately very unfortunate with knee injuries that were not treated as effectively as they would be nowadays.
Thank you for the memories, Colin. |
Yes, he was one of those injuries in 77/78 , along with Whymark, Beattie and Hunter, that made that season a struggle. Was he injured much in 76/77? I know Beatties bonfire was costly post Easter, that was a season we were right in the mix. | | | |
| Colin Viljoen on 06:12 - Jun 22 with 488 views | kiwiblue |
| Colin Viljoen on 03:57 - Jun 22 by Bluespeed225 |
Yes, he was one of those injuries in 77/78 , along with Whymark, Beattie and Hunter, that made that season a struggle. Was he injured much in 76/77? I know Beatties bonfire was costly post Easter, that was a season we were right in the mix. |
Cricket 78only 6 years older than Me but was watching him in the 70s. Great player and have a great birthday Ace |  | | |
| Colin Viljoen on 06:56 - Jun 22 with 473 views | Churchman |
| Colin Viljoen on 10:34 - Jun 21 by mellowblue |
Viljoen and Whymark were my faves as a 10-12 year old. He just used to slow the game down to his tempo. Sublime passer of the ball in all ranges. Absolutely pulled the strings in midfield with the likes of Talbot and Morris doing the donkey work. |
Good summary. That’s how I remember him. A terrific all round player.
363 appearances, 54 goals. His prime looking at Pride of Anglia was 1967-1975. But stats don’t quite tell the story of how good he was. Robson’s first good side tends to get overshadowed a bit by the events that followed, but it really was a top team. CV was integral to it as well as our early years establishment in Division 1. |  | | |
| Colin Viljoen on 07:54 - Jun 22 with 437 views | DJR |
I think he was also a decent cricketer, perhaps befitting his South African heritage.
I certainly remember seeing and coming close to him (along with a couple of other players: Mick Lambert?) at a cricket match at Ransomes' sports ground in Sidegate Avenue.
It must have been around 1975. |  | | |
| Colin Viljoen on 11:36 - Jun 22 with 382 views | Radlett_blue |
| Colin Viljoen on 03:57 - Jun 22 by Bluespeed225 |
Yes, he was one of those injuries in 77/78 , along with Whymark, Beattie and Hunter, that made that season a struggle. Was he injured much in 76/77? I know Beatties bonfire was costly post Easter, that was a season we were right in the mix. |
Viljoen pretty much missed the 1976-77 season after undergoing achilles surgery. He'd only played 13 times the previous season, presumably because of this injury. He made the field for his testimonial game, but his career was coming to an end. We certainly mugged off Man City when we got £100k for him. | |
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