ASTON VILLA talisman Ollie Watkins has made a career out of shocking people.
And no one was more astonished than the boss of non-league Weston-super-Mare when Watkins arrived on a month-long loan only to perform a one-man salvation act.
Weston were struggling in the National League South in December 2014 so manager Ryan Northmore gave his old pal and Exeter City chief Paul Tisdale a call.
Northmore said: "I rang Tis, who I played under at Team Bath and said, Mate, I need some goals'.
"He was kind enough to loan me Ollie and Matt Jay - just to give them some senior experience before going back into the fold at Exeter.
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