Name: Steve Aldridge
Nickname: Aldo, The Swede, Fighting Machine
Born: December 5th 1965 (with a bang, in Oxford)
Weight: 15st -16st depending on snicker bar attacks
Height: 5ft 10"
Position: Front Row
Job: Firefighter
Education: Hailey Road primary, Woodgreen, Witney RFC and H.M Royal Marines
First Season 1980/81
1980 Witney Colts - The Best Ever !.
No of Games 266
For 1st XV 138
Number of Tries 13
Tries for 1st 6
Captain 1sts 1997/98, 2nds 93/94
Match Day Superstitions "Vic in my eyes",
"Vasolene up my ass - preferably by a new boy",
"Always tap the bridge of my nose just before kick off".
Most Admired International Player

"Jason Leonard, a great ambassador of the game, his International commitment speaks volumes." ……. Whatever that means !
"Brian Moore, Pit Bull, he took no crap of anyone.".

Most Admired Witney Players "Mark Serle, Norm gives everything and asks for nothing. Always makes me smile "
"Richard Herbourn, will play strong in any position in the back line and can install confidence in any team.

Favourite Rugby Tour "Swanage 1981, my first aged only 16" "Paris 1985, Isle of Mann, Cornwall, Hungary, they all hold special memories ! but sorry, what happens on Tour, stays on Tour !"
Most Embarrassing moment on the Pitch "Being turned over in a tackle - a pet hate."
Most Embarrasing moment off the Pitch

"Earliest rugby moment, Swanage Tour 1981, being caught by Richard Dolan and Dave Wilsker on the first morning in a shop queue about to buy a washing up bowl to be sick in ! They dragged me out, stuck my over a bridge and since then, I've been a really good boy, ask anyone".

Best Match for Witney Witney 1sts v Banbury 1sts in the County Cup
"Will never forget after the game, Goz got us all together and we turned to the crowd, a special moment". "Witney supporters at a Cup game are such a boost".
Witney XV
Gibbons, Dunbar, Herbourn, Snow, Breary, Grant, Wilsker(D), Aldridge, Hoyle, *Gosling, Serle, Chatterton, Townsend, Campbell, Godfrey(M)
Repl : Wicks(D), Strutt, Rawlings, Smith(A)
Scorers : Brearey(try), Grant(4 pens)
Worst Match for Witney "Last game of the season 97/98 when we beat Slough and thought we'd stayed up, only to be defeated minutes later when we heard Chippy had won".
How to improve training "Get the forwards away earlier to get on with what we do best".
Remaining Rugby Ambitions "To keep on playing as best I can until Harry is old enough to start. After that, it will be time to put a little of what I have learned into the boys game. See you soon at mini's and junior's !".
Miscellaneous