Paul McGrath had fans jumping to their feet and texting on their mobiles as he made a very welcome appearance at Villa Park.The man dubbed 'God' for his fantastic feats of stopping brilliance clearly hadn't lost any of his amazing appeal as supporters showed their appreciation at half-time.The roar from the crowd was immense as McGrath stepped out on to his old stomping crowd to lend his support to official club charity Acorns.And he further endeared himself to the claret and blue faithful when he told pitch announcer Russ Morris that Villa Park was "my second home."Click here to check out all the images of McGrath's appearance.As well as receiving unbounded adulation, the former defensive ace also called on the crowd to raise money for Acorns via Vodafone's JustTextGiving mechanism.His heartfelt plea obviously worked with over £6,800 raised on the day.In fact, supporters can still donate by texting 'AVFC12 £3' to 70070.Elinor Eustace, Acorns corporate partnerships manager, said: "A huge thanks to Paul McGrath and Villa for making this possible."This new service from JustTextGiving means we get every penny the fans donated and the money is spent directly on supporting local life-limited children."It costs over £8m per year to run our three hospices and we rely on voluntary donations for over 80% of our income so this is a huge boost to our fundraising."On behalf of everyone at Acorns, thank-you very much to everyone who has donated."Click here to check out all the images of McGrath's appearance.
Brian Little said he quite likes the ''Going Back'' cover.
I was glad to hear the Oooh Aaah chant drown out that shite song about his demons. The great man deserves better than that.
McLEISH out.....................................
PM got the biggest cheer of the day it just sums up life at VP at the moment.McLEISH out.....................................
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