Happy Birthday Gary Shaw

[The Laughing Policeman]

Happy Birthday to a great player and now a good friend.
The man is a walking history of Aston Villa we often quiz each other and I can only remember catching him out once.
His Villa all time hero? Lord Brian of Little the man he replaced.
Sad to say that his knees still give him trouble and pain to this day.

Does he read on here? Tell him to take a look...maybe just at this thread, the others will have him pining for the good old days.

Not as far as I know although he knows I come on here.
The sad thing is although he goes to Villa Park to do some media match reports and for official functions he can't remember the last time he went to a game just as a fan.
I've tried to get him to come in the Holte with me and some of our friends but he's always been reluctant to come  'because he doesn't want to cause a scene.' Believe it or not he's a fairly shy person.

[pooligan]

Happy Birthday Gary Shaw ,great player and a nice bloke. As the song went," Gary Shaw,Gary Shaw,when he gets the ball,he's bound to score,Gary Shaw ,Gary Shaw.

[VancouverLion]

My favourite Player of all time and my idol as a kid. Had the same hair cut (wedge) wore the same boots and insisted I was number 8 in the school team.

Happy Bitrhday Gary Shaw you're a legend mate!

[martin o`who??]

A tragedy for English football to rank alongside Gascoigne in my opinion, superb player at every level he ever played at. We`ll never know, but we can only guess what might have been, but a European cup-winners medal plus a league championship isnt a bad legacy. Sigh!!!....

[Witton Warrior]

Happy Birthday to a great player and now a good friend.
The man is a walking history of Aston Villa we often quiz each other and I can only remember catching him out once.
His Villa all time hero? Lord Brian of Little the man he replaced.
Sad to say that his knees still give him trouble and pain to this day.

Does he read on here? Tell him to take a look...maybe just at this thread, the others will have him pining for the good old days.

Not as far as I know although he knows I come on here.
The sad thing is although he goes to Villa Park to do some media match reports and for official functions he can't remember the last time he went to a game just as a fan.
I've tried to get him to come in the Holte with me and some of our friends but he's always been reluctant to come  'because he doesn't want to cause a scene.' Believe it or not he's a fairly shy person.

Get Tayls to take him in the Upper Trinity and show him how it's done ;-)
Gary, Gary give us a wave!

[manic-road]

Happy birthday Gary Shaw Villa legend.

Shame injuries stopped him fulfilling his potential.

[WarszaVillan]

A fantastic player and a real Holte hero. However, I also remember the stick he got from the fans at times when his form dropped.we love our own, but also tend to give them a hard time.

[Dr Butler]

I might be miles off, but wasn't it Maradona who wanted Gary's shirt after one game ?

UTV
The Doc

[Billy Walker]

Better looking than media darling George Best and with the medals to match.  European Young Player of The Year, too, the kid had the lot! It's a cliche but what on earth would he be worth now?   Marketing-wise and talent-wise Gary Shaw had the world at his feet before injury struck.

 A sincere Happy Birthday to you,  Mr. Shaw.

[PeterWithesShin]

It was the Bravo Award he won. Look at the company he is in though!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bravo_Award

[Dr Butler]

It was the Bravo Award he won. Look at the company he is in though!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bravo_Award

2001 Owen Hargreaves...wow.

UTV
The Doc

[darren woolley]

One of my favourite Villa players Happy Birthday Gary.

[Mortimer's Bear]

Before my time but still see him as a Villa legend, happy birthday!

[simon ward 50]

Always be part of our greatest day in history!