Paul McGrath

[Quiet Lion]

Feck me...my heart was racing a bit when I read the thread title. Thought something might have happened to him. 51...still a lot to live for. Hope he reminds himself of that when he needs to.

Sadly I thought the same

[Lsvilla]

With no game until tomorrow this has been the obvious weekend for organising the christmas tree - and so it came to be that a star was hung at the top of ours.................the wife thinks its a sign of gifts to come but without realising it i am chuffed to know i was marking the birthday of the most special player i have seen in claret and blue. the footage of past performances always makes the eyes go moist - just as the book did. a true legend

[Martyn Smith]

Wish he was 20 years younger right now...

[gervilla]

The greatest. Happy Birthday God.

[regular_john]

Is there any decent footage of Paul McGrath knocking about on the web? I've seen the Italy footage a million times, but I'd like to see some more of his time in claret and blue. I've had a look on youtube and I can't find anything. I was only a nipper when God was blessing us with his presence so I can't remember too many of his games.

[garyshawsknee]

Best Villa player of my lifetime,after reading his book though it's suprising he's still with us,really hope he can pull his life around once more.

[lordmcgrath5]

He'll always be the greatest to me. (Belated) happy birthday, Paul.