Mick was the guide on my two tours of Villa Park and he was wonderful - friendly, warm and knowledgeable. He was as much a part of the club as any player and exactly the type of person you would choose to represent the Villa to visitors.
I was chatting to him on the train back fromMonaco to Nice in January and he was on good form. He looked healthy and said he had a new job at one of the hotels at the NEC. Pointedly he said they were looking after him better than the Villa had done.
I wish him good health and hope he’s on the road to recovery.