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Post by crouchpotato1 on Sept 16, 2024 13:12:47 GMT
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Post by lordb on Sept 16, 2024 13:22:17 GMT
RIP
cracking player
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Post by wuzza on Sept 16, 2024 13:29:23 GMT
Blimey thats another shocker. Always thought of him as a blonde youth causing chaos in defences alongside Peter Withe.
RIP.
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Post by huuuuuth on Sept 16, 2024 13:35:16 GMT
Great player.
None of us know what’s round the corner
RIP
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Post by outspaced on Sept 16, 2024 14:02:07 GMT
Remembering the blonde hair and boyish looks and a real handful for defenders. Great partnership with Peter Withe. RIP.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Sept 16, 2024 14:04:48 GMT
He never celebrated much or smiled but right at the end of the title season he scored V someone and took off on a mad celebration . Broke character totally
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Post by bangorstokie on Sept 16, 2024 14:10:22 GMT
Gary Shaw, Gary Shaw,
Gary, Gary Shaw,
When he gets the ball he’s sure to score,
Gary, Gary Shaw.
That’s the song I remember the Villa fans singing.
Brilliant player, one of the better players at the time, never to play for England.
RIP.
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Post by durbanscircus on Sept 16, 2024 15:24:09 GMT
I feel that part of my youth has just passed on there , always smiling, working class kid from a strong Blues neighbourhood with the wedge hair cut playing for his families team in Claret and Blue. Fantastic player who glided over the pitch even when it was knee deep in mud. I think his passing is harder because he is frozen in time, his career limiting injury came before his 23rd Birthday so we never saw him age on the pitch.
I think its a testament to him is that he appears to be liked both South and North of the City. He was sociable in the drink and made many friends attending charity and youth football events whenever asked. Perhaps unenviably he has one of the most bizarre football chants to his name. At a Birmingham derby in front of the Tilton he attempted to do an overhead kick and got nowhere near the ball. As he hit the ground he was serenaded with the chant " Who the Shaw, Who the Shaw , Who the Shaw is Gary Fuck"
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Post by kerouac on Sept 16, 2024 15:28:21 GMT
As straight as I am,I quite fancied him….always wanted my hair like his and what a graceful footballer.RIP. ….
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Post by Wizbit on Sept 16, 2024 15:28:34 GMT
RIP Gary great player in a great team gone too soon
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Post by Northy on Sept 16, 2024 15:30:04 GMT
RIP, a great player for Villa, always a joy to watch him play against someone else, but not us.
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Post by tony harrison on Sept 16, 2024 15:52:21 GMT
What a great player he was. I was staying in Birmingham at the time he was a prolific player for Villa. Even went to one of their matches against Man City.
Unfortunately his career was cut short through injury, but I do remember he scored many brilliant goals.
RIP.Condolences to family and friends.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Sept 16, 2024 16:04:48 GMT
Didn't he get a bad injury at a young age?
Did he go to Shrewsbury or was that David Geddis?
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Post by Bagwash on Sept 16, 2024 16:48:42 GMT
R.I.P.Gary....very sad.
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Post by lordb on Sept 16, 2024 16:49:14 GMT
Didn't he get a bad injury at a young age? Did he go to Shrewsbury or was that David Geddis? Yes and yes Edit: they both went to Shrewsbury under Chic Bates |
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Post by silsdenstokie on Sept 16, 2024 16:52:05 GMT
RIP Gary
Great player 8n that great Villa team of the early 80s
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Post by Roger Everyone on Sept 16, 2024 16:53:16 GMT
Big name from back in the day, I am sure the Lego box at my mum's house which my brother plastered in football stickers has one of him on the side. Note to myself, I must get the space Lego out one day 🙂 Rip Gary
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Post by dadger on Sept 16, 2024 17:28:32 GMT
Brilliant footballer back in the day rip
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Sept 16, 2024 18:14:48 GMT
Super player in a wonderful team (although Tony Morley was always my fave.)
Had an excellent career.
RIP.
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Post by sportsman on Sept 16, 2024 18:19:54 GMT
RIP Gary.
I remember when I was young and stood behind the goal at the old boothen and I remember the song Gary Gary Shawn, when he gets the ball he does fuck all Gary Gary shaw.
Well he certainly did more than fuck all.
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Post by JoeinOz on Sept 16, 2024 22:40:01 GMT
RIP Gary. I remember when I was young and stood behind the goal at the old boothen and I remember the song Gary Gary Shawn, when he gets the ball he does fuck all Gary Gary shaw. Well he certainly did more than fuck all. I remember him laughing about that song. RIP. |
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