Villa turn on the style in a fitting tribute to Shaw
IN the week Aston Villa lost a homegrown hero, it was fitting that another local boy should shine so brightly on their return to Europe’s grandest stage.REX/EPAGrinning feeling: Tielemans celebrates after scoring Villa’s opener before Ramsey makes it two (left) 18 Sep 2024 - Daily Mail TOM COLLOMOSSE in Bern Throughout their team’s win over Young Boys, the 1,600 Villa fans who travelled to Bern sang the name of Gary Shaw, who died on Monday aged 63. One of the club’s finest forwards, Shaw was a vital part of the Villa side who lifted the European Cup in 1982 and though Jacob Ramsey has some way to go to emulate that, he is on the right track. Like Shaw, Ramsey has progressed through the youth ranks at Villa and the midfielder claimed the vital second goal seven minutes before half-time. Earlier, Youri Tielemans had become the first Villa player to score in this competition — now rebranded the Champions League — since Peter Withe in the quarter-final defeat by Juventus in March 1983. Am