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https://ilnobilecalcio.it/2024/10/04/lultimo-sogno-di-gary/ REMO GANDOLFI Il nobile calcio Ott 4, 2024 Gary Shaw. Tra le bandiere dell’Aston Villa, debuttò in squadra nel 1978 rimanendovi quasi ininterrottamente, salvo un breve prestito al Blackpool, per un intero decennio . Pur a fronte della giovane età, nei primi anni 1980 partecipò da protagonista – nonché da unico giocatore nativo della città, Birmingham – al maggior ciclo di successi dei Villans dalla Seconda guerra mondiale, contribuendo coi suoi gol alla vittoria del campionato di First Division 1980-81, affermazione che mancava al club da ben 71 anni , nonché ai primi trionfi continentali dello stesso con la Coppa dei Campioni e la Supercoppa UEFA messe in bacheca nel 1982 , aprendo nell’ultimo caso le marcature nella finale di ritorno contro il Barcellona. Nella nostra antologia, vogliamo inserire questo articolo di Remo Gandolfi, dal titolo “Gary Shaw: quel maledetto ultimo sogno”… “Chi dice che i sogni non si realizzano? Qu...

Supersub Jhon’s strike a fitting tribute to Villa hero of 1982 JHON Duran struck a 79th-minute winner to leave Aston Villa fans – including Prince William – jumping for joy. The Colombian striker came off the bench to send Vincent Kompany’s Bayern Munich packing. Duran has scored six this term and all but one of have come as a sub as Villa won the rematch of the 1982 European Cup final on a night they paid tribute to Gary Shaw, a hero of that side. 3 Oct 2024 - Daily Express By Neil Moxley VILLANS WIN IS PURE VINTAGE Duran is hero as Emery’s men repeat glorious night IT WAS a night no Aston Villa fan will ever forget. The night when this wonderful old club wrote the start of a new chapter in their glorious European history. Of course it had to be supersub Jhon Duran who was the hero, as his 79th-minute wonder goal lit up Villa Park as Unai Emery’s heroes saw off one of European football’s heavyweights. It was Duran’s sixth goal of the season and five have come from him being a substitu...

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...

PETER SCHNEIDER/AP▼  Jacob Ramsey scores a bizarre goal to double Aston Villa’s lead Tielemans leads Villa triumph at Young Boys in flying start 18 Sep 2024 - The Guardian BEN FISHER Wankdorf Stadium An hour before kick-off the few hundred Aston Villa supporters admiring the view from their seats cheered the first rendition of the Champions League anthem over the speakers and their mood was similarly jubilant after watching their team ruthlessly dispatch the Swiss champions on their first foreign assignment at this level for 41 years. It was fitting that Jacob Ramsey, who joined Villa’s academy at six years old, got on the scoresheet as the travelling supporters sang the name of the late 1982 European Cup winner Gary Shaw, another homegrown hero and the youngest member of that revered team, from start to finish. Ramsey’s strike, scored in comical circumstances, was bookended by fine strikes from the Belgium pair Youri Tielemans and Amadou Onana. The game was anything but uneve...

Gary Shaw has passed away  (Image: Photo by Rusty Cheyne/Allsport/Getty Images/Hulton Archive) https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gary-shaw-dead-aston-villa-29941519 by Taboola Aston Villa icon Gary Shaw made 213 appearances for his boyhood club across a decade Aston Villa legend Gary Shaw has died at the age of 63. Shaw had been in a serious condition in hospital after suffering a head injury as the result of a fall. Widely regarded as one of the best Villa forwards in the club’s 150-year history, Shaw made 213 appearances and scored 79 goals in claret and blue. Kingshurst-born Shaw spent a decade at his boyhood club after starting his apprenticeship with Villa in 1977. In 1981, having contributed 18 goals to Villa's League Championship triumph, he was voted PFA Young Player of the Year. He also played a key role in the club's European conquest a year later. Shaw played in seven of the club's eight matches before the final with Bayern, where he...

17 Sep 2024 - The Guardian Ben Fisher Unai Emery has said Aston Villa plan to dedicate victory to Gary Shaw if they beat Young Boys in the Champions League after the 1982 European Cup winner died yesterday aged 63. Shaw fell seriously ill this month after being hospitalised with a head injury. Shaw was part of the Villa side that won the First Division in 1981 and then the European Cup and European Super Cup . He is regarded as one of Villa’s greatest forwards and was the only local player in the team that beat Bayern Munich in Rotterdam in 1982 in the European Cup final. Villa return tonight to European football’s most prestigious club competition 41 years after they last played on the stage in the 1982-83 European Cup quarter-finals against Juventus, when Shaw featured . Emery, asked if Villa would like to dedicate victory to Shaw if they win in Berne, replied: “Yes, yes, I think it’s sad and we can use it as another motivation. “My condolences to the family and all the supporters a...

As Aston Villa return to Europe’s elite competition, we catch up with some of the squad who won the 1982 final 17 Sep 2024 - The Guardian Ben Fisher ‘I speak now to some fans who were there and they say:  we didn’t know who the hell you were’ From page 38 Nigel Spink, goalkeeper: The first thing I must say is we are all devastated to learn of Gary Shaw’s death. Gary was such a big part of Villa and the club’s European Cup success. My role in the win over Bayern Munich in the 1982 final was a much more unexpected one. The whole scenario for me was surreal because back then there was only one substitute in the league, so a goalkeeper was never on the bench. I played for the reserves in the old Central League and my only other first-team game had come in 1979. Having five substitutes in the European Cup was a novelty. As subs, we thought we were highly unlikely to get on. Then I came on nine minutes in because Jimmy Rimmer was injured. I didn’t have a chance to get nervous. There were...

17 Sep 2024 - The Guardian Ben Fisher ‘He never mentioned what he achieved – he was so humble’    - Gabby Agbonlahor, Former Aston Villa forward Gary Shaw, one of Aston Villa’s 1982 European Cup heroes, has been described as “a hero on and off the pitch” after his death at the age of 63. The former striker fell seriously ill this month after being admitted to hospital with a head injury. He was part of a revered Villa side that enjoyed unparalleled success in the early 80s, winning the First Division in 1981 under Ron Saunders and in 1982 the European Cup and the European Super Cup. His performances earned him the accolade of Professional Footballers’ Association Young Player of the Year in 1981 and European Young Player of the Year in 1982. He was included in England’s 40-man preliminary squad for the 1982 World Cup in Spain but missed out on a final spot in the 22-man squad. He is regarded as one of Villa’s greatest forwards having scored 79 goals in 213 appearances for the ...

Former striker sustained head injury this month Shaw was European Young Player of the Year in 1982 Ben Fisher The Guardian - Mon 16 Sep 2024 14.39 CEST Gary Shaw, one of Aston Villa’s 1982 European Cup heroes, has died aged 63. The former striker fell seriously ill this month after being hospitalised with a head injury. Shaw was part of a revered Villa side that enjoyed extraordinary and unparalleled success in the early 80s, winning the First Division in 1981 under Ron Saunders and in 1982 the European Cup and European Super Cup. His performances earned him the accolade of Professional Footballers’ Association Young Player of the Year in 1981 and European Young Player of the Year in 1982. He was included in England’s 40-man preliminary squad for the 1982 World Cup in Spain but missed out on a final spot in the 22-man squad. Shaw made seven appearances (and two goals) for England’s Under-21s. He is regarded one of Villa’s greatest forwards having scored 79 goals in 213 appearances for...

Victories over Arsenal and Manchester City were highlights of season that has produced club’s highest finish for 28 years Peter Lansley The Guardian - Sat 18 May 2024 19.00 CEST The Sky Sports cameras on celebrity watch as Aston Villa homed in on booking their Champions League place with the 3-3 draw against Liverpool on Monday eventually looked beyond Hollywood and royalty. “It’s only taken them 30 years to recognise me,” says Gary Shaw, a 1982 European Cup winner and Villa Park press-box regular, with a chuckle. “They’ll be panning up saying: ‘There’s Tom Hanks’ or ‘There’s Prince William.’ Finally, they noticed I’m there.” So are Villa. Back among the continent’s elite for the first time since Tony Barton’s European champions subsequently reached the quarter-finals, bowing out to Juventus in March 1983. “I’m a Villa supporter since I was a kid and to have won the biggest club trophy you can as a player was incredible,” Shaw says. “Now, to qualify for the competition – you wouldn’t...