Stan Collymore has paid an emotional tribute to Gary Shaw, whose dying was introduced as we speak, describing the previous Aston Villa striker as a “actual life superhero”.
Shaw handed away on the age of 63 after struggling head accidents in a fall at house.
He’s finest remembered for scoring 18 targets as Villa received the league in 1981 and forming a deadly strike partnership with Peter Withe because the membership went on to win the European Cup 12 months later.
Collymore, who grew up a Villa fan, wrote on X: “Pricey Gaz.
“I wished to play soccer due to you. I like Villa due to you.
“Once I was 11 I requested my Mother if I might have a blonde wedge due to you. Her wry “I don’t assume we are able to do this, Son” will stick with me as one in all my abiding reminiscences of her, too.
“You had been an actual life superhero.
Pricey Gaz
I wished to play soccer due to you.
I like Villa due to you.
Once I was 11 I requested my Mother if I might have a blonde wedge due to you( 😂). Her wry “I don’t assume we are able to do this, Son” will stick with me as one in all my abiding reminiscences of her, too.
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— Stan Collymore (@StanCollymore) September 16, 2024
“I want I’d have achieved extra through the years to befriend you, you understand. I so want I’d have been capable of elaborate why you had been and are so particular and to inform you that a lot extra usually than I did.
“You made somewhat boy dream massive, fall in love with you, our membership and the attractive recreation. You had been my hero on the pitch however most significantly my hero off it. The loveliest of males.
“Relaxation in peace, ledge.
“All of my heroes are Villans.”
