Remembering Johnny Green, road manager & friend of The Clash, amongst others. He was a long term supporter of Rock Against Racism & Love Music Hate Racism over 40 years, being heavily involved in getting the band to play the 1978 carnival. Step lightly, stay free. @AntiRacismDay
Aston Villa Football Club is deeply shocked and profoundly saddened to learn that Gary Shaw, one of our European Cup-winning heroes, has passed away.
Gary was one of our own, a talented striker who delighted supporters with his goalscoring exploits which helped fire Villa to success in the 1980s. Individual accolades would also follow for a player who was idolised by many on the terraces.
He passed away peacefully earlier today surrounded by his family, who asked Aston Villa to release a statement on their behalf.
The thoughts of everyone at the club are with Gary’s family and loved ones at this extremely difficult time.
Sadly I’m not optimistic this will make any difference to the IOPC investigation.
But it should make many more people understand what went on, understand the police officers’ actions and, I hope, realise how dangerous it is to rush to judgement on selectively edited video clips