Popular Post SirSteveUK Posted April 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2019 (edited) Just a quick post to wish our oldest living former player (and last survivor of the 57 Cup team) a very Happy 85th Birthday on Thursday 25th . . Edited April 25, 2019 by SirSteveUK 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 My first Villa hero. I was just too young to see Gerry Hitchens play but the first match I went to was the 1961 League cup final second leg against Rotherham. Packy scored the winning goal as we overcame a 0-2 deficit from the first leg, Loved him ever since. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ciggiesnbeer Posted April 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2019 Thread title had me worried there. Happy birthday! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 7 hours ago, SirSteveUK said: Just a quick post to wish our oldest living former player (and last survivor of the 57 Cup team) a very Happy 85th Birthday on Thursday 25th . . I started supporting Aston Villa in 1956. Peter McParland was an instant hero. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NIVillan Posted April 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2019 1 hour ago, AntrimBlack said: I started supporting Aston Villa in 1956. Peter McParland was an instant hero. Was at Windsor Park on Monday for the the tour and my son got very excited when he saw the 1958 Section and it feature Peter McParland. He is 12 and McParland is a hero to him as he came from Northern Ireland and scored in the Cup Final. Also I informed my boys while on the tour that Danny Blanchflower was also a Villan, so when it came to going in one of the suites they didnt want to go in the George Best Suite but the Blanchflower Suite Tour Guide said they have never had that before. We ended up looking around both. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 22 minutes ago, NIVillan said: Was at Windsor Park on Monday for the the tour and my son got very excited when he saw the 1958 Section and it feature Peter McParland. He is 12 and McParland is a hero to him as he came from Northern Ireland and scored in the Cup Final. Also I informed my boys while on the tour that Danny Blanchflower was also a Villan, so when it came to going in one of the suites they didnt want to go in the George Best Suite but the Blanchflower Suite Tour Guide said they have never had that before. We ended up looking around both. Is your boy a Villan as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIVillan Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 (edited) 36 minutes ago, AntrimBlack said: Is your boy a Villan as well? Both are Only ones at their School, plus on the summer football camps they always seem to find one of the coaches who is a bluenose to torture. Youngest wears his Villa Goalkeeper Kit every week for football practice. Edited April 25, 2019 by NIVillan 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John Posted April 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2019 Many happy returns Peter. A true club legend! It would be nice to see him take a round of applause at one of our last two home games of this season, if he is able to make one of them. We don't do as much as we perhaps should, as a club to honour our greats. Like Ron Saunders, Peter should have something at the ground he graced named after him. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VILLAMARV Posted April 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2019 First player ever to score in and win both domestic cup finals (FA Cup '57 - League Cup '61) No Villa player has ever scored more World Cup goals either. His 5 in 1958 got N.Ireland through to the quarter finals, including the winner in extra time in a play-off against the Czechs. 1 hour ago, John said: A true club legend! This. Happy Birthday indeed. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 7 hours ago, NIVillan said: Both are Only ones at their School, plus on the summer football camps they always seem to find one of the coaches who is a bluenose to torture. Youngest wears his Villa Goalkeeper Kit every week for football practice. Well done. You brought them up well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 6 hours ago, John said: Many happy returns Peter. A true club legend! It would be nice to see him take a round of applause at one of our last two home games of this season, if he is able to make one of them. We don't do as much as we perhaps should, as a club to honour our greats. Like Ron Saunders, Peter should have something at the ground he graced named after him. That is a wonderful idea. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Newry_Villan Posted April 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2019 From my hometown. As was Pat Jennings. Pat more famous of the two in my area but not to me. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 25, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 25, 2019 Happy Birthday Peter. A long time before my time but a Villa great for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MikeMcKenna Posted April 25, 2019 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2019 A great man! Peter is the patron of our supporters club down in Bournemouth and has been coming to our annual BBQ for the last 12 years. It is always a pleasure to hear him speak about Aston Villa old and new. A truly genuine football man and Villa supporter! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 I can only imagine the conversation here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornso Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Kinda sad he’s our oldest living ex-player at only 85. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 27, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 27, 2019 12 minutes ago, Hornso said: Kinda sad he’s our oldest living ex-player at only 85. That stat can't be true. There would be hundreds of players over that period, surely many are still alive. Oldest well known player maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMcKenna Posted April 27, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Hornso said: Kinda sad he’s our oldest living ex-player at only 85. I am not sure but very possibly. Of the 1957 cup winning team, Peter is the only one alive. Nigel Sims passed away in 2018 and Jackie Sewell in 2016. One of the other oldest players is Bobby Thomson who is still a spring chicken at only 82! I met him and Peter at the Millwall game and they were still fit as fiddles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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