21

Youth
Appearances

6

Youth
Goals

128

Reserve Appearances

71

Reserve
Goals

212

Senior
Appearances

79

Senior
Goals

Gary Shaw

First Team

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Forward

Gary Robert Shaw

Role

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #596 |

Position

Born

Forward

21 January 1961

Birthplace

Country

Citizenship

Height

Foot

Birmingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

(5 ft 9 in) 1.77 m

Transfer Notes

July 1976: Aged 15, 1st Year YTS professional

Transfer In

Transfer In:

1976-77

Aston Villa Youth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Youth

1 July 1976

Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Transfer Out

Transfer Out:

1988-89

Austria Klagenfurt 🇦🇹

Free

1 December 1988

Graham Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Previous Clubs

Gary Shaw

Previous Clubs:

-1976 Aston Villa Youth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Loans Out

Gary Shaw

Loans Out:

1988 Blackpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
1 Jan 1988 to 30 Jun 1988
Football League Third Division
🕒 6 | 6 (0) | ⚽ 0 |

1988 FC Copenhagen 🇩🇰
1 Jul 1988 to 30 Nov 1988
Superligaen
🕒 14 | 14 (0) | ⚽ 4 |

Subsequent Clubs

Gary Shaw

Subsequent Clubs:

1988-89 Austria Klagenfurt 🇦🇹 Free
Bundesliga
🕒 14 | 14 (0) | ⚽ 7 |

1989-90 Walsall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Free
Football League Third Division
🕒 9 | ⚽ 3 | (League)

1990 Kilmarnock FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Free
Scottish First Division
🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1990-91 Shrewsbury Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Free
Football League Third Division
🕒 22 | ⚽ 5 | (League)

1991 Ernest Borel 🇭🇰 Free
Hong Kong First Division

1991 Retired aged 30

Career Progression

Gary Shaw

1976-77 Aston Villa Youth
1977-88 Aston Villa Reserves
1978-88 Aston Villa First Team

Peak Villa

First Team

Youth Career

Gary Shaw

21

Youth
Appearances

6

Youth
Goals

1986-87 Yth 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 2 |
1985-86 Yth 🕒 4 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 |
1984-85 Yth 🕒 6 | ✅ 6 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 |
1983-84 Yth 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 |
1976-77 Yth 🕒 7 | ✅ 7 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 |

Reserve Career

Gary Shaw

128

Reserve Appearances

71

Reserve
Goals

1987-88 Rsv 🕒 23 | ✅ 23 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 12 |
1986-87 Rsv 🕒 18 | ✅ 18 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 7 |
1985-86 Rsv 🕒 24 | ✅ 24 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 16 |
1983-84 Rsv 🕒 4 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 2 |
1981-82 Rsv 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 3 |
1979-80 Rsv 🕒 7 | ✅ 7 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 4 |
1978-79 Rsv 🕒 21 | ✅ 21 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 22 |
1977-78 Rsv 🕒 28 | ✅ 28 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 5 |

First Team Career

Gary Shaw

212

Senior
Appearances

79

Senior
Goals

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1978-88 | Youth |
🕒 212 | 203 (9) | ⚽ 79 | 🔥 22 | 🇺 22 | #596 |
🟩 98 | 🟨 46 | 🟥 68 |
Cards 🟨 2 | 🟥 0 |

Squad Honours

Gary Shaw

🏆 1980-81 First Division Winner
🏆 1981-82 European Cup Winner
🏆 1982-83 UEFA Super Cup Winner

PL2: Premier League 2
FAPL: FA Premier Reserve League
PLP: Pontins League Premier Division
PLD1: Pontins League Division 1
PLD2: Pontins League Division 2
EFLT: EFL Trophy
UYL: UEFA Youth League
BSC: Birmingham Senior Cup
PLC: Premier League Cup
PLIC: Premier League International Cup

u18PL: u18 Premier League
MYL: Midland Youth League
FAYC: FA Youth Cup
u18PLC: u18 Premier League Cup
MYC: Midland Youth Cup
MYLC: Midland Youth League Cup
SJFC: Southern Junior Floodlit Cup