News about Brian Little

The Prince of Wales - who has repeatedly been spotted watching the Birmingham side from the stands alongside Prince George - excitedly looked forward to a storming success in the European competition. He also paid tribute to club legend Gary Shaw - one of the team's 1982 European Cup winners, who died yesterday aged 63. He is regarded as one of Villa's best forwards in the club's 150-year history, and made 213 appearances for his boyhood side scoring 79 goals. The Prince is a lifelong fan of Villa and has watched several matches this season, sometimes also taking along George.

The 1982 European Cup winner had been hospitalised on September 9 due to a head injury from a fall. Shaw made 213 appearances for his boyhood club and scored 79 goals. He is regarded as one of Villa's best forwards in the club's 150-year history. Villa announced the tragic news in a club statement and paid tribute to one of the heroes of their 1982 triumph. '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,' the statement began.

Two ancient rivals clash once more. Mighty founders of the Football League with their rich pasts and whelming recent histories, as well as an intricate storyline that made their match the most controversial of all top-flight fixtures. They are in Liverpool today for the 212th time in all, and their records are so close that they barely have four victories and three goals to distinguish them over 135 years. They have 34 major trophies between them, with at least one in each decade from the beginning of organised football to the start of this millennium, minus the 1940s when war intervened.