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Stilian Petrov - wonderful news

PragueAddick
PragueAddick Posts: 22,144
in Other Football and Sports
Breaking my holiday purdah to post this.




Just gutted we can't give him the standing ovation he richly deserves if he would play again this season.

But my thoughts turn to Kishi, who tragically lost his wife to cancer

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  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    By all accounts one of the real good guys in football. I heard a story that when he moved to Celtic he worked in a burger van to help improve his English. A tidy footballer as well, supposedly a great captain. You can only wonder if things would have been different for Villa in the last few years had he been healthy. All the best to him.
  • gilbertfilbert
    gilbertfilbert Posts: 2,282
    edited June 2016
    Oh, how terribly sad. Can we get a CL message of condolence to him? Kish never gave anything less than his all for us.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,304
    Was shocked when I read the news the other day... Couldnt be more pleased to see any Footballer coming back from anything like this regardless of who they are and what they've done in the past.

    Never realised that Kishishev lost his wife to cancer though
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,144
    gilbertfilbert said:

    Oh, how terribly sad. Can we get a CL message of condolence to him? Kish never gave anything less than his all for us.


    It was around the same time as Petrov was diagnosed, and I think we did manage to do that.
  • uie2
    uie2 Posts: 4,596
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Was shocked when I read the news the other day... Couldnt be more pleased to see any Footballer coming back from anything like this regardless of who they are and what they've done in the past.

    Never realised that Kishishev lost his wife to cancer though

    Yes very very sad to here if I remember rightly he lost her 2 years ago, I may be wrong but it doesn't seem long ago
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Great news. Be great if he managed to get a contract - even if he doesn't it's still good to learn he's doing so well.
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,048
    Great news for Stan and I really hope this works for him and he gets back fully. Would be great to see him lead Villa out again.

    Dreadful about Kish's wife. Found out last night that a friend of mine has been given 2 weeks. She's only 47 and has a young child. Devastating. Such a horrible disease.
  • Cardinal Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    Wow! Some really good news for a really decent man.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,617
    Great news, have seen this out and about.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Inspiration
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  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    Good luck to him
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    What a guy. If he's up to it, I wouldn't be against us offering him a deal.
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    TelMc32 said:

    Great news for Stan and I really hope this works for him and he gets back fully. Would be great to see him lead Villa out again.

    Dreadful about Kish's wife. Found out last night that a friend of mine has been given 2 weeks. She's only 47 and has a young child. Devastating. Such a horrible disease.

    I know I'm being a little edgy here, but fuck cancer.

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