In the week Aston Villa lost a homegrown hero, it was fitting that another local boy should help them make a perfect start to their first campaign in this competition for more than four decades.
Throughout their side’s win over Young Boys, the 1,600 Villa fans who travelled to Bern sang the name of Gary Shaw, who died on Monday aged 63. One of the club’s finest forwards, Shaw was a vital part of the Villa side who lifted the European Cup in 1982 and though Jacob Ramsey has some way to go to emulate that, he is certainly on the right track.