Cracking defender.
All the best in retirement and life in general Gareth .
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What a great signing , Gareth was.
My wolves mates took the mick when we got him, boasting about the money they spent on Roger Johnson.
Enjoy your retirement Gareth, 8 great years for us Big thumbs up.
Cracking defender.
All the best in retirement and life in general Gareth .
He’s 107......he’s earned it!
After Zolton Gera.....my favourite Albion player of the last 35+ years.
I’d still take him above Bartley and Hegazi even now if he wants to reconsider.
Great Albion servant and apparently, a thoroughly nice person.
Got his shirt from Chelsea December 2016, signed by the great man
Not only a great player but was always 100% committed. I hope he enjoyed playing for us as much as we enjoyed watching him.
Loved G mac. I loved the way he topped the whole of Europe for clearances from the box with headers that season. I would have loved to see him as captain but you realise that being a captain is more than being a good player,well liked, reading the game well, you need a presence and a Gob on yer. Just too nice to be captain.
Finally, a thread worth joining.
What a tremendous player, man and example to others.
Loved him from the minute he joined us from Ipswich, I marvelled at how the hell he’d been missed by everyone else, what a find.
As a former Centre Half I could only dream about being like this fella.
Top man G Mac, thanks for your never say die attitude to the shirt. Always got on with it, never complained once, forever welcome down the shrine.
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I thought he was a shocking signing.
I was very, very wrong.
I would say McAuley was one of our most astute signings we made since the likes of Regis and Cunningham and before that, some of the mid-late 60's team. He appeared a journeyman before joining us but I believe he was without doubt one of the best central defenders playing in the PL over his first five seasons as a Baggie. He was so consistent season after season and scored some very important goals. He deserves to be remembered in the highest esteem and I wish him the very best in his new career.