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Cardiff City o face Aston Villa in Peter Whittingham memorial game

Cardiff City will host Premier League side Aston Villa in a memorial match for former midfielder Peter Whittingham in November.

He died in March 2020 at the age of 35 having suffered a traumatic head injury at the Park Hotel, in Barry.

He did not recover consciousness and died in hospital 11 days later. A coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death.

The game at Cardiff City Stadium on 30 November will also mark the launch of the PW7 Foundation, established in his memory.

"Following the untimely passing of Peter we, as his family, wanted to make sure that there was a legacy, in his name, that he would have been proud of," his brother James Whittingham said.