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title: "GALLERY: Michael Hughes turns 45"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Tav Sanassee"
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published: "2016-08-02T14:34:44Z"
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# GALLERY: Michael Hughes turns 45

Fan favorite Michael Hughes celebrates his 45th birthday today and yes, there are quite a few images, videos and great memories from his playing days at Selhurst Park, which began in 2003.

In 2004/05 he was appointed as the captain a position that he held on an off for a number of years with Fitz Hall taking over the role for a short period of time. During his time at the club he made 125 appearances in all competitions, scoring on seven occasions and accumulating 10,209 minutes of game time.

Here a selection of tweets that have been circulating round the Twittersphere today:

> Twitter: This video of Michael Hughes mauling Robbie Savage is my second favourite video on Twitter… (Via @cpfchq)
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> [https://t.co/uqAvwceofB](https://t.co/uqAvwceofB) (@HLTCO)

> Twitter: What a player Michael Hughes was. Wand of a left foot and a tackle like a pitbull terrier. (@StevenLRidge)

> Twitter: Michael Hughes is 45 today. He was the first #CPFC player to which I saw as a true leader. I’d say I looked up to him but he was only 5ft 5. (@mattjenner94)