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Gary Haddock	August 3, 2012, 6:42pm
Neither above nor beneath Brandy Drinker Posts: 2,540 Posts Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 88.22% Rep Score: +44 / -5 Location: Grimsby Town Approval: +6	Don't know who he is, but to show respect for a town player, R.I.P. Willie Purvis. [IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/zya4af.jpg[/IMG] GTFC's black and white army. https://www.facebook.com/pages/GTFCs-black-and-white-army/494332320600710?ref=hl
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cmackenzie4	August 3, 2012, 7:46pm
Recovering Alcoholic Posts: 58,582 Posts Per Day: 11.21 Reputation: 92.05% Rep Score: +130 / -10 Location: Grimsby Approval: +14,346 Gold Stars: 34	R.I.P Willie.   Grimsby and proud!
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Brother Grim	August 3, 2012, 8:43pm
Coke Drinker Posts: 29 Posts Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 81.78% Rep Score: +1 / 0	RIP Willie: I played with him for Station Athletic in the Sunday League. One Sunday he forgot his boots and borrowed a pair that were 2 sizes too small. As he hobbled off at the end of the game, I said "Willie, you must be crippled". His reply in his broad Scottish twang was " Aye, but not as crippled as their winger. After he got past me the first time I made sure he never got past me again".... Great character. The Stars in Stripes Forever
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aaron rattray	August 3, 2012, 9:17pm
allright viewers? Vodka Drinker Posts: 5,968 Posts Per Day: 1.23 Reputation: 46.03% Rep Score: +71 / -90 Approval: -4	Looked like he lived local then, he is in a better place i am a season ticket holder and i always will be one   "aaron is the next michael barrymore, hes a comedinan" it is official, i am a comedian ]
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TheRonRaffertyFanClub	August 3, 2012, 11:36pm
Special Brew Drinker Posts: 7,638 Posts Per Day: 1.34 Reputation: 79.65% Rep Score: +43 / -11 Location: Norfolk Approval: +8,658 Gold Stars: 23	I remember Willie's first home game for Town was against Bournmouth. He came in for the injured Cliff Portwood and scored. Then Portwood came back to resume his partnership with Ron Rafferty and we got promoted. Willie never got much of a chance really and he went to Doncaster at the end of the year. It was a mystery why he never did better in the pro game because he was not a bad player as many locals who played against him will testify. RIP Willie. “If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.” ― John Stuart Mill, On Liberty."
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pseudonym	August 4, 2012, 1:29pm
Vodka Drinker Posts: 6,449 Posts Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 72.28% Rep Score: +34 / -14 Approval: -1	Great guy. Often spoke to him in Dugard Road where he resided about his days as a Town player. RIP Willie
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Caveman	August 4, 2012, 2:40pm
Table Wine Drinker Posts: 574 Posts Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 85.11% Rep Score: +9 / -1 Approval: +776 Gold Stars: 17	Yeh ! Remember defending a corner against him many years ago. All I remember was afterwards my mates telling me that the ball finished in one corner of the net, and I ended up in the other . Like many of the old pros who went into local football, he was hard as nails. Great lad !
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Rick12	August 4, 2012, 3:11pm
Vodka Drinker Posts: 5,155 Posts Per Day: 1.14 Reputation: 91.04% Rep Score: +42 / -3 Approval: +255 Gold Stars: 45	Quoted from Caveman Yeh ! Like many of the old pros who went into local football, he was hard as nails. in the realm of pro football you do need a certain degree of mental toughness that maybe is not so needed in other professions due to the dog eat dog scenario  eg competition for places One life,one love .
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pseudonym	August 4, 2012, 8:03pm
Vodka Drinker Posts: 6,449 Posts Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 72.28% Rep Score: +34 / -14 Approval: -1	Quoted from Brother Grim RIP Willie: I played with him for Station Athletic in the Sunday League. One Sunday he forgot his boots and borrowed a pair that were 2 sizes too small. As he hobbled off at the end of the game, I said "Willie, you must be crippled". His reply in his broad Scottish twang was " Aye, but not as crippled as their winger. After he got past me the first time I made sure he never got past me again".... Great character. Wasn't he English though. Born In Berwick
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psgmariner	August 4, 2012, 8:08pm
Barley Wine Drinker Posts: 10,122 Posts Per Day: 1.68 Reputation: 73.33% Rep Score: +39 / -15 Approval: +5,480 Gold Stars: 33	Quoted from aaron rattray Looked like he lived local then, he is in a better place another perfectly crafted one liner! http://www.miabcleethorpes.net
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