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GrimRob	November 25, 2020, 7:45am
Moderator Posts: 12,666 Posts Per Day: 2.12 Reputation: 69.92% Rep Score: +76 / -34 Approval: +13,397 Gold Stars: 113	In today's Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/nov/24/john-holroyd-obituary John sounds like he was great guy and will be sorely missed I am sure 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.   ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Swansea_Mariner	November 25, 2020, 8:02am
Whiskey Drinker Posts: 3,524 Posts Per Day: 0.61 Reputation: 85.79% Rep Score: +22 / -3 Approval: +6,430 Gold Stars: 63	Sounds like a great guy, born just down from where I live in Port Talbot wish I'd known that before. RIP John
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gary_elton	November 25, 2020, 8:03am
Vodka Drinker Posts: 7,173 Posts Per Day: 1.20 Reputation: 79.43% Rep Score: +23 / -6 Location: Grimsby Approval: +1,243 Gold Stars: 6	RIP Jock Dock Tower , never met you but you will be missed on here.... thoughts, prayers and condolences to friends and family All my pictures , Seem to fade to black and white.... (Reg Dwight)
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mariner91	November 25, 2020, 8:28am
Barley Wine Drinker Posts: 15,488 Posts Per Day: 2.64 Reputation: 86.91% Rep Score: +78 / -11 Location: Lincs Approval: +19,578 Gold Stars: 260	What a fantastic obituary. He was a great poster on here and clearly an all-round wonderful bloke. He will be sorely missed. Condolences to his family, I hope they can take some comfort from the fact that he was so well liked and respected. And his chilli relish was superb!
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cmackenzie4	November 25, 2020, 9:16am
Recovering Alcoholic Posts: 58,418 Posts Per Day: 11.27 Reputation: 92.05% Rep Score: +130 / -10 Location: Grimsby Approval: +14,335 Gold Stars: 33	A very nice man was John, his wife and children must be proud of his achievements. Grimsby and proud!
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forza ivano	November 25, 2020, 10:10am
Exile Posts: 14,703 Posts Per Day: 2.46 Reputation: 78.4% Rep Score: +72 / -20 Approval: +15,128 Gold Stars: 265	What was the quote? Life is a blank canvas, throw as much paint at it as you can ? That was quite a life.sounds like a top human being. Think I will be buying his book as well
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140067	November 25, 2020, 10:19am
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NorfolkImp	November 25, 2020, 10:25am
Brandy Drinker Posts: 2,848 Posts Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 60.73% Rep Score: +11 / -10 Approval: -512 Gold Stars: 11	Sounds like a top bloke indeed .... RIP
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grimsby pete	November 25, 2020, 10:36am
Exile Posts: 55,662 Posts Per Day: 9.81 Reputation: 81.7% Rep Score: +126 / -28 Location: Suffolk Approval: +17,781 Gold Stars: 222	A very nice bloke he always had me scratching my head when he played the word games on here. He told me he went on countdown and was a three times winner no wonder he was good at our game. He will be missed by many both sides of the border.                              Over 36 years living in Suffolk but always a mariner.                              68 Years following the Town                               Life member of Trust                                First game   April 1955
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barralad	November 25, 2020, 11:16am
Mariners Trust Posts: 13,805 Posts Per Day: 2.32 Reputation: 79.47% Rep Score: +85 / -22 Approval: +9,267 Gold Stars: 121	A very fitting tribute to a man I was proud to call a friend. It still hasn't sunk in that when normal GTFC service is resumed I won't be getting my orders to attend some real ale pub when Town are playing anywhere north of Manchester. Miss ya buddy x The aim of argument or discussion should not be victory but progress. Joseph Joubert.
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HertsGTFC	November 25, 2020, 11:20am
Barley Wine Drinker Posts: 14,065 Posts Per Day: 4.26 Reputation: 75.4% Rep Score: +29 / -10 Location: Stevenage Approval: +22,881 Gold Stars: 227	What a positive tribute to something that's sad. To pass away in your mid 60's feels way too short these days. Jock was a well respected and balanced poster on here and will be missed "Crombie you would have got to that if you weren't such a fat ba%$@rd" - George Kerr, inspiration from the dug out 70s style
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Limerick Mariner	November 25, 2020, 11:37am
Whiskey Drinker Posts: 3,324 Posts Per Day: 0.56 Reputation: 78.12% Rep Score: +10 / -3 Location: Melton Mowbray Approval: +5,664 Gold Stars: 136	Fantastic tribute; when someone who has done so much good passes, it should be a spur for us to always try to do a little bit more good in our lives...
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Rodley Mariner	November 25, 2020, 11:59am
Special Brew Drinker Posts: 7,807 Posts Per Day: 1.37 Reputation: 78.86% Rep Score: +63 / -17 Location: Farsley, Leeds Approval: +13,239 Gold Stars: 176	Sounds like a top man who devoted his life to trying to improve that of others. I hope it gives those he left behind some comfort.
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Garth	November 25, 2020, 12:33pm
Season Ticket Holder Posts: 11,493 Posts Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 80.75% Rep Score: +55 / -13 Approval: +4,921 Gold Stars: 26	RIP John, I always enjoyed your posts on here regarding Town and Auchinleck, sadly another Marina gone
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Azimuth	November 25, 2020, 1:46pm
Snakebite drinker Posts: 407 Posts Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 63.84% Rep Score: +3 / -4 Approval: +691 Gold Stars: 60	John seemed like a Top Bloke, great obitury and a fitting tribute, Im sure a lot of causes he was involved with will miss him greatly.
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BeijingMariner	November 25, 2020, 2:18pm
Cocktail Drinker Posts: 1,619 Posts Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 80.9% Rep Score: +9 / -2 Location: Phuket, Thailand Approval: +1,677 Gold Stars: 40	agreed with all of these lovely comments fo a man who was clearly very well thought of. bon voyage
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140348	November 25, 2020, 9:37pm
Guest User	RIP John.
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Davec	November 25, 2020, 10:09pm
Whiskey Drinker Posts: 3,590 Posts Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 65.33% Rep Score: +15 / -10 Approval: +1,440 Gold Stars: 42	Very good obituary to a well respected poster, that obituary helps paints a picture of the kind of man he was and it seems he was a caring hard working bloke strived to help others, a sad loss of somebody who had a lot more to bring to people's lives.
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Maringer	November 26, 2020, 10:57pm
Barley Wine Drinker Posts: 11,185 Posts Per Day: 1.87 Reputation: 82.93% Rep Score: +60 / -12 Approval: +16,412 Gold Stars: 184	Sounds like the sort of chap you would want to be friends with. RIP.
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louth_in_the_south	November 27, 2020, 7:42pm
Exile Posts: 4,102 Posts Per Day: 0.69 Reputation: 69.34% Rep Score: +24 / -12 Location: Forest Row Approval: +5,656 Gold Stars: 94	Life can be too short . Make the most of it like this fine fellow did . Lower F5
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wuffing	November 27, 2020, 8:55pm
Table Wine Drinker Posts: 829 Posts Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 83.38% Rep Score: +7 / -1 Approval: +832 Gold Stars: 38	Maybe we can put a few quid together for a Town crest or something to send up to Auchinleck Talbot clubhouse to mark his passing; he did loads and loads for others? 'I walked in the dressing room. The window was open and I thought that a sea fret had got in. Then I saw smoke billowing from a pipe in the corner of the room...it was my centre-forward. He looked seven stone wet through. He went on to score thirty-odd goals that season.' Lawrie McMenemy on encountering the legend that was Matt Tees.
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