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Quoted from Northbank Mariner

Condolences to you and the family pal, feel for you all as I lost my old boy recently too...

I've already passed on my condolences to WBJS in a PM. I didn't think it my place to mention the exact details of why he could attend though.

I did say to him, and this will be of no consolation now, but just remember the good times, as I'm sure there will be many. I lost my Dad to Leukemia (which was a death sentence back in the late '60's) when I was only 3 years old, so apart from a few old black & white photos, I have no real memory of him.

Thankyou for your messages. He was in his 90s which was a very good age for our family but he went sooner was expected.
The reason I pulled out was, ironically, because of his links to GTFC and Blundell Park. He was personally scouted by the late great Bill Shankly when he played for the YMCA team. He signed for GTFC but because his boss at his company flatly refused him time off to play on a Saturday, he never got to play for the first team. We later found out that his boss was a staunch Scunny fan. He made several appearances for the 2nd team and played in a few triallist matches to make up the numbers.
Because he never played for the first team there has never been any mention of him in any of the books about GTFC over the years.

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

Thankyou for your messages. He was in his 90s which was a very good age for our family but he went sooner was expected.
The reason I pulled out was, ironically, because of his links to GTFC and Blundell Park. He was personally scouted by the late great Bill Shankly when he played for the YMCA team. He signed for GTFC but because his boss at his company flatly refused him time off to play on a Saturday, he never got to play for the first team. We later found out that his boss was a staunch Scunny fan. He made several appearances for the 2nd team and played in a few triallist matches to make up the numbers.
Because he never played for the first team there has never been any mention of him in any of the books about GTFC over the years.

wow ....fascinating family story  

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

Thankyou for your messages. He was in his 90s which was a very good age for our family but he went sooner was expected.
The reason I pulled out was, ironically, because of his links to GTFC and Blundell Park. He was personally scouted by the late great Bill Shankly when he played for the YMCA team. He signed for GTFC but because his boss at his company flatly refused him time off to play on a Saturday, he never got to play for the first team. We later found out that his boss was a staunch Scunny fan. He made several appearances for the 2nd team and played in a few triallist matches to make up the numbers.
Because he never played for the first team there has never been any mention of him in any of the books about GTFC over the years.

Condolences to you WBJ. And his boss was a minger; may his soul rest in non-league!

Quoted from Les Brechin

I've already passed on my condolences to WBJS in a PM. I didn't think it my place to mention the exact details of why he could attend though.

I did say to him, and this will be of no consolation now, but just remember the good times, as I'm sure there will be many. I lost my Dad to Leukemia (which was a death sentence back in the late '60's) when I was only 3 years old, so apart from a few old black & white photos, I have no real memory of him.

This actually bought a tear to my eye . As did WBJS post . You just never know what people are going through or have gone through in their lives . 😥

Quoted from Brazilnut

wow ....fascinating family story  

You wouldn't believe how often he told the story, even when he met strangers. He was very proud of that time of his life, as well he should be. Shankly only signed a handful of players in his 2 years here.

But just 2 years later he had to have cartlidge removed from both knees which stopped him playing football completely.

As far as we are concerned there has never been a bigger 'What if...' scenario.

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

You wouldn't believe how often he told the story, even when he met strangers. He was very proud of that time of his life, as well he should be. Shankly only signed a handful of players in his 2 years here.

But just 2 years later he had to have cartlidge removed from both knees which stopped him playing football completely.

As far as we are concerned there has never been a bigger 'What if...' scenario.

That's what I often think too, if my Dad hadn't died when he did.

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

You wouldn't believe how often he told the story, even when he met strangers. He was very proud of that time of his life, as well he should be. Shankly only signed a handful of players in his 2 years here.

But just 2 years later he had to have cartlidge removed from both knees which stopped him playing football completely.

As far as we are concerned there has never been a bigger 'What if...' scenario.

what happened to his knees ...was that football ...work  or his Scunny loving boss

Sorry if too painful at present to talk about

Quoted from Brazilnut

what happened to his knees ...was that football ...work  or his Scunny loving boss

Sorry if too painful at present to talk about

No I'm fine. Its been something that seems to have plagued male members of the family. His dad had problems, and I have aches and pains in mine. He was very sporty in his younger days so was probably just wear and tear brought on early.

Well, Aussie Mariner, Lukeo and myself were presented with the 2 shirts before the game today. As asked for, both shirts have been signed by the full squad (there are 26 signatures on each shirt).

Highlight of the afternoon was Aussie Mariner nutmegging Shaun Pearson on the pitch.  

Sometime tomorrow I will get pictures of the shirts and post them on here and we can then sell them on Ebay to raise funds for the YDA. I've never sold anything on Ebay before but I'm sure it wont be too hard to start to.

Thanks to Aussie Mariner for the pre-match pint too.