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Sir Alan has finally been acknowledged by the club . The re naming of the old board room in his name .
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November 10, 2021, 8:07pm |
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One of the main reasons I fell in love with football and GTFC.
Whether I should be thanking the great man for that or not, is another question.
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November 10, 2021, 8:10pm |
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Sir Alan has finally been acknowledged by the club . The re naming of the old board room in his name .
Very smart it looks too, now it's been brought into the 21st century.
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Sussexmariner |
November 10, 2021, 8:43pm |
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The word “legend” is used far too often when used to describe ex players/mangers but there is no other word to describe Alan Buckley and what he did for this club. If I had my way it’ll be the new Alan Buckley stadium
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Has he been given time to achieve promotion by the chairman and fans? Yes
Hurst out |
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WayneBurnettsJockstrap |
November 10, 2021, 9:09pm |
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I saw the new sign on the door yesterday when I was at McMenemy's but never thought anything of it. I remember the club asking for votes but I thought that had been done and dusted months ago.
Lovely, genuine man. Deserves every honour bestowed on him.
Double useless bits of information alert. When Alan and his family first moved locally, I was one of the removal men who shifted him temporarily into a small flat on New Road, Waltham, and then a week later, moved him out of the flat and into his big house on the High Street in Waltham just 250 yards away. Several years later I was also his gardener.
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November 11, 2021, 6:03am |
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Seeing Alan lead the players out onto the Wembley turf for the first time in the club’s history is the happiest moment of my life . Highly unlikely to be beaten .
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November 11, 2021, 7:08am |
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Seeing Alan lead the players out onto the Wembley turf for the first time in the club’s history is the happiest moment of my life . Highly unlikely to be beaten .
The happiest time for me was watching the 1980/81 season in the championship ( old div 2 ) where we finished 7th. A credible finish but I and many others thought that if the directors had splashed some cash then the prem ( old Div 1 ) was within our grasp. After George Kerr's team Alan was the next best followed by his next stint and then Paul Hurst. As for the rest once Alan left they were all Fentyfillins, cheap as chips as the saying goes, to fill an empty chair.
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RobDef1 |
November 11, 2021, 9:07am |
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I pretty much just missed out on the Buckley era, attended a couple of home games under the lights but was deemed 'too young' for the Wembley double (sore still) and didn't get my first season ticket (half season ticket at first) until Groves first game in charge, at home to Portsmouth I believe.
We all know what happened from there on, and growing up in Scunny at that time only galvanised my love for the escape of town games week in week out. I do still look back on Alans 2nd stint with nostalgia due to the stories from my Dad around that time and since, and have read his autobiography many, many times. It still sits next to my bed. That book has played its role many a time in keeping me connected to GTFC in times of disillusionment.
Very happy to see Alan getting the recognition, and as someone said earlier, would be more than happy for that to continue into stadium or stand naming in his honour.
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FishOutOfWater |
November 11, 2021, 1:20pm |
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The word “legend” is used far too often when used to describe ex players/mangers but there is no other word to describe Alan Buckley and what he did for this club. If I had my way it’ll be the new Alan Buckley stadium
I've always thought the best honour if we had a new stadium would be to call the approach road.... The Buckley Way
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Ipswin |
November 11, 2021, 1:31pm |
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The word “legend” is used far too often when used to describe ex players/mangers but there is no other word to describe Alan Buckley and what he did for this club. If I had my way it’ll be the new Alan Buckley stadium
By the time we get a new stadium there will be no one left alive who remembers him
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