Stuart Metcalfe :(

[A Northern Horde...]

[Leonard Venkhater]

1 hour ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I was hoping to make it down to the ground today but sadly couldn't manage it.

God Bless Stuart. You'd kill to have a player like him in our midfield alongside a ball winner like Travis at the moment.

I went. It was very sad to watch.

[philipl]

Stuart was a hero for me. Always a wonderful ball player for whom the term sllky skills was created.

Terribly sad to see him gone.

[unsall]

Quite a few ex Rovers at Stuart’s funeral, Duggie,Faz, Beamo,Jonny Byrom, Gordon Taylor, his best mate at Rovers Kevin Hird, John Kenyon and a few fringe players.

[unsall]

Forgot Paul Round very good friend of Stuart.

[RevidgeBlue]

1 hour ago, unsall said:

Forgot Paul Round very good friend of Stuart.

Nice lad Paul, used to run the Royal Oak on Pleckgate Rd for the guy who also has the Hare and Hounds at Lammack and Cherry Tree Cricket Club.

[m1st]

I, too, couldn't make the tribute; but was glad to know that the cortege went as close to the pitch that Stewart graced as possible.

Presumably, that was with the agreement of the club's current management. If so, let's hope that it's the start of the club treating the memories of ALL of our former heroes properly. Let's hope that the programme for the first game we can actually watch at Ewood includes a fulsome tribute to what this 'one of our own' gave to his local club.

And let's also hope that the club has the surrounds of the stands in better condition for any future cortege of a former player to visit than they looked to be on a recent photograph on another thread.