Alan "Birdy" Birkbeck - RIP

[Herbie6590]

https://x.com/Rovers/status/1721915097524609402?s=20

[Polky]

RIP 💙

[windymiller7]

RIP Birdy! 💙🤍

[rigger]

I will always remember Birdy as a Ted on the Blackburn End.

[Tugayisgod]

RIP Birdy 💙🤍

[Tom]

Sad news, a definite ‘super fan’ if there was one 

Rest in peace Birdy 

[Mercer]

Indeed, a 'super fan'.

Think it's clear, Rovers were a huge, huge part of his life.

Can recall, as though it was yesterday, his photo in the LT holding a banner on Nuttall Street with the words 'Lee must stay' when Newcastle came calling back in 1975.

Thoughts, as always with someone's passing, are with the family.

RIP Alan.

Edited November 7, 2023 by Mercer

[trs]

RIP Birdy 💙

[Penwortham Blue]

I didn’t really know Birdy, aside from a nod of acknowledgment. However, having followed Rovers for fifty years and seeing him home and away in all those years, it will be strange that he will no longer be there amongst us Rovers fans. RTID Birdy, RIP.

[arbitro]

Terribly sad news. Alan was a Darrener and I remember in the late sixties catching the bus to Ewoodand he would be decked out in blue and white. He lived and breathed Rovers and when I hear the words 'true fan' I think of Alan. His loyalty and passion knew no bounds and he was always positive when I saw him at away matches and asked him for a prediction. He sat in front of us at Millwall which was the last time he saw his beloved Rovers. For his many friends and family match days won't be the same. I really hope Rovers do something special in his memory.

Sincere condolences to Annette and his family.

[Stonesrick]

I remember him going back to the 60's. Top supporter and a character.

RIP Birdy. Condolences to his family.

Hope the club deem it fit for a minutes applause.

 

[K-Hod]

If you want a definition of ‘super fan’ it would be this person. 
He lived and breathed Rovers, don’t think he missed a game in years, went on all the pre season tours, no matter where they were.

Rest in peace, Birdy. Thoughts with Annette and the family. 

[Lytham Rover]

RIP Birdy, 

[Sweaty Gussets]

Was Birdy the guy who has a house on the side street at the end of the DE car parks? I think there are life-size cutouts of him and his wife in the windows!

RIP

Condolences to his famly and friends. 

 

Edited November 7, 2023 by Sweaty Gussets

[arbitro]

3 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Was Birdy the guy who has a house on the side street at the end of the DE car parks? I think there are life-size cutouts of him and his wife in the windows!

RIP

Condolences to his famly and friends. 

 

That is his house.

[Sweaty Gussets]

Just now, arbitro said:

That is his house.

Cheers.

Hopefully some kind of fitting tribute is planned. Fans like Birdy are few and far between in the amount of hours and money they put into following their clubs. 

[whalleyrover]

RIP

[Mashed Potatoes]

RIP

[Moptop1]

💙🤍RIP Birdy.🤍💙Condolences to his family. 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

R.I.P. Birdy...hope we win on Friday in your memory.

 

[Gav]

RIP Birdy.

[simongarnerisgod]

rip birdy,is it true he had`nt  missed  a match.home or away since 1974 or something,that is a true rovers fanatic imo,i hope he`s looking down on friday night shouting us on as we demolish pne

[Trinidad Rover]

RIP Birdy

[Ianrally]

How very sad, a true Rovers legend, only one year older than me so must have started going about the same time. 
RIP Alan, sleep well and do your best looking down from above, the same as you did from the terraces for all the years. 

[DeeCee]

Sad news.  Spoke to him in the queue at Argyle a couple of months back.

R.I. P. Sincere condolences to his family and friends.