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Sammy funeral

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Rogered Tart, Mar 12, 2020.

  1. Rogered Tart

    Rogered Tart Regular Starter
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  2. Nottsy

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    “Leeds are losing man”

    City legend.
     
  3. Bronco

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    Remember him well big " ghetto blaster" on his shoulder telling fans the other football results, the batteries must have cost him a fortune back then.

    R.I.P Sammy Pogo.
     
  4. Tony Wilkinson

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    Blimey, this the same guy that was around 50 years or so ago...?
     
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    That bloke was a character and proper football mad. He had a good run.:)
    :thumbup:
     
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  6. Park bantam

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    Another big character around the club gone RIP Sammy
     
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  7. Nottsy

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    Seeing him with his ghetto blaster was one of my earliest memories of watching City. It didn’t seem right when he got a bit older and got a Walkman.
     
  8. meelin

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    Remember the guy well, RIP
     
  9. Storck

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    Hope the club do a bit on the big screen, even if it is just an RIP message and photo.

    @wetherbywhaler@wetherbywhaler
     
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    RIP Big fella.
     
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    Did he still attend games does anyone know? I hadn't seen him for years, remember him relaying the scores to us as he listened to his radio.
    Rest in peace Sammy
     
  12. wetherbywhaler

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    Done, keep an eye out Saturday, if we are allowed to be there.
     
  13. Chris Withe

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    I recall being stood next to him one time at somewhere like Gay Meadow in the 80's.

    Lots of colourful patois muttering when City weren't doing very well.

    Then he pulled out a Tupperware container at half time, don't know what he was eating but it didn't look very appetising.

    Could always be relied on for score updates though, home or away he'd be there with his radio.

    A proper character and die hard City (and almost any other Bradford sport you could name) fan, he'll be missed.

    R.I.P Sammy.
     
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    Yeah man remember Sammy R.I.P Gent
     
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    I remember Sammy at away games and up at Odsal relaying the scores long before we all had phones. A great City character. I hadn'tseen him at City for donkeys.
    RIP Sammy
     
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    RIP. Remember him well.
     
  17. Foghornleghorn

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    Remember him well from standing on the Diamond Seal Kop.
    RIP Sammy.
     
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    RIP.

    Recall him in the Bradford End 1980 ish, with Radio on his shoulder.
     
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    Knew him from my bookie days, came quite buddy even though he was much older. Always a character, loud and brash and known by everyone.

    Took him to a few away games, what must be lates 00's.

    A few standouts were him getting stuck in the turnstyle at crewe, a bit of frantic pushing and pulling ended with us freeing him and him entering in fire exit.

    Then an eventful night in mansfield, awful game think we may have missed a pen and drew or got beat. Anyway it was nightgame in winter so was quite dark when we set off. my brother was asleep across the back seat for some reason and it transpired sammy hadnt seen him or noticed him until 10 miles outside of mansfield when our kid sat upand asked if we were there yet, well poor sammy shit himself and let out a shreak i ended up nearly veering into the central reservation. He was shaking the rest of the journey bless him. On the way back he asked me to pull in the services so he could pee, i parks up right by the front so he didnt have to walk far with his sticks, no not sammy decided to open and piss at the side of the car in full view of everyone .

    RIP my old mate.
     
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    Remember sitting next to him with my wife Carol at Ayresome Park, back in the days of Bernie Slaven, Tony Mowbray and Gary Pallister. He was listening to the racing on his tranny radio, he leant over to me and said " Pebbles won de big race ". Lovely guy, always had a smile on his face. RIP mate
     
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