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4 years already....

4 years already....

Legends never die.

Gone but never forgotten.

RIP Sir Tom
 
A sad day in the history of PNE and Preston.
Just shows how far the team have come on in that time. If I remember correctly we drew with Leyton Orient the Saturday following his death.
Look at where they are now and what we have achieved.
Sir Tom would have been very happy.
 
A lot of clubs have their famous former player who once drew the headlines and perhaps even made a name for themselves at international level. Sir Tom was that but he was also an awful lot more than that. He was a gentleman who epitomised what sportsmanship should be but he was more than that as well. Remember this man who in his 80s would go off to talk to small groups of fans in meeting rooms in pubs was someone who people who could make the comparison such as Bill Shankly thought was simply the finest footballer who had ever lived. He was not to be compared to Puskas, Pele, Di Stefano or whoever but they to him. That is what you have to remember - the finest footballer ever, anywhere, anytime.
 
RIP Sir Tom. I cannot believe its 4 years, and luckily we find PNE in a much better position than we were at the time.

I also think the club, and wider City did Sir Tom proud when he passed; the way they handled the situation and tributes was spot on. It felt like the club and City were galvanised in the days and weeks after Sir Toms passing.
 
Doc Brown said:
RIP Sir Tom. I cannot believe its 4 years, and luckily we find PNE in a much better position than we were at the time.

I also think the club, and wider City did Sir Tom proud when he passed; the way they handled the situation and tributes was spot on. It felt like the club and City were galvanised in the days and weeks after Sir Toms passing.
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RIP Sir Tom , gone but never forgotten

Mortis
 
ernest said:
A lot of clubs have their famous former player who once drew the headlines and perhaps even made a name for themselves at international level. Sir Tom was that but he was also an awful lot more than that. He was a gentleman who epitomised what sportsmanship should be but he was more than that as well. Remember this man who in his 80s would go off to talk to small groups of fans in meeting rooms in pubs was someone who people who could make the comparison such as Bill Shankly thought was simply the finest footballer who had ever lived. He was not to be compared to Puskas, Pele, Di Stefano or whoever but they to him. That is what you have to remember - the finest footballer ever, anywhere, anytime.
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Well said ernest.
 
I moved hell and Earth to be there against Leyton Orient. In my heart I was the most vocal I've ever been at Deepdale but my words were horribly croaked, choked in tears on the Town End.

The Garner penalty was celebrated more than any winner over Blackpool!
 
Bobbage said:
I moved hell and Earth to be there against Leyton Orient. In my heart I was the most vocal I've ever been at Deepdale but my words were horribly croaked, choked in tears on the Town End.

The Garner penalty was celebrated more than any winner over Blackpool!
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Is there a video of the highlights of that game - it might be nice to relive it.
 
ernest said:
A lot of clubs have their famous former player who once drew the headlines and perhaps even made a name for themselves at international level. Sir Tom was that but he was also an awful lot more than that. He was a gentleman who epitomised what sportsmanship should be but he was more than that as well. Remember this man who in his 80s would go off to talk to small groups of fans in meeting rooms in pubs was someone who people who could make the comparison such as Bill Shankly thought was simply the finest footballer who had ever lived. He was not to be compared to Puskas, Pele, Di Stefano or whoever but they to him. That is what you have to remember - the finest footballer ever, anywhere, anytime.
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You could not have created a better paragraph than that Ernest. Simply brilliant!
RIP Sir Tom - Forever in our thoughts.
 
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