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joh said:
He was very appreciative of the ground tour afterwards and complimentary of the ground (except the pitch!)
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I really enjoyed the ground tour …

It was a very nice surprise at the end of the Locomotive naming event.

I have been in a lot of areas of the ground before , but it was the first time that I had seen the changing rooms
and it was a bit of an eye opener to see how basic the away dressing rooms were…..

There was a touch of John Beck about how smaller and basic they were compared to the home ones.
That said , the home ones and the officials changing rooms are not Premier League standard.
 
Ando60 said:
After the Locomotive Nameplate event at the train station, we went back to the Invicibles Lounge for a bit of lunch and some speeches from Bryan Gray , John Smith ( CEO of GB Freight ) and David Moyes...

At the end, John Smith presented Brian Gray with a miniature version of the name plate mounted on a wooden plinth.

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How were you worthy enough to get an A list invite.

And please don’t mention it was because of your plastic pitch effort…..
 
Ando60 said:
Listening to him speak today , it is clear that his passion for Preston North End is still there….

He is a lovely man, who quite rightly got loads of praise from David Moyes for all that he has done
for our Football club 👍🏻👍🏻

When Brian Gray gave his speech he said that today’s nameplate event gave him the opportunity
to combine two of his passions , trains and Preston North End…. It brought a lump to the throat.
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I get the Moyes - Gray - Smith connection.

But I’m baffled by the no show of “Today’s” Preston North End incumbents.

Especially Mr Ridsdale.

Odd.
 
pne1881 said:
More than odd.

I think it's a disgrace personally.
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In PR’s defence , the whole nameplate thing came about because of the friendship between Bryan Gray and John Smith ( GB Railfreight ) .

They had struck up a really good relationship whilst both being involved in the Settle to Carlisle project many years ago ( I don’t know what that was ) and Bryan said to John I want one of the locomotives naming after my team , Preston North End .

John Smith only agreed to do it it if Bryan got someone really good to unveil it , that’s when Bryan asked Moyesy.

So it wasn’t a snub from PR , he just wasn’t involved in the process at all and probably not even invited.
 
Ando60 said:
We had a good chat with him…

He is such a lovely fella and so modest..

I said to him “ you scored lots of goals over the years Alex “
and he said “ yeah, but not many good ones “
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No such thing as a bad goal!
You could forget he was on the pitch sometimes then he would just appear from nowhere and put the ball in the net.
Great goal poacher.
 
Ando60 said:
In PR’s defence , the whole nameplate thing came about because of the friendship between Bryan Gray and John Smith ( GB Railfreight ) .

They had struck up a really good relationship whilst both being involved in the Settle to Carlisle project many years ago ( I don’t know what that was ) and Bryan said to John I want one of the locomotives naming after my team , Preston North End .

John Smith only agreed to do it it if Bryan got someone really good to unveil it , that’s when Bryan asked Moyesy.

So it wasn’t a snub from PR , he just wasn’t involved in the process at all and probably not even invited.
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They both are still trustees of the Settle to Carlisle preservation Trust
 
No Danger said:
No such thing as a bad goal!
You could forget he was on the pitch sometimes then he would just appear from nowhere and put the ball in the net.
Great goal poacher.
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Obviously , we reminded him of the great goal at Ewood in 1979 , when we beat the already relegated Blackburn 1-0…

Even then he was modest and said “ Yeah, I just managed to catch that one right “
 
Ando60 said:
In PR’s defence , the whole nameplate thing came about because of the friendship between Bryan Gray and John Smith ( GB Railfreight ) .

They had struck up a really good relationship whilst both being involved in the Settle to Carlisle project many years ago ( I don’t know what that was ) and Bryan said to John I want one of the locomotives naming after my team , Preston North End .

John Smith only agreed to do it it if Bryan got someone really good to unveil it , that’s when Bryan asked Moyesy.

So it wasn’t a snub from PR , he just wasn’t involved in the process at all and probably not even invited.
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Fair enough thanks Ando.

It just seems a bit bizarre that something as unique as this doesn't involve someone at the Club as of now if that makes sense.

I guess the guys behind it didn't feel the need to get anyone else involved.
 
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