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RIP Shaky

RIP Shaky

I was at work when Buzzer phoned me at half 9 with this awful awful news, just as I was leaving on my 1st run of the night to, of all places, Ulverston. The office there is about 2, maybe 3 streets from Dave's home.

I am not ashamed to admit that I spent most of the journey there in tears before I finally broke down for around 10 minutes once back at Preston, thanks to Broggy for looking after me. To say that I was devastated would be an understatement.

I have known Dave in person since we first met around 97 and I first met his wife and then 9 year old daughter in 99. I am proud to have had him as a mate, both online and offline, as hard work as he could be at times on here. As I type this, I am raising a glass of Red to you in memory of times we had together on the match.

My thoughts are with both Jackie and Becky and his friends on here.

God bless you fella,
Rest in Peace, Dave - you'll be sadly missed by many.

Your friend, Woolley x 🙁
 
Jack Daniels said:
I was at work when Buzzer phoned me at half 9 with this awful awful news, just as I was leaving on my 1st run of the night to, of all places, Ulverston. The office there is about 2, maybe 3 streets from Dave's home.

I am not ashamed to admit that I spent most of the journey there in tears before I finally broke down for around 10 minutes once back at Preston, thanks to Broggy for looking after me. To say that I was devastated would be an understatement.

I have known Dave in person since we first met around 97 and I first met his wife and then 9 year old daughter in 99. I am proud to have had him as a mate, both online and offline, as hard work as he could be at times on here. As I type this, I am raising a glass of Red to you in memory of times we had together on the match.

My thoughts are with both Jackie and Becky and his friends on here.

God bless you fella,
Rest in Peace, Dave - you'll be sadly missed by many.

Your friend, Woolley x 🙁
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Brought a tear to my eye fella. I think we should all go to his local and raise a drink in his honour.
 
nathanPNE said:
Brought a tear to my eye fella. I think we should all go to his local and raise a drink in his honour.
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Got tears in my eyes again having read the entire thread.

Nathan, I suspect that many people from Preston will attend the funeral, as I suggested to Katie (Bint) on the phone tonight, we should travel there by train as Dave always enthused on how beautiful a journey it was on match day by train from Ulverston to Preston and back.

About time we found out, a fitting tribute of sorts to something that Dave loved to tell us about.

One final thing, you still owe me a fiver Howson over Andy Lonergan and boy!, am I gonna hassle you in person over it one day when we finally meet up again. Get saving up fella, you don't escape that easily!!
 
Shocking, terrible news. Don't know what to say.

Deeply disheartening news. At the moment I couldn't care less about PNE's managerial situation.
 
Jack Daniels said:


About time we found out, a fitting tribute of sorts to something that Dave loved to tell us about.
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Needless to say not slept much. Danny was talking about retracing our often crawled pub crawl in Preston one day in his memory. I'm up for this. And like the idea of travelling his way to Ulverston. He loved that trip!
 
This thread is a credit to Shaky, the club and you all. For everyone to put aside their differences is a tribute to the man. I think it would be great is someone could either print this thread for the family to read or grant them access - I'm sure they'd love to read some of the tales.
 
Bint said:
Needless to say not slept much. Danny was talking about retracing our often crawled pub crawl in Preston one day in his memory. I'm up for this. And like the idea of travelling his way to Ulverston. He loved that trip!
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Me neither!

It's so weird reading people speaking so highly of him in the past tense, even those who he lambasted on here on a regular basis, in his own unique way!!

His persona on here was a wind-up from start to finish, he just loved winding people up and would argue the toss on any subject just to get a rise. Ultimately it wasn't worth bothering because he would NEVER give up........🙁
 
A bit of a shock this, and sad news. He could be curmudgeonly, miserable and downright obnoxious but he could also be as funny as fuck with a great turn of phrase, I will always remember his description of our last season under Simpson as "Dogwank" which made me laugh. Sorry I never met him in person, RIP Shaky.
 
Dannypne7 said:
Me neither!

It's so weird reading people speaking so highly of him in the past tense, even those who he lambasted on here on a regular basis, in his own unique way!!

His persona on here was a wind-up from start to finish, he just loved winding people up and would argue the toss on any subject just to get a rise. Ultimately it wasn't worth bothering because he would NEVER give up........🙁
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I proved him wrong, once. And that was over us reaching the play offs against Derby.

It annoyed me at times what a bell end he could be on here... But then again he never pretended to be anything else! But a nicer, more genuine bloke you couldn't wish to meet. Had your back and was one I'd rather have on side than not. That said heart of gold and he's going to leave a big Miserable Old Fart shaped hole behind. I'm devastated.
 
Dannypne7 said:
As Derek Shaw once described him (and later denied), "that cunt Shaky". 🙂
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His transcript of the phone call with Derek still cracks me up
"er hello, is that Shaky?"
"yeah"
"it's Derek."
"Derek who?"
"Shaw"
" 'fuck do you want?"
 
Bint said:
One of my best memories is when someone accused him of being racist. "I'm not racist. I hate every fucker"
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I remember this; made my howl with laughter. Enjoyed his banter.

This news puts everything into perspective.

RIP. Sincere condolencies to his family and friends.
 
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