People like that, who make people laugh, seem larger than life, and seem to stick two fingers up to the world, tend to be the loneliest of souls…. R I P Shaky.
Shaky
the train journey to his funeral with a few great PNE fans and his chums all kitted out in PNE shirts (I had porrdgewog1 on the back of my Lonners shirt) badges worn WDD etc was a sombre yet heartening experience, Katie aka BINT gave a truly moving eulogy that had us laughing and crying at the same time.
I remember once picking Shaky up in Longridge for a trip to Wolves, we took our seats behind a couple of ladies, Lonners threw one in the net early on and you can just imagine the abuse, spittle and gesticulations coming out of my travelling companion, well one of the ladies in front now with her ears covered and spittle running down her jacket was none other than Lonners wife, she moved seats!!! The only thing we didn't pass on the way home was a service station as "half pint bladder" shaky threatened to just piss in my car if I didn't stop!!!
I must OF many more stories but the one regret re Shaky I will always have is that I didn't take him up on his kind offer to spend a day at the hound trails with him, sadly missed but never forgotten.
I remember once picking Shaky up in Longridge for a trip to Wolves, we took our seats behind a couple of ladies, Lonners threw one in the net early on and you can just imagine the abuse, spittle and gesticulations coming out of my travelling companion, well one of the ladies in front now with her ears covered and spittle running down her jacket was none other than Lonners wife, she moved seats!!! The only thing we didn't pass on the way home was a service station as "half pint bladder" shaky threatened to just piss in my car if I didn't stop!!!
I must OF many more stories but the one regret re Shaky I will always have is that I didn't take him up on his kind offer to spend a day at the hound trails with him, sadly missed but never forgotten.
Met him on the Kop on an evening game way back when, he was sat just behind us, knew it was him when he kept referring to someone as “dogwank”!