I’m very proud to announce that the Bob Paisley Memorial has been unveiled.

Hundreds of Liverpool supporters, Sunderland supporters and local townsfolk turned out for the occasion. The Paisley family where represented by Bobs son Robert Paisley and his brother Hughie among many others. Hetton town clerk John Price organised the day and the lady Mayor Mrs J Heron oversaw the days events.

The memorial was very well received and everybody was delighted to see it but, most importantly, the Paisley family where thrilled to see the great Bob Paisley honoured in this way in his home town.

On behalf of the Bob Paisley memorial committee I’d like to thank the moderators of this website for allowing us to publicise our appeal here and I’d like to thank each and every one of you who supported this fans initiative in any way, be it by buying a T shirt, donating money or generally supporting us in any way at all.

Each and every one of you should feel immensely proud of yourselves.

I’d also like to thank John Moore and Peter Etherington of www.onthekop.com for allowing their LFC website to be the home of the Bob Paisley Memorial campaign.

If anyone is still to visit Hetton-le-Hole to see the memorial that you have helped build then you may be interested to hear that Liverpool FC reserves are playing Sunderland reserves in Hetton-le-Hole on SEPTEMBER 17TH with a 7pm kick off time. The game is being played on the former Eppleton Colliery Pitch which is situated at the Hetton Centre, just a short walk from where the memorial is sited with an entrance fee of something like £3 so, if your in the area or are visiting from further afield, why not take the game in at the same time.

The postcode for the Hetton Centre is DH5 9NE if you’d like to check google maps.

I’d also like to announce that LFC.TV are showing a special half hour documentary on Thursday 21st August at 7pm which covers the unveiling very well.

So, that’s it. Our crusade is over.

Thank you all very much indeed.

The Bob Paisley Memorial Committee

John Marquis
Glynn Jones
Tony Magill
Kevin Lynch
Beverley Jervis
Robbie Ashcroft
Phil Pryce
Andrew Swift
And finally, Peter Etherington and myself, Ian Graves.

Written by Ian Graves
Contact and read more articles by Ian Graves

(5 votes, average: 5 out of 5)  Loading ...

Email This Article  Print This Article

Related Articles Papers compare Rafa to Paisley (27 November 2008) Ex-Red Remembered: Roy Evans (7 October 2008) The Bob Paisley Memorial Appeal (7 March 2008)

Tags: bob paisley