Been away from the forum for 24+ hours and come back to find Sloth has done an equally long article to mine about BR mainly in response to what I said - what are we like
I think I need to try (yet again!!) to be briefer and so I will hardly comment at all on the specifics of what was said. As I said at the start of my 'essay' it is the past and has gone and so it is hardly necessary or constructive to go over it. We differ a bit in emphasis but I do feel I gave BR quite a lot of credit and wished him well at CFC so I do not regard myself as a BR hater at all, frankly I regard myself as someone who gives a full and largely well balanced picture of him, his LFC career and his general qualities - but I bet Sloth disagrees. Oh well - I am not going to change and nor is he so i think we need to respectfully say we agree to differ and move on.
On a lighter note - today i was at Anfield and did a 5K run round Stanley Park and surrounding area going past both Anfield and Goodison in memory of the 96 with sponsor money being raised for the LFC and EFC charities. It was a great atmosphere and celebration of our club and our city - and talking of ex LFC bosses guess who was there? Rafa!! - and I had my photo taken with him which being the big kid I am gave me a big thrill - even tho I am 60 years of age. The loud cheering when he was introduced from the stage showed the love for him from the people of Merseyside - I can think of many places which do not see him like that - no wonder he still lives on the Wirral and has an obvious love for LFC and the city. I also ran the whole 5K without stopping which I felt pleased with myself for at that age and at the end Margaret Aspinall gave me my medal - again a great thrill. Last year 4000 did this run in its inaugral year and it seems that this year it was similar amount or maybe even more. How about some of you other DS LFC fans doing it next year - I hope to again - and if I can do it anyone can!!. Or maybe some of you did???
I saw the new stand too while i was there - its coming along nicely!!