I don't really think it's an achievement. Sure, he was a class footballer.
There's no difference between him and anyone posting on this thread, as a person.
That's correct, but as The RoyalOak, per se, it's a gonna.
I know a fair bit bit of history there. For example, the guy that owns Denton Motors, Rod, in Park Road next door, his dad owned the pub many years ago and bought the land behind the pub and set up the garage, which is still there.
The Royal Oak in Worthing has gone, in Brighton Road, opposite Denton Gardens, near the swimming pool and opposite The Egremont.
How times change. When I moved from Brighton to Worthing around 30 years ago, The Royal Oak was a cracking pub, run by an an ex military policeman, who kept a great...
I know a guy who only won 2 million a couple of years ago.
When I went round his new place he looked so frustrated sitting by his pool, with a nice new convertible on the big drive of his big new house.
As you say, boy, was he frustrated.