Gilliver's Travels
Peripatetic
George Best was a truly great and talented footballer. Undoubtedly one of English football's best-ever. But he had no connection whatsoever with the Albion.
Glen Wilson was an honest hard-working pro. Our first silverware winning, inspirational captain, as well as being the club's physio, kit man, scout and much else besides. He gave 30 years, virtually all of his working life, to the Albion. [Younger fans may better understand this by imagining Charlie Oatway passing away, having served the Albion in a number of different roles for 30 years.]
If you're going to bother to have one-minute silences at football grounds at all, then honouring Glen Wilson is the epitome of what these should be all about.
A one-minute silence for George Best simply means dragooning 7000 people at Withdean into to an embarrassed silence for someone whose relevance to the club itself is virtually zero.
This should not be happening, but undoubtedly it will. For me, it totally cheapens the purpose of such tributes. Anyone agree?
Glen Wilson was an honest hard-working pro. Our first silverware winning, inspirational captain, as well as being the club's physio, kit man, scout and much else besides. He gave 30 years, virtually all of his working life, to the Albion. [Younger fans may better understand this by imagining Charlie Oatway passing away, having served the Albion in a number of different roles for 30 years.]
If you're going to bother to have one-minute silences at football grounds at all, then honouring Glen Wilson is the epitome of what these should be all about.
A one-minute silence for George Best simply means dragooning 7000 people at Withdean into to an embarrassed silence for someone whose relevance to the club itself is virtually zero.
This should not be happening, but undoubtedly it will. For me, it totally cheapens the purpose of such tributes. Anyone agree?