Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
- 5,991
Left us earlier today, huge Albion fan and a real Gent.
RIP Buddy
RIP Buddy
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[Albion] Simon Sissling RiP
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surrey jim
Not in Surrey
That’s terrible news. I worked with him for many years at Amex, a really nice guy,
RIP
RIP
prawnsarnies
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- Jan 20, 2010
- 1,111
RIP Simon
- Aug 7, 2003
- 8,073
Bloody hell, he wasn’t very old was he? NSC username Robot Chicken as far as I can recall. RIP.
Terry Butcher Tribute Act
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- Aug 18, 2013
- 3,660
Downloaded Penguin back in the glory years.
RIP
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SeagullinExile
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RIP fella.
AmexRuislip
Retired Spy 🕵️♂️
RIP Simon 
Always sad when you hear that the person behind a user name you recognise from here has passed away, even if you didn’t know them personally. I recall both his incarnations - Downloaded Penguin & Robert Chicken - and he always seemed to come across as a decent guy. Condolences to those on here that knew him away from NSC.
Cian
Well-known member
That's a shock, would have talked to him here / messenger apps going back to the very early NSC days. RIP.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
RIP Simon.
Not old at all sadly. Was in my brother’s year at school which would make him around 46.
RIP Simon
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Superphil
Dismember
That is very sad to hear, RIP Simon. Wasn’t he the guy who organised the Giant flag?
Me and the missus got to know him over the Withdean years, helping transporting the REMF flag to away games, generally chewing the cud, a really honest man with nothing but enthusiasm and love for the Albion, and life.
Me and the missus got to know him over the Withdean years, helping transporting the REMF flag to away games, generally chewing the cud, a really honest man with nothing but enthusiasm and love for the Albion, and life.
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hart's shirt
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2nd February 2002
Fans flag up dirtiness of club symbol
One of the biggest flags in the world is to be given a clean.
Brighton and Hove Albion's supporters flag is filthy after being unfurled by fans at the team's games this season.
The blue and white striped flag measures 64ft by 32ft and carries the club's Seagull logo.
Fans raised £2,000 to have the flag made and pass it over the heads of the crowd until it is unfurled before the Albion team takes to the pitch.
Credit analyst Simon Sissling takes it to every home game at Withdean stadium.
Simon, 26, of Welbeck Avenue, Hove, said: "It is absolutely filthy after being used since the start of the season.
"It gets laid on the ground and covered in mud on both sides because people walk over it.
"It is far too big to put in a washing machine so we had to think of a way of getting it clean."
Hove businessman Robbie Raggio, a family friend, has offered to get the job done.
Mr Raggio, who owns Hove station's car wash, said staff could use the power jets to clean the flag in sections.
Simon said: "We have got to get together to work out exactly how it can be done to prevent the clean sections getting dirty again once they have been washed.
"It is one of the biggest flags in the world so it should be quite a sight when the lads at the car wash get to work on it."
The flag has been dedicated to the memory of Albion fan Robert Eaton, who died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre in New York on September 11 last year.
Mr Eaton, 37, a former Sussex schoolboy and lifelong Albion fan, worked there as a merchant banker.
Simon also wants to hear from fans willing to take the flag to away games as he is unable to get to all the matches.
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5136999.fans-flag-up-dirtiness-of-club-symbol/
As NSC hearts turn at this time towards thoughts of 9/11 and memories of the loss of one of our own, it's both fitting and heartbreakingly poignant that Simon should be connected here.
For me, the giant flag and the REMF were NSC's finest moments when we all came together to create something beautiful.
Simon was part of this.
Fans flag up dirtiness of club symbol
One of the biggest flags in the world is to be given a clean.
Brighton and Hove Albion's supporters flag is filthy after being unfurled by fans at the team's games this season.
The blue and white striped flag measures 64ft by 32ft and carries the club's Seagull logo.
Fans raised £2,000 to have the flag made and pass it over the heads of the crowd until it is unfurled before the Albion team takes to the pitch.
Credit analyst Simon Sissling takes it to every home game at Withdean stadium.
Simon, 26, of Welbeck Avenue, Hove, said: "It is absolutely filthy after being used since the start of the season.
"It gets laid on the ground and covered in mud on both sides because people walk over it.
"It is far too big to put in a washing machine so we had to think of a way of getting it clean."
Hove businessman Robbie Raggio, a family friend, has offered to get the job done.
Mr Raggio, who owns Hove station's car wash, said staff could use the power jets to clean the flag in sections.
Simon said: "We have got to get together to work out exactly how it can be done to prevent the clean sections getting dirty again once they have been washed.
"It is one of the biggest flags in the world so it should be quite a sight when the lads at the car wash get to work on it."
The flag has been dedicated to the memory of Albion fan Robert Eaton, who died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre in New York on September 11 last year.
Mr Eaton, 37, a former Sussex schoolboy and lifelong Albion fan, worked there as a merchant banker.
Simon also wants to hear from fans willing to take the flag to away games as he is unable to get to all the matches.
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5136999.fans-flag-up-dirtiness-of-club-symbol/
As NSC hearts turn at this time towards thoughts of 9/11 and memories of the loss of one of our own, it's both fitting and heartbreakingly poignant that Simon should be connected here.
For me, the giant flag and the REMF were NSC's finest moments when we all came together to create something beautiful.
Simon was part of this.
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robinsonsgrin
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blimey... used to chat with simon on facebook sites.... that is a shocker. thoughts to all his family.
The Andy Naylor Fan Club
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RIP to fellow NSCer. 
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
- 8,617
I met the fella, and im pretty sure you, taking the flag to aways and then the packing away after. He didn't care about the brief moment of celebrity for creating a record breaking flag. He just wanted a visible sign of passionate support for the albion. Sorry to hear this news. He was a proper fan.
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Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I knew Simon from travelling to away games on the Costa Express. He posted on Nsc quite a bit first as DP and then as Robot Chicken. I’m so sorry to read this and send condolences to his family.
That’s really sad .