A collusion of circumstance and a commitment to my late father took me to the prematch lunch before Suttonians vs Wexford Wanderers at Station Road last weekend.
My dad passed away recently, after being sick for a number of years. One of the unintended gifts of his illness was the time we got to spend with him, in and out of hospital, often just keeping him company, filling the long hours with idle chat.
It was during one of those conversations that Dad asked me to reach out to Suttonians to see if they’d like his old club blazer. The crest was hand-stitched in wire, as was the style back in the 1970s, and he thought they might appreciate it for reference.
As it turned out, this is the club’s centenary year, and they had been gathering memorabilia to mark the milestone. That small gesture made my dad very happy; another little task with a tick beside it before he was finished.
At the lunch, S
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