Rob Gretton

[stevemcgarry]

I know a lot of City fans remember Rob Gretton. Today would've been his 65th birthday so I thought I'd share this pic of two fresh-faced young mods, taken in a photo booth in early 1969, long before Joy Division and New Order and the Hac. We'd hitched to Coventry to see City and met some girls. Rob started writing to one of them and so we had these pics taken so he could send her a photo. Note the City scarf that Rob is sporting. He'd have absolutely loved what's happened to City these last few years. Cheers!

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Great Pic. Coventry away in 1969...Bet
My old man was at that. He would have loved this too but sadly died a year before the takeover. Life flashes by even when you are fortunate enough to make it to the latter years.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Cool as fuck.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Proper old school blue, he sadly died young just before we turned the corner. Left a legacy though.

 

[bumbleblue]

Great pics.

 

[bakerdave76]

Great bloke as well .

 

[tshirtman]

I pass his grave in Southern Cemetery regularly,

Martin Hannet is also in there

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I pass his grave in Southern Cemetery regularly,

Martin Hannet is also in there

As is A H Wilson.
Saw him in one of the pubs on Victory St (think it was the Gardeners) just a few games before the end of the 1998 / 99 season. Just having a pint with friends after a game. Think it was second last game v Wycombe in which we lost. Then he passed away weeks later before the play off final.

 

[kippax_blueboy]

Rob died 22 May 2009 the morning of the play-off semi-final at Wigan. I was walking up to the ground when someone told me. The previous week I had been in the pub with Rob and a few others.
What a photo from 1969 though and a great story. Cheers.

 

[johnnytapia]

I pass his grave in Southern Cemetery regularly,

Martin Hannet is also in there

In the same grave? I knew they were close but...