Sad passing of a loyal blue Eccles Blue

[Wretched Vengeance]

She knew a good defender when she saw one. No doubt about that.

 

[Ho Chi Man City]

Over 300 likes on the OP, is that a record? Plenty buried the historical hatchet with non sensical banter to be brought together for Mrs EB, great tributes from all.

 

[lasereyes]

She’ll be laughing her little blue socks off up there at me as a united fan having to join the city forum to read the messages haha. She was very happy when I told her my son had decided to be a city fan and loved sharing that with him :-)

Ha - we need our kids to teach us what is right in life! Just kidding. Your gran was much respected and loved on this forum (as you can see from the length of this thread!) A true blue fan and clearly a wonderful family lady. I imagine she must have lived a truly fulfilling life and god rest her soul xx

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

Will miss her on here with her light hearted banter and love of Johnny Boulders. RIP EB - a lifelong and true blue, gone but not forgotten.

 

[blueinbaltimore]

sad to hear, a quality contributor to the forum and clearly a top blue. rip eccles.

 

[Martinblueboy]

This is very sad news. I've read many of her posts on here. Knowledgeable and funny and certainly loved John Stones. I didn't know she was a home and away blue until her illness other than someone mentioning it in Damo's thread on Twitter. Rest well, Eccles Blue.

 

[Bettys Bell]

I hope Eccles family can take some comfort from all the tributes on here . What a wonderful photograph they have kindly shared. X

 

[jimharri]

Hi
I’m Shiela/Eccles granddaughter I just felt I had to comment and say the family are absolutely blown away by the amount of lovely and heartfelt messages on here about her.
She loved going to the football and clearly made so many wonderful friends and a real city family through it.
Thank you all for sharing your stories and words - it’s brought a smile to my face (along with a few tears) to see that other people thought as highly of her as we did x

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Thanks for taking the time to come on here, in what is obviously a distressing period. I hope the posts on here show the esteem she was held in. She's at peace now. My condolences to you and all the family, along with her friends.


Cracking pic, by the way.

 

[Bluekiwi]

I found this from one of her posts. EB with her favourite player, Richard Dunne.

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Just saved it to my hard drive.

 

[Bluekiwi]

Hi
I’m Shiela/Eccles granddaughter I just felt I had to comment and say the family are absolutely blown away by the amount of lovely and heartfelt messages on here about her.
She loved going to the football and clearly made so many wonderful friends and a real city family through it.
Thank you all for sharing your stories and words - it’s brought a smile to my face (along with a few tears) to see that other people thought as highly of her as we did x

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Added to my hard drive - and some said we had no history - well she puts them in the place.

 

[Haaland94]

She had a gift for bringing people together, was always positive, and was the biggest John Stones fan out there. This place won’t be the same without her.

 

[Blue Pete]

RIP

 

[Gazza]

We need a 'Bluemoon Garden of Remembrance' sub-forum where each member that has passed has their own thread and a squad number - similar to the player's sub-forum.

 

[blue by birth]

Hi
I’m Shiela/Eccles granddaughter I just felt I had to comment and say the family are absolutely blown away by the amount of lovely and heartfelt messages on here about her.
She loved going to the football and clearly made so many wonderful friends and a real city family through it.
Thank you all for sharing your stories and words - it’s brought a smile to my face (along with a few tears) to see that other people thought as highly of her as we did x

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What a great picture..
Thank you for posting it..
Your gran will be missed on here..she was always so positive and her love of Johnny Stones was legendary.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

We need a 'Bluemoon Garden of Remembrance' sub-forum where each member that has passed has their own thread and a squad number - similar to the player's sub-forum.

Our forever Number 5.

God love her.

Beautiful thread.

 

[jollylescott]

Hard to imagine this place without her. Just had a quick look, it's less than a fortnight since her last post.

Sleep well Sheila. I'm going to miss your Upper Case habit!

:-(

Yes Jim she certainly had a unique writing style!

There was always very funny banter between the two of you, which often brought a smile to my face.

Sheila was the very essence of a true blue and will certainly be missed by all of us.

 

[jimharri]

Yes Jim she certainly had a unique writing style!

There was always very funny banter between the two of you, which often brought a smile to my face.

Sheila was the very essence of a true blue and will certainly be missed by all of us.

I could never get the better of her.

:-(

 

[AirbagsOptionalTheReturn]

RIP Eccles Blue, you will be missed on Bluemoon. Condolences to the family x

 

[BringBackSwales]

Hi
I’m Shiela/Eccles granddaughter I just felt I had to comment and say the family are absolutely blown away by the amount of lovely and heartfelt messages on here about her.
She loved going to the football and clearly made so many wonderful friends and a real city family through it.
Thank you all for sharing your stories and words - it’s brought a smile to my face (along with a few tears) to see that other people thought as highly of her as we did x

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Hi Michelle, I never met your grandma but her passing is like I’ve lost a family member. I exchanged a lot of posts and direct messages with her and thought she was brilliant. My favourite poster on here by miles and she was always so positive and funny. Nobody messed with Eccles Blue on here and as I said in an earlier post whenever John Stones did something good I used to stand up and shout towards the Colin Bell stand “that one was for you Eccles”. It would be very poignant if Sheila’s John Boy got some minutes on Sunday.

 

[pride in battle]

Does Danny Wilson know ?
It would be good if the club did something Sunday.