Andyhinch

gazinho said:
Never met Andy in person but had many conversations with him on here both on the forum and via pm, none stick out more than a thread I started 10 years ago asking for recommendations where to go for a weekend away with Mrs and mini Gaz, Andy immediately messaged me and got me a free weekend away in a hotel in Blackpool all I had to do was be his brother in law he even wanted to send me some cash to treat mini Gaz while we were there, I obviously wouldnt let him but it seemed the mark of the man.

We kept in touch down the years and was only messaging a few months ago, a sad sad loss and absolutely no age whatsoever.

RIP Andy, sing loudly from the stand with no name, you'll be missed x
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That’s a lovely story mate, and probably sums up a few people on here who help out other blues, and you never get to hear about it really until such sad times as this :-(.
@delboy , ramble away mate, for me personally never had a great deal of interaction with Andy but always got the impression he was a very kind, warm hearted and down to earth lad, it’s stories like the above that help people get a good insight into someone’s true nature, which isn’t always obvious on here.
 
RIP Andy.Thoughts and prayers to all the family and friends.
 
21 pages and rising rapidly. Says a lot about AndyHinche. I've never seen so many messages for a member. Sounded and looked like a proper nice guy. Gutted for them(WW and delboy etc) who were close to him and I hope these messages give you some comfort. The story from Gazinho about Blackpool blew me away. The saying "It's nice to be nice" could of been written for this gentleman.
 
I was thinking only last weekend to give Andy a ring to see how he was doing and arrange going out for a pint with him. I've only met him about half a dozen times or so but i feel like i knew him better than i did because he was open and easy to talk to. We had spoken several hours on the phone since him going home and he was always cheery, especially in the face of the adversity he was facing.

He was in quite a bad way in hospital but he didn't complain, he just made light of his predicament and we had a laugh. First time I went it was dinnertime and the nurse brought his usual 3 course dinner which smelt really good. Took him a while to eat as his left shoulder (iirc) was out of use. He had soup, meatloaf potatoes and veg and apple pie and custard which was of a much higher standard than the usual NHS fodder you get, him being in a Bupa hospital.

After he'd finished eating he said the meatloaf was delicious and asked me if i was hungry. I said I was. He quipped - "you should have said, I would have asked the nurse if there were and going spare"! Lol. Cheers mate: )

I'm hoping to attend his funeral to pay my respects and perhaps catch up with a few blues off here who knew him. I think it would be a good idea to get a BM meet up together and have a drink in Andy's memory. I'm still shocked he's gone tbh.
 
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