Ricky Hatton RIP

Not sure I've ever felt so many emotions for someone that I've never even met. When Ricky fought in the ring it somehow felt like he was representing each and every one of us.
When we were shit he was a world champion from a council eadtate in Hattersley. A proper Blue who was loved by everyone..........if only he knew how much.
As your looking down on us today Ricky I'm sure that your finally at peace.
The fanbase was his greatest achievement were the words he spoke some time ago. Somehow that tells you everything about the man.
Love you always Hitman.
 
He bumped into me once (literally) at a night club bar in Ashton. I turned around quickly and he was just stood there on his own holding a pint and quickly apologised. I said something like “I’ll let you off, but just because you’re a blue”. He laughed and we just chatted football for a few minutes. He was a world champion at the time. Seemed genuinely happy to be just talking to a fellow blue.
 
manclad said:
I think he was born near BHC and then maybe lived there later in life.
But he definitely lived on Mainway for a long time.
I used to walk past his house to get a bus into town ( 17,163,122) ,and that was back in the 1970s.
He had the 2 cars on the drive -
A white Roller - BJM 1 .
A Caddilac - 1 LAF.
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I think he lived with his mum in the mid 60’s and then moved to Maineway. I remember the Rolls Royce going up and down Rochdale rd
 
I felt the need to go down to the Cathedral yesterday, and I’m so glad I did!
I watched a few of Ricky’s fights live in Manchester back in the day, I was never really a big boxing fan, and I’m still not, but I was always a Ricky fan.
I’d seen him plenty of times at the ground over the years, and he always had time for a chat and a photo, no matter who you were. Just a proper down to earth lad.
The eulogy and what his kids said were incredibly emotional, you could hear a pin drop outside the Cathedral. It really hit home what he meant to so many people, not just as a boxer, but as a person.

Rest easy, Champ. Manchester’s lost one of its best.
 
Brightwell’s left peg said:
He bumped into me once (literally) at a night club bar in Ashton. I turned around quickly and he was just stood there on his own holding a pint and quickly apologised. I said something like “I’ll let you off, but just because you’re a blue”. He laughed and we just chatted football for a few minutes. He was a world champion at the time. Seemed genuinely happy to be just talking to a fellow blue.
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I also bumped into him once,post match, in a pub on hyde road just outside Gorton iirc,name escapes me

I immediately recognized him and he stood there with a pint in his hand and a broad warm smile on his face. I know very little about boxing and didn't want to pretend I did so just smiled back and carried on walking ...a brief meeting with a world famous person who was humble and just enjoying the crack like every other Blue ,back in the day when we were rubbish.

RIP Ricky Hatton.

Peace.
 
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Brightwell’s left peg said:
He bumped into me once (literally) at a night club bar in Ashton. I turned around quickly and he was just stood there on his own holding a pint and quickly apologised. I said something like “I’ll let you off, but just because you’re a blue”. He laughed and we just chatted football for a few minutes. He was a world champion at the time. Seemed genuinely happy to be just talking to a fellow blue.
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I remember seeing him in Bedroom a few times.
 
Bizarrely I was having a pint in Bredbury Con Club on Friday chatting to a mate who just happened to be one of the funeral directors staff on duty on Friday - he works for the Funeral Directors in Hyde who did 'the job' - Ricky's Rolls Royce hearse was a special order from another outfit for the day - my mate was seen on TV outside the Cathedral
 
Just watched the sky doc. So emotional with hindsight.

What a genuine fella, just absolutely loving to his core.

So absurd when he thinks he let people down by losing the odd fight. He absolutely inspired more than I think he knew. And it seems it was his greatest joy making people happy but dont think he quite realised how loved he is.

Met him twice as just a fan and the stories are true, had time for me, he was drunk and it involved City one way or another.

What a shame. What a man. RIP Ricky xx
 
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