RIP Bill Lyons (@Bill, previously @de niro) update re funeral pg 51/JustGiving link p52

[lloydie]

Sad news, met him once and only briefly in The Waldorf, a stalwart of the board. My condolences to his family and friends.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Very sad news.

RIP Bill.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

I'm so sorry to hear this -- a legend here. He will be missed. Love and care to his family and friends.

 

[JCB001]

Top Top Blue but more importantly he was just a very nice man
R.I.P.Bill
Hope the Trawler gets you home safely

 

[Lavinda Past]

One of the nicest blokes I've ever met. A true gentleman, he even apologised to me after he had to ban me for an 'unacceptable post' on here some years ago!
As @City_Shirts suggested, the word "legend" isn't enough when it comes to our Bill.
Deepest condolences to Bill's family.

 

[Junior Blue 2171]

I had the pleasure of Bill's company on a couple of Euro trips, a lovely, lovely and very funny man.
Going out with his beloved Blues on top of the world is very fitting
RIP Bill

 

[I'm not really here]

RIP blue, just glad he was able to see us reach the top of the world

 

[manclad]

Top Top Blue but more importantly he was just a very nice man
R.I.P.Bill
Hope the Trawler gets you home safely

I hope he has his coin with him to pay the ferryman for his journey across the River Styx .

 

[TinFoilHat]

RIP DeNiro

A true character of this board from the very early days.

A gracious man.

 

[blueduff]

I know we're not really supposed to mention it on here anymore because the circumstances of it ended up being all mysterious, but my clearest, most resonant memory of Bill came from the night The Fixer incident happened. While the rest of us were beside ourselves and trying to figure out what was going on, Bill immediately jumped in the car with his daughter and drove through the night to be with a man he thought was in desperate need of company. I don't really know what happened after that, but Bill jumping in his car without a second thought to drive miles to comfort a complete stranger spoke volumes about the guy he was.

I met him a few times on Bluemoon meet-ups down the years, mainly between 2010 and 2012. I think the last time I saw him was the day the photo below was taken in the Waldorf in 2012. Very happy times to be a Blue, they were, but also very sad times with Sam (GSC) and Sue (Bluebird) going in the same summer. Was so sorry to see that he'd been diagnosed with MND. Even more sorry to find this out. At least he's seen us win the fucking lot, so I'll repeat now what he said the day of Sam's funeral 12 years ago, about a week before this photo was taken: "One of the last things Sam witnessed was us winning the league, he died a champion."

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Sad news this, met him a couple of times at the game and at meet ups quite a while ago. Pretty sure one of the first times was in the Waldorf when this was taken and could tell straight away he was a top blue and a top bloke! RIP Bill.