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

Bill was a true Bluemoon legend.
I sat next to him and his family about 15 years ago at the JJB Stadium when City played Wigan Athletic.
I know he had been ill for a number of years with MND , and I noticed he hadn't posted on BM for a few months.
All I can say is that I hope you enjoy watching City win lots more trophies from The Stand With No Name.
R.I .P BILL.
 
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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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