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

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RIP Bill, a genuine and compassionate bloke who should be enjoying a well earned retirement with his family. Helped so many without any fuss and always stuck to his principles.

He loved a wind up but always with a twinkle in his eye, a top blue who thankfully got to see us win it all before he escaped that horrible illness.
 
youngbob said:
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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A lovely post which sums Bill up. I met him on a few European aways, especially the UEFA league trips. He was a total gent.
 
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Bill was one of the few people that took me under his wing when I was a snot-nosed little shit coming over from Australia for a few games in 2007. Always good for a pint and a yarn. He's one of a few that I will never forget the hospitality that he showed, and many more messages from here speak to his big heart. A City legend.
 
Devastated by this sad news, did a few Euro away days with him and many others in the PL..
I remember a Bayern trip where I was supposed to meet him at a bar, he gave me the name of a chain of bars and said the name of the street it was on was Strasse…. :-)

Bill is a legend and the master wind up merchant.. He will be sadly missed by so many
:-( …. RIP Bill …
 
youngbob said:
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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He looks really well on this photo.

Never met him but reading a lot of good things about him and know how well regarded he is on here.

RIP Bill x
 
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