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In this extract Tommy reflects on how luck can play a huge part in life. He tells the story of being very close by when the Birmingham pub bombs went off.
“The fickleness of fate was brought home to me a week after the German game. I had been to see my family in Fife and was returning to Coventry by train. I had to change at New Street station in Birmingham to complete the last leg of my journey. By the time I got home, the news was filtering through of explosions in two pubs resulting in a huge loss of life. The pubs that were bombed were only a few yards from the station, but I had been totally unaware of the mayhem happening above my head as I waited for my train on the station concourse.
That news certainly put into context the importance or otherwise of the results of any football match. It also made me think of how lucky I was to be completely safe, when someone who was just as blissfully innocent as I was, but who was 50 yards up the road in the wrong direction, had their life ended in a brutal manner. Two innocent people in virtually the same location: one carries on with his life unaltered, the other had his life violently curtailed. These events certainly made me stop and think.”
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Hutch, Hard Work and Belief
Tommy Hutchison and Kevin Shannon
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In this extract Tommy reflects on how luck can play a huge part in life. He tells the story of being very close by when the Birmingham pub bombs went off.
“The fickleness of fate was brought home to me a week after the German game. I had been to see my family in Fife and was returning to Coventry by train. I had to change at New Street station in Birmingham to complete the last leg of my journey. By the time I got home, the news was filtering through of explosions in two pubs resulting in a huge loss of life. The pubs that were bombed were only a few yards from the station, but I had been totally unaware of the mayhem happening above my head as I waited for my train on the station concourse.
That news certainly put into context the importance or otherwise of the results of any football match. It also made me think of how lucky I was to be completely safe, when someone who was just as blissfully innocent as I was, but who was 50 yards up the road in the wrong direction, had their life ended in a brutal manner. Two innocent people in virtually the same location: one carries on with his life unaltered, the other had his life violently curtailed. These events certainly made me stop and think.”
Excerpt From
Hutch, Hard Work and Belief
Tommy Hutchison and Kevin Shannon
This material may be protected by copyright.
if you would like to read more, the book can be bought using the link below.
Hutch' order form
