RIP Ollie, spoke to him for the first time for about 10 seconds a few months ago at a Rovers game. He was in the players bar under the old stand watching the Shels scores on the teletext. Asked him how he was keeping and wished him well in his recovery. Remember him at a Rovers game last year walking out across the pitch and the Rovers fans were giving him stick about the money issues and he took it well pointing at the ground as much as to say "the land".
Theres no doubt that he was very passionate about Shels but ultimately I think he made two many decisions with the heart then the head and his fiery temper let him down at times. I remember at a NLU forum once in town he nearly lost the plot when a Derry fan was winding him up about Hutton joining Shels. He almost at one stage lost the plot and lept over the table to take it further.
But theres no doubt the league will be less interesting with him gone.
>We'd have a much stronger league if people loved their club as much as he did.
Yes Sligoman agree with you there!
RIP Ollie.
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