Re: RIP Maurice Lindsey : Fri Jun 10, 2022 5:38 am  

Smalls wrote:

35 and feel the same way. Magical times at Central Park.
No other team will experience what we were so lucky to have back then.

Am a bit older but the sentiment is the same,he did so much for Wigan Rugby will forever be in his debt.
Kris did a fantastic eulogy befitting a man of Maurices stature.

Re: RIP Maurice Lindsey : Fri Jun 10, 2022 11:27 am  

Along with Rads emotional eulogy seeing the Challenge Cup dressed in Cherry and White ribbons on the alter with Maurice's framed picture was very moving.

He would have loved that.

Re: RIP Maurice Lindsey : Fri Jun 10, 2022 2:55 pm  

sergeant pepper wrote:

Oh wow, I've just listened to the eulogy now. What a great and special life he lived.

He was a "bit of lad" owd Morris.
I met him a few times and he was always a gentleman with me but I know other people who dealt with him on a business footing and one of them in particular is quite scathing in his opinion of him.
I thought KR pitched it perfectly. A great guy but like the rest us humans he had his frailties.
I was unaware of his Irish background but it probably partially explained his love of horse racing.

Re: RIP Maurice Lindsey : Fri Jun 10, 2022 9:53 pm  

MattyB wrote:

Along with Rads emotional eulogy seeing the Challenge Cup dressed in Cherry and White ribbons on the alter with Maurice's framed picture was very moving.

He would have loved that.

Just brilliant.

Re: RIP Maurice Lindsey : Fri Jun 10, 2022 10:39 pm  

Itchy Arsenal wrote:

He was a "bit of lad" owd Morris.
I met him a few times and he was always a gentleman with me but I know other people who dealt with him on a business footing and one of them in particular is quite scathing in his opinion of him.
I thought KR pitched it perfectly. A great guy but like the rest us humans he had his frailties.
I was unaware of his Irish background but it probably partially explained his love of horse racing.

Jim Mills on twitter wasn't too complimentary of Maurice upon news of his death. Wasn't really the time for it, he should have kept his feelings to himself and said nowt.

Re: RIP Maurice Lindsey : Fri Jun 10, 2022 11:41 pm  

MattyB wrote:

Jim Mills on twitter wasn't too complimentary of Maurice upon news of his death. Wasn't really the time for it, he should have kept his feelings to himself and said nowt.

I know Mills had issues re the Offiah deal, but didn't see anything from him on Twitter recently, maybe I missed it?

I do know I've never watched a funeral on Facebook before, and was then so moved. I was lucky enough to meet Maurice in the depths of our bad days, and found him perfectly approachable and a decent bloke.

Very telling that at Tottenham everyone applauded his passing. Tears in my eyes for sure.

Re: RIP Maurice Lindsey : Sat Jun 11, 2022 12:41 am  

endoman wrote: I know Mills had issues re the Offiah deal, but didn't see anything from him on Twitter recently, maybe I missed it? I do know I've never watched a funeral on Facebook before, and was then so moved. I was lucky enough to meet Maurice in the depths of our bad days, and found him perfectly approachable and a decent bloke. Very telling that at Tottenham everyone applauded his passing. Tears in my eyes for sure. https://twitter.com/millsjim44/status/1 ... BBJ3Q&s=19

endoman wrote: I know Mills had issues re the Offiah deal, but didn't see anything from him on Twitter recently, maybe I missed it? I do know I've never watched a funeral on Facebook before, and was then so moved. I was lucky enough to meet Maurice in the depths of our bad days, and found him perfectly approachable and a decent bloke. Very telling that at Tottenham everyone applauded his passing. Tears in my eyes for sure. https://twitter.com/millsjim44/status/1 ... BBJ3Q&s=19

Re: RIP Maurice Lindsey : Sat Jun 11, 2022 8:48 am  

pretty scummy on there from him and other pieces of garbage

Re: RIP Maurice Lindsey : Sun Jun 12, 2022 9:01 am  

MattyB wrote:

https://twitter.com/millsjim44/status/1530546271928430593?t=guZubeCnh1AIkmgTeBBJ3Q&s=19

Some of the replies to that are cringeworthy.

Why didn't Keighley just get promoted the following season if they were SL ready? I don't recall their squad being torn apart like would happen in football. More people looking to blame everyone else (Well, Wigan) for their own clubs failings.

Re: RIP Maurice Lindsey : Sun Jun 12, 2022 10:37 am  

I notice Jim didn't mention Widnes living way beyond their means at the time ... when he was CEO, I think.

Why else did they sell Offiah and Tait?

Also, as a player he was one of the most brutal I've ever had the misfortune to watch. I remember an unprovoked, very violent attack on Bill Ashurst, which was way more than just a 'bit of biff'. It put Sash out of the game for the next few weeks, and he was one of the few decent players Wigan had at the time.

Big Jim can do one.