The final game
The last game I attended at Carrow Road with my Dad.
I was on leave from my base at Laarbruch in Germany, finalising my plans for the divorce of my first wife, and judging by pictures of that time, looking pale and gaunt.
Dad died of a heart attack in April 1996, came on whilst cycling home from work, and walking over Oulton Broad bridge, as it turned out, he did not have the energy to cycle up the slight hill.
The paramedic said he was dead before he hit the ground.
The orderly office and duty NCO knocked at my room door; I thought it was my Granddad who had died, as I knew what their presence meant, but it was Dad. Although Granddad only last three more days.
Dad and I had boycotted home games through Christmas following the departure of Martin O'Neil, in order to get the then chairman, Robert Chase, to resign. So were denied one or two more games.
The final game
The last game I attended at Carrow Road with my Dad.
I was on leave from my base at Laarbruch in Germany, finalising my plans for the divorce of my first wife, and judging by pictures of that time, looking pale and gaunt.
Dad died of a heart attack in April 1996, came on whilst cycling home from work, and walking over Oulton Broad bridge, as it turned out, he did not have the energy to cycle up the slight hill.
The paramedic said he was dead before he hit the ground.
The orderly office and duty NCO knocked at my room door; I thought it was my Granddad who had died, as I knew what their presence meant, but it was Dad. Although Granddad only last three more days.
Dad and I had boycotted home games through Christmas following the departure of Martin O'Neil, in order to get the then chairman, Robert Chase, to resign. So were denied one or two more games.