Just come back from attending Tommy's funeral in Warrington. Great turnout, with the church crammed with family, friends, and Liverpool players and fans. Great to see and talk to some of my heroes from the great sixties team, Ray Clemence, Kevin Keegan, God, Gary McAlister,(Had my photo taken with each of these two pairs.) Ian St John, Ian Callaghan, Sir Roger Hunt, Chris Lawler, Phil Neal, Phil Boersma, and best of all Big Ron Yeats. Sadly Ron look like he isn't too aware of what is going on around him, but he will always be a giant to me. Great speech by the Liverpool F.C. chaplain, telling stories about Tommy and his colleague Roger Hunt when they used to travel to Anfield together from Warrington. Very moving when they played "You'll never walk alone" at the end of the service. Somehow meant more singing it for Tommy than it did on the Kop. I'm sure Tommy would've been absolutely chuffed.
Photos of ex players in Warrington Guardian.
http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/15906853.___A_professional_and_a_gentleman________Liverpool_FC_legends_say_farewell_to_goalkeeper_Tommy_Lawrence/R.I.P Tommy. A great player and a true gentleman.
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