They thought it was all over…
I HAVE just been looking again at the OLs website and re-read the account of Sir Trevor Brooking’s visit to KES. The name nudged a few ancient brain cells and made a link.
I remember meeting Trevor Brooking and his son in the autumn of 1988 when we were both VIPs at an American Football game played between two Essex teams at Colchester. I was there in my role of the Chairman of the CAT Scanner Appeal [details on the OL website] as a proportion of the proceeds were to be donated to the appeal. I think Trevor was due to present the trophy.
I recall an amusing conversation about the comparison between ‘our sort of football’ and the American version. We both agreed that the latter went on for a long time and it was not too exciting on a cold, wet, windy October afternoon.
Trevor was too polite to make a remark, but I know that he envied my having to leave at half-time for another appointment.
Ray Woodcock
