Now is the time to honour Sir Bobby.
Posted on May 12th, 2010 | 69 Comments |
The entire football world paid tribute to the man that had such an effect on the lives of so many, even people that never had the opportunity to meet him. It’s been an honour and a privilege to have him manage the team he supported as a boy. Whilst Bobby would rather have seen us challenging at the top of the Premier League rather than the second tier of English football, he would have remained equally as proud of this current team that had just spent the entire season defying critics and winning the title at a canter. Not much has been done by way of a permanent reminder of just what this man meant, not only to Geordies and fans of Newcastle United, but to England fans, Barcelona fans, PSV fans, in fact football fans all over the world. I think the time has come for that to change.
It’s been a tremendous season for Newcastle as we marched on towards the Championship trophy, whilst finishing a full 23 points clear of the play-off malarkey. In short we could have stopped playing in March and still gained promotion. Current manager Chris Hughton has taken inspiration from the great man to lead us into such a strong position on the field. Hughton has said that you can’t help feeling Bobby’s presence around around the place, in fact he even has a picture of Bobby on the wall in his office. A former Newcastle manager inspring a current Newcastle manager. Wor Bobby would have liked that.
As we are fully aware, the club have been on somewhat of a charm offensive and have lavished us with some communication in the last few days. Granted it was poorly executed, but the thought was there. What would gain favour with a lot more fans though is a tribute to the man that is held in such high regard around the area. I mean a lasting tribute, not just opening the ground up for a day a year to mourn the passing of a legend.
How about a statue outside the ground? Ipswich already have one, but there is nothing to stop us having one barring some obscure local planning issue. Or how about dedicating a stand to Bobby Robson? We have the Sir John Hall stand, which was renamed purely for egotistical reasons at the time, so surely the club can dedicate The East Stand or The Leazes End to a legend within the game and to a man that has done so much for our club?
Either way, I would like to see something in way of recognition of Bobby Robson. Perhaps it was fitting that the season we lost him was also a season that saw us play against two of his former clubs in West Brom and especially Ipswich, who will always remember him with great affection after what he achieved as manager at Portman Road. Ipswich have a lasting tribute to a legend, now it’s our turn.
R.I.P Bobby.
I couldn’t agree more. This is an absolute no brainer for me and one which MA should listen to.