basil6345789 wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 18, 2024 12:06 pm

Good man, RIP

cricketfield73 wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 18, 2024 8:38 pm

Stunned at this news. I used to work with Nigel years ago and can echo what's said in the above tributes as to him being a lovely bloke. In fact the picture posted on here really sums him up as no matter what, he permanently had that smile etched on his face.
RIP Nigel.

HollandsPies wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 18, 2024 1:40 pm

Yes, heard that yesterday too. Good mate of mine was Nidge. Known him since first year at Walton. Along with Shirty (RIP), used to get bussed in on the Cliviger/Worsthorne bus with all the posh kids.
Massive Burnley fan. Loads of posters on here would recognise him both home and away.
Would always have a few pints with him both pre and post match whenever I was up.
Lost for words really - a great bloke.

Posted as Nidge65

RIP

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 18, 2024 2:37 pm

For those who might not recognise him - this pic has been posted on Twitter by Walsden Cricket Club. If you've been to away games, you will recognise him. My old friend Alan Beecroft used to call him Knock Off because he drove a white van and when Alan passed away in 2020, Nidge signed his tribute on here Knock Off.

RIP Knock Off.

nil_desperandum wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 19, 2024 11:06 am

To use a cricketing analogy - which he would appreciate, I was totally knocked for six when I read this news on this forum yesterday.
I can't say that I am family or even a close friend, but fate decreed that when I swapped seats some 15 or so years ago I ended up sat adjacent to him in the Bob Lord.
In some ways we are /were very different people but we hit it off from day one, mainly because of our mutual passion for the Clarets and our love of cricket. (Particularly the Lancashire League).
All the tributes that have been paid to him on here are richly deserved and more. He was brilliant company, with a sharp mind and quick wit, and although we both had very different views on political matters we enjoyed the banter and respected each other's views and positions. He was also very kind and considerate. He had a very good knowledge and understanding of the game, and he would analyse a game astutely.
We would often arrive at a match with a quiz question for each other, often related to the match, and we enjoyed teasing out the answers. I used to enjoy putting him on the spot about the laws of cricket. I would come up with the most unlikely scenarios in match-play, and ask him what the umpire should do. (I would check it out in advance). Those who knew him as Lancs. League umpire will not be surprised to learn that he was correct every time.
Unlike me, he went to the vast majority of away games, in fact in the Dyche era, up until Covid, he rarely missed a match home or away.
To say that he was not a fan of the B*****ds - as he always called them, was an understatement. He had an APP on his phone that told him exactly how many days, hours and minutes it was since we last lost to Blackburn! As things have turned out I'm so pleased that that record was maintained with our recent draw. That clock is still ticking, but sadly time has run out for our dear friend Nigel. A true Claret.
A life cut short but one lived to the full. Attending home games will never be the same again, and I'm so relieved that we are not at home this weekend. I could not have faced going along and seeing the empty seat beside me.
RIP Nigel and thanks for all the good memories.

nil_desperandum wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 19, 2024 11:06 am

To use a cricketing analogy - which he would appreciate, I was totally knocked for six when I read this news on this forum yesterday.
I can't say that I am family or even a close friend, but fate decreed that when I swapped seats some 15 or so years ago I ended up sat adjacent to him in the Bob Lord.
In some ways we are /were very different people but we hit it off from day one, mainly because of our mutual passion for the Clarets and our love of cricket. (Particularly the Lancashire League).
All the tributes that have been paid to him on here are richly deserved and more. He was brilliant company, with a sharp mind and quick wit, and although we both had very different views on political matters we enjoyed the banter and respected each other's views and positions. He was also very kind and considerate. He had a very good knowledge and understanding of the game, and he would analyse a game astutely.
We would often arrive at a match with a quiz question for each other, often related to the match, and we enjoyed teasing out the answers. I used to enjoy putting him on the spot about the laws of cricket. I would come up with the most unlikely scenarios in match-play, and ask him what the umpire should do. (I would check it out in advance). Those who knew him as Lancs. League umpire will not be surprised to learn that he was correct every time.
Unlike me, he went to the vast majority of away games, in fact in the Dyche era, up until Covid, he rarely missed a match home or away.
To say that he was not a fan of the B*****ds - as he always called them, was an understatement. He had an APP on his phone that told him exactly how many days, hours and minutes it was since we last lost to Blackburn! As things have turned out I'm so pleased that that record was maintained with our recent draw. That clock is still ticking, but sadly time has run out for our dear friend Nigel. A true Claret.
A life cut short but one lived to the full. Attending home games will never be the same again, and I'm so relieved that we are not at home this weekend. I could not have faced going along and seeing the empty seat beside me.
RIP Nigel and thanks for all the good memories.

nil_desperandum wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 19, 2024 11:06 am

To use a cricketing analogy - which he would appreciate, I was totally knocked for six when I read this news on this forum yesterday.
I can't say that I am family or even a close friend, but fate decreed that when I swapped seats some 15 or so years ago I ended up sat adjacent to him in the Bob Lord.
In some ways we are /were very different people but we hit it off from day one, mainly because of our mutual passion for the Clarets and our love of cricket. (Particularly the Lancashire League).
All the tributes that have been paid to him on here are richly deserved and more. He was brilliant company, with a sharp mind and quick wit, and although we both had very different views on political matters we enjoyed the banter and respected each other's views and positions. He was also very kind and considerate. He had a very good knowledge and understanding of the game, and he would analyse a game astutely.
We would often arrive at a match with a quiz question for each other, often related to the match, and we enjoyed teasing out the answers. I used to enjoy putting him on the spot about the laws of cricket. I would come up with the most unlikely scenarios in match-play, and ask him what the umpire should do. (I would check it out in advance). Those who knew him as Lancs. League umpire will not be surprised to learn that he was correct every time.
Unlike me, he went to the vast majority of away games, in fact in the Dyche era, up until Covid, he rarely missed a match home or away.
To say that he was not a fan of the B*****ds - as he always called them, was an understatement. He had an APP on his phone that told him exactly how many days, hours and minutes it was since we last lost to Blackburn! As things have turned out I'm so pleased that that record was maintained with our recent draw. That clock is still ticking, but sadly time has run out for our dear friend Nigel. A true Claret.
A life cut short but one lived to the full. Attending home games will never be the same again, and I'm so relieved that we are not at home this weekend. I could not have faced going along and seeing the empty seat beside me.
RIP Nigel and thanks for all the good memories.

nil_desperandum wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 21, 2024 10:07 am

If anyone gets to know the funeral arrangements, I’m sure that a number of us on this forum would be grateful if you would post them on this thread
Thanks

susyannrob wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 21, 2024 3:29 pm

I will post as soon as I know-Sue

nil_desperandum wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 21, 2024 10:07 am

If anyone gets to know the funeral arrangements, I’m sure that a number of us on this forum would be grateful if you would post them on this thread
Thanks

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 19, 2024 6:36 pm

That’s a lovely tribute. Needless to say he was mentioned in any number of conversations I had today with fellow Clarets.

susyannrob wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 31, 2024 5:09 pm

Nigels funeral will be held on friday 29th November -11.30at Burnley crem.After at the rugby club on Holden Rd Burnley-previously known as Belvedere &Calder Vale sports club.Lets all celebrate his life and give him the send off he deserves xx