Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊
[TV] Dementia and us - Allan Gilliver ex Albion BBC2
- Thread starter osgood
- Start date
mune ni kamome
Well-known member
As soon as they said Gilly you just knew who it was
World of Sport
Active member
What a powerful and sad programme that was.
While he was showing us his photos in the Albion kit it just bought all back to me.
I remember standing at the front of the North Stand when he was was playing.
Gilly gave his all to this club, I just hope the Albion are helping him and his wife out in his final days.
While he was showing us his photos in the Albion kit it just bought all back to me.
I remember standing at the front of the North Stand when he was was playing.
Gilly gave his all to this club, I just hope the Albion are helping him and his wife out in his final days.
Worthing exile
New member
- May 12, 2009
- 1,219
Yes a legend from the days before the big wages. Anyone fancy setting up a just giving page?
World of Sport
Active member
Danny Wilson Said
New member
He scored the goal in the first Albion game I ever saw, a 1-1 draw at home to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, as they were then.
Sirnormangall
Well-known member
- Sep 21, 2017
- 2,969
I remember him well as a great striker in the goldstone days. Would hope the PFA help ex players in these situations, particularly as their pay wasn’t great in those days.
Worthing exile
New member
- May 12, 2009
- 1,219
Was thinking more for Allan and his family.
He filled in when Alex Dawson was injured, before we brought in Willie Irvine, when I started going in 69. I'm afraid that I felt that he and Kenny Beamish were serial muffers, with Allan Allan Allan Gilliver the biggest muffer (until the brief cameo by muffer nouveaux, Alan Duffy).
Sad to read about the dementia, obviously. He won't be the last.
Sad to read about the dementia, obviously. He won't be the last.
Perfidious Albion
Well-known member
My first game ... Albion v Halifax Town 70 or 71... Alan Gilliver scored a hat trick . After that I was hooked on The. Albion. I am sorry to read here of his illness. I will try and find the programme.
