Mo Gosfield
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- Aug 11, 2010
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RIP, he was a regular at the Amex too, pretty sure I saw him before the Derby game.
You did. He was in his ' specially commissioned ' seat toward the back of the press box and as close to the halfway line as possible. He always tried to be at the Amex unless Sky commitments took him elsewhere.
He was a consummate professional and an extremely capable broadcaster. Whether it was football, cricket, speedway or any other sport. He leaves a massive hole in the Sussex Cricket League. He helped found the league in 1971, played in it for years and was latterly, a leading umpire. He was, quite simply, the driving force behind it. He was a massive supporter of Brighton Brunswick CC and heavily involved right up to present.
He was Mr. Sussex sport. Known throughout the County. He was as adept at the written word as the spoken word.
I knew Tony for over 40 years and only recently ( within the last two weeks ) I spent some time in his company, reminiscing about all things football and cricket. He was in sparkling form and talking about plans for the future.
Tony will be sorely missed. He was a doer. Even though he was always busy, if you asked him a favour, he would do it for you. A superb organiser, a driven man, who did things the right way. An excellent MC and no mean after-dinner speaker.
I have been left in a bit of a daze by todays news. It was so unexpected. All who knew him well expected him to go on for ever.( We know it comes to all of us but he had that long-term solidity about him )
I will raise a glass to him tonight and tomorrow I will look across to his seat in the press box. I know he won't be there but I will imagine him there. As he was at the Goldstone, at Gillingham and at the Withdean. As mentioned before, he joins Jack Arlidge and John Vinnicombe in that little select club of men that we have grown up with. Men that we have relied on for news. Men that were a special part of our lives because they shared our love of sport and BHA in particular.
Thanks for the memories Tony.
RIP.