| goodbye to another one of us, RIP Dad 14:00 - Jul 15 with 4293 views | westberksr |
having reached a very unexpected age of 88 I said goodbye to my dad, Martin Reed, this morning.
by the time he couldn't get up to the upper loft a few years ago, at the age of 82, he'd been going to Rangers for over 70 years. Born and bred in Hayes with family in Acton he was a regular at both QPR and Hayes all of his life; even going to games at Hayes with neighbours in later years when we were playing away. I'd offered to switch to a lower seat but he decided it was a bit too much anyway.
for the last 20 odd years we sat in Upper Loft JU, with Dad moaning at people standing up once his legs didn't get him up quick enough! We did countless away days together and i have so many happy memories of going up and down the country, just the 2 of us. This all culminated in the play off final and having finally seeing us win a final in his company ticked the final box for me; I never expected him to last this long as even then his health wasn't great.
we got to the stage that i'd buy his season ticket every year as a combined birthday, fathers day and Xmas as he genuinely wanted for nothing else apart form that and his sky sports subs! I worked on the basis that it's his fault i support this club and if i was going to watch this rubbish i was going to make him endure it too!
although a lifelong R he never pressured me into supporting us, but as i'm 57 now and grew up at the time of Gerry, Stan & co it wasn't a hard decision.
he was one of the kindest and most gentle people you could wish to meet. Never had a bad word to say about anyone and also had a sense of comfort with his lot. As long as my mum was happy, so was he. Spent endless years ferrying me around to any football i played and then taking my to HQ when work permitted and always had time to keep me company with whatever pointless away game i decided to drag him to.
Later on my travelling in to HQ always meant a stop off in Hayes to pick him up, lunch in the cafe in Bloemfontein Road and a couple of bets in William Hill.
His inability to pronounce foreign players names was an endless source of amusement to me; Chris Kiwomya being 1 that stood out like a scene from the Fast Show and the Unpronounceables sketch.
I can say without any doubt that i've not only lost my Dad today, but my best mate too. RIP Dad xx |  | | |  |
| goodbye to another one of us, RIP Dad on 10:24 - Jul 18 with 203 views | Gus_iom |
Sorry for your loss, westberksr |  |
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| goodbye to another one of us, RIP Dad on 10:59 - Jul 18 with 169 views | jeffranger50 |
My condolences to you & your family RIP Martin | | | |
| goodbye to another one of us, RIP Dad on 17:38 - Jul 18 with 83 views | TGRRRSSS |
| goodbye to another one of us, RIP Dad on 08:11 - Jul 18 by westberksr |
cheers Tom
i'd forgotten about that match...
yep; sat in silence amongst the home crowd for the FA Cup match. Then the old dear sat behind called Salomon Kalou a 'useless f***ing w*g!' to the great amusement of those sat around us; typical classy Scum fan supporting her own!
couldn't wait to leave; not 1 of our best ideas  [Post edited 18 Jul 8:13]
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Probably not no, still one of life's adventures best to you mate. [Post edited 18 Jul 17:38]
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| goodbye to another one of us, RIP Dad on 02:11 - Jul 19 with 14 views | silky |
What a wonderful write up Stu. I really wish I had even 10% of what you had with your dad and mine is still alive. Makes me so happy that there are friends out there who experience what a proper father and son relationship should be like.
God bless him and I'm sure he's smiling down so proud of the man you are. Big loves mate! ❤️ |  |
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