Former Sunderland co-owner and businessman sadly passed away this afternoon RIP
Former Sunderland co-owner and businessman sadly passed away this afternoon RIP

Awful news. I was in hospital recently and one of the people in another bed knew John Hays and we were chatting about the virus and things. He said John was in tears when he realised he'd have to lay some staff off as he'd tried so hard to avoid it. Sounded like a thoroughly decent person who had made a massive success of his company and was still trying to run it the right way and take care of his staff. Said at the time that I'd make sure I booked my next holiday through them. RIP John, you sounded like a top bloke