Sad news...and still ridiculously bloody young. Quite the character around the table...I used to love watching him play when I was growing up.
When Ronnie O'Sullivan is playing snooker is good to watch, all the other time it's ****. Tbf golf is more boring though. RIP, seemed like a character and 66 is quite early to go at.
I met him once. I couldn’t take my eyes off his tash and his shiny head. He must have polished it. But RIP. He was only 66.
I sat directly behind him at the League Cup final in 1991. I was living in London at the time and was offered a great seat by a friend. Sheffield Wednesday v ManUtd. Naturally I was supporting Wednesday on the day...and so was Willie Thorne. He appeared to be a genuine Owls fan and was a very happy man.
Unlike you who had your view of the pitch obscured by his muckle pornstache, and being blinded by the reflection of the sun off his shiney bonce.
Oddly enough I posted a picture of him on premier league thread just earlier in the week saying how he never got a mention. I need to consider some people I don't like just in case I have done kind of power. He came across as a genuine guy who happily took the p!ss out of himself.