I just saw on another site that Ernie Morgan sadly passed away yesterday. I'm far too young to ever know how good he was but I know of his goalscoring abilities and that he is our joint record goalscorer for a season with 31 goals. I have no doubt that he was a good servant for us so RIP Ernie and condolences to his family. I hope there is a minutes applause for him on saturday.
An absolute Legend & certainly in a lot of peoples all time GFC XI's. A sad day and a minutes applause tomorrow will be a very fitting send off. RIP Ernie
I've been trying to find a tribute fitting as Ernie was before my time. I have a link to another Gills site that paid recognition to the players career back in April 2012... http://gillsconnect.com/s/GillsBlog...t_Priestfield_Heroes_-_No.3_Ernie_Morgan.html
Not even this old timer ever saw Ernie play, but I remember my dad coming home from matches and singing his praises. He was a true Gillingham legend. I remember reading once how he and Brian Yeo (joint record holders) struck up a friendship after they first met up, sometime after Ernie retired; which was nice to hear.
Nice piece from the O/S on Ernie. I would still like to see a minutes applause tomorrow in respect. http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/news/article/ernie-morgan-rip-1094774.aspx
An update, Ernie's family will be the chairman's special guests at the game tomorrow. Fair play to Mr Scally, I think that is a really nice touch. I found it on here: http://fansonline.net/gillingham/mb/view.php?id=201260 brb - sorry to promote another forum on here but after reading that I thought it deserved to be shared
I saw Ernie in my 1st year at Priestfield (his last year) but to be honest I don't really remember much about him. RIP Ernie.
I would of liked to have seen Ernie Morgan walk around Priestfield Stadium as part of The Gillingham Legends we have got for every home game this season, but sadly that is not going to happen after hearing this news today and my thoughts go out to Ernie Morgan's family and friends at this very difficult time. Hopefully Ernie Morgan will be given a minutes silence / minutes applause tomorrow.
