One of those thankyou posts again sorry
Posted by Cumbrian blue


on May 17, 2025, 11:57 am
With all the interest around the last game at Goodison for our famous team it got me thinking about this cracking board. I don’t post a lot and when I do it’s shite haha but just wanted to post a few words of thanks. I’ve been lurking since the late 90’s and this is the first place I visit every single day. I know a couple of you but most of you I don’t but you all feel like mates. Amongst other things I’ve been suffering with MS for 6 years and to be fair it’s been a lot longer than that before diagnosis. I’m 49, married with an 11 year old daughter. My diagnosis has floored my daughter and regularly has panic attacks as she mourns her dad’s decline from a disease that has ultimately put me in a wheelchair. She misses dad taking her to Goodison amongst other things. I remember her first game, a night game. She just looked at me and just said “wow” and has hooked ever since. My last memory of Goodison will be against Leeds when a Leeds fan thought it would be funny to punch me, an Everton fan walking down priory road with a limp and a walking stick. That’s when it dawned on me how vulnerable I’d become and I haven’t been to a match since and gave up my season ticket. I never got the chance to say goodbye to the grand old lady in the company of my hero, my 11 year old daughter. I’ve been really struggling over the past year but coming on here has always made me laugh and cry so just want to say thanks to you all. My mental health is so much better now and maybe one day I’ll return to a football match. To everyone who is lucky enough to go tomorrow take it all in, enjoy every moment as you are part of history. Thanks again everyone and let’s hope for a bright future in our new humble abode.
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Responses
- Very best to you and yours hopefully you can make it to BM one day. nt - Floridablue May 18, 2025, 1:49 am
- Best wishes to you both. Hope you get to the new stadium before too long nt - CJ May 17, 2025, 10:36 pm
- Sending you love from ireland - gHeadphone May 17, 2025, 8:50 pm
- Great post, looking forward to your next post after visiting - Hellas May 17, 2025, 8:00 pm
- Well all hope for a brighter future for you too, best wishes. NT - Dave T's left peg May 17, 2025, 7:34 pm
- Lovely post and what a great memory. Hopefully you both get to experience BMD together (nt) - Robin May 17, 2025, 7:28 pm
- Thanks everyone for the comments. Means a lot nt - Cumbrian blue May 17, 2025, 6:03 pm
- Think I remember you posting about that Leeds fan - deep blue May 17, 2025, 5:24 pm
- My brother has MS - Mark Lager May 17, 2025, 3:50 pm
- That's tough mate, but thanks for sharing and hope we hear more from you. nt - Mr Resistor May 17, 2025, 3:48 pm
- Thanks for the post! You sum this place up exactly. I found it a great support when going through... - T-t May 17, 2025, 3:23 pm
- All the best mate and hope you get to take your daughter to BMD as soon as.nt - Ian C May 17, 2025, 3:15 pm
- All the best mate and hope you get to take your daughter to BMD sd - Ian C May 17, 2025, 3:14 pm
- All the best, CB. I hope you and your daughter will go to games at our new home.[nt] - Cactus Jack May 17, 2025, 2:42 pm
- All the best to you and your daughter. - Copenhagen May 17, 2025, 2:25 pm
- Lovely post - Beechside May 17, 2025, 1:47 pm
- Where in Cumbria are you from? - Bluerose* May 17, 2025, 1:40 pm
- the best thing I've read in a long long time..and - Kumquats May 17, 2025, 1:38 pm
- So sorry to hear about your disease and how it affects you and your family. Brave of you to share.Nt - Martin F May 17, 2025, 1:07 pm
- a brighter future indeed - aje May 17, 2025, 1:06 pm
- Great post mate, good luck with everything!nt - Chris78 May 17, 2025, 12:58 pm
- Lovely post mate and all the best to you and yours x nt - Tricky Trev May 17, 2025, 12:49 pm
- Good luck with your battle mate. I know what it's like to have a daughter like that. You're - evercelt May 17, 2025, 12:21 pm
- Thank you for sharing - Jonathan Gard May 17, 2025, 12:06 pm
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