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Sad News - Our friend, Roydo

GrandOldTeam said:
Thanks to all who have messaged me direct. I've had over 50, which is testament to Mark. I usually only ever get messages complaining about stuff but they're all nice ones regarding Mark - I'll reply to all asap. I've spent the day gardening, sulking and trying to ignore the news. Mark was genuinely such a lovely gent. A common comment has been he was the best of us, and it's very true. When you run a site like this it can be pretty lonely at times, 90% of the time you're dealing with problems and being a miserable arse who can't have any favouritism but he was one of very few who could immediately cut through that. I recall calling him in the hour after hearing about Nikki and almost embarrassingly, the call become him settling me, rather than the other way. "Dan, it's ok. It'll be ok". The fella had just lost his partner and was telling me it would be ok. The measure of the man.

Although Mark was a massive part of the site and we all want to mark his passing, it's of course important to be mindful to respect family wishes. Marks nephew will come back to me regarding donations in his memory, and inclusion in official Everton programme etc.

I believe the charity with be one which supported Marks autistic son. So please get ready to dig deep to support in Marks memory.

Sorry I've had to share such crap news. This thread is by some distance the crappest one I've ever had to start. Thanks to everyone who has replied - I'm sure they're of comfort to his family. I can only hope to have even 10% of the messages Mark has had once I check out. What a gent.
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GrandOldTeam said:
Thanks to all who have messaged me direct. I've had over 50, which is testament to Mark. I usually only ever get messages complaining about stuff but they're all nice ones regarding Mark - I'll reply to all asap. I've spent the day gardening, sulking and trying to ignore the news. Mark was genuinely such a lovely gent. A common comment has been he was the best of us, and it's very true. When you run a site like this it can be pretty lonely at times, 90% of the time you're dealing with problems and being a miserable arse who can't have any favouritism but he was one of very few who could immediately cut through that. I recall calling him in the hour after hearing about Nikki and almost embarrassingly, the call become him settling me, rather than the other way. "Dan, it's ok. It'll be ok". The fella had just lost his partner and was telling me it would be ok. The measure of the man.

Although Mark was a massive part of the site and we all want to mark his passing, it's of course important to be mindful to respect family wishes. Marks nephew will come back to me regarding donations in his memory, and inclusion in official Everton programme etc.

I believe the charity with be one which supported Marks autistic son. So please get ready to dig deep to support in Marks memory.

Sorry I've had to share such crap news. This thread is by some distance the crappest one I've ever had to start. Thanks to everyone who has replied - I'm sure they're of comfort to his family. I can only hope to have even 10% of the messages Mark has had once I check out. What a gent.
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Thank you so much for all your kind words and messages. I am Mark's sister and this has been passed to me. It was a shock and we are all devasted, but it is lovely to read such kind words about him. Everton was in his blood, in all of ours and was with him at the end - his hat, scarf and the Sprit of the Blues Everton FC music, much love Alison x
 
chrismpw said:
Been hard for you, this, clearly and understandably. Sorry to hear you get so much grief about how stuff goes wrong on here, you shouldn't. This creation of yours had made a community and fellowship that (for me at least) goes way beyond a game where millionaires boot a balloon about and dive around to try and rob credits from betting companies. Danny, anybody who complains just needs binning off for being ungrateful entitled blerts. Thanks for the GOT, thanks for creating it, thanks for giving us a venue for a bunch of loons to chat absolute wham and have a laugh, support one another and get to know other loveable nutters at a distance. Thanks also to all the mods who give up their time to keep the place almost civil, a thankless task.

These are the sort of things that society should award gongs for. Not business millionaires and aristocrats. Keep strong la.
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👏👏great post Chris, totally agree.

Thanks so much to Andy for creating this place and the mods for looking after us.

If I take nothing else from coming on GoT, which of course it wouldn’t be, this place gave me the chance to “meet” Mark and get to know him a little, alongside loads of other brilliant bluenoses, and that is something for which I will be forever grateful.
 

NathDogg said:
If I take nothing else from coming on GoT, which of course it wouldn’t be, this place gave me the chance to “meet” Mark and get to know him a little, alongside loads of other brilliant bluenoses, and that is something for which I will be forever grateful
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This.

Got to know some absolutely wonderful people through this place, some of whom I'm honoured to call friends, and its all down to this crazy little corner of the internet where we all washed up.

There's a reason I've been coming back every day for almost 14 years, and that's you lot. 💙
 

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