This was posted by one of my best mates in a private whatsapp group. im sure he wont mind me posting it here.
I was lucky enough to do some footy training with Kevin right through the summer of 1974 at the Vernon Sangster Leisure Centre in Stanley Park in Liverpool after winning a competition I’d entered in the Liverpool Echo .
There were supposed to be 20 lads in the camp but one lad had broken his leg so there were 19.
On the first day I was late cos my arl fella , Joe was taking me in the van and Joe was always late .
When we got there I was given a name badge to put on my shirt and I sheepishly entered the pitch as I was embarrassed to be late .
Everyone has been put into pairs and they were doing drills.
As there was an odd number of lads I was on my own ,so Kevin said I could pair up with him , and so it continued right throughout the summer every Wednesday night .
Whenever Kevin was showing the lads the new drill me and him would pair up and demonstrate it
12 months later in the middle of the season I was in Liverpool shopping with some pals on Church Street when we noticed a bit of a kerfuffle .
It was Kevin and his wife walking down the street( players could still walk through town in them days)
Anyway we crossed over the road .
As we approached Kev , when he saw me , he stopped and said “ hello Paul , how you doing ?” ( he remembered my name !!!)
He went on to ask me how my Sunday League team were getting on and the conversation lasted a minute or two .
Obviously the look on my mates faces was priceless! ( “ how do you know Keegan ??”)
My long standing memory of Kevin was not of football , but just what a lovely fella he was, had time for everyone
Sad news 💔__
