so it is extraordinary and i think that really honours him. yeah, it does. thank you so much. and i think that would mean so much to him to know that he was able to reach out like that and make a difference in that way. so thank you. we just thought we d take a moment to pay tribute to one of our greatest ever fans, bill turnbull. you know he loved this club and we loved him as well. we re going to miss him massively. let s do it today for bill. come on, you blues, makes some noise! cheering. phil was the guy that made prostate cancer something that people could talk about. when i got the diagnosis last year, once i told my family, i then realised it was something that men and women could talk about. 0h, great bloke. i mean, everyone knew. about his disease early on. he was open with it. and, yeah, i mean, he s got a lot of respect -
working men s clubs. he rose to fame on the tv show opportunity knocks, which he won three times and went on to present a host of other programmes, such as name that tune. northwest comic ted robbins worked closely with an on pinto. irate northwest comic ted robbins worked closely with an on pinto. closely with an on pinto. we did a few shi -s together to me now, cabarets and everything. and i used to dread it, because if i had to go on after tom o connor, he was very hard to follow. and he was a very good act. tom great scouser, great comedian, great bloke. amongst others who remembered him fondly, sir ken dodds s widow. the two men were friends. they had a whale of a time. whenever they met, theyjust got on really well, yes. liverpool people do particularly lheyiusl gel 0h they have a glass half full, not half empty, attitude. l i taught maths, you see. what do you for a living now? tom o connor died today surrounded by his family. he d had parkinson s disease for 14 years.