Banjo Island Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Very sad news RIP norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Sad day RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 RIP Norman. I too was privileged to see you play for our club and you always remained one of my heroes. When you signed a lot thought we were getting a player at the end of his career but you were so much more than that. It was a pleasure to see you in the red of City. Sadly this was one challenge that you couldn`t win but you will always have a place in our hearts and memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoSheds Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 What terrible news, saw him play many times for City. RIP Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Gutted to hear Norm has gone. An absolute pleasure to have seen him in our red shirt. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Crap start to the day. RIP Norman, the football world will be devastated by this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nongazeuse Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Hard but fair. Legend is over-used term but applies to Norman. One of the best players to wear a City shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Norman Hunter was a true gentleman, a great footballer for both Leeds and us and of course England. 726 appearances, 2 League Titles, World cup and some. A now very sadly passed but never to be forgotten true legend of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciderhead433 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 What a shock RIP one of the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 47 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said: Very sad news. I guess his Leeds years were his heyday, but he was still a class player during his seasons here. They don't make 'em that tough any more! Even a slightly past his peak Norman was still better than almost any other defender, feel privileged to have seen him in the flesh and as you say he was class to the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 One of my favourite players (as many others will say). Hard as nails. R.I.P. Legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Sad news. RIP Norman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave L Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 As nice a man off the pitch as he was a hard man on it. RIP Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Such sad news. Norman playing for City was before my time, but from what my dad has told me, and from what I’ve read on here, he was quite a player and a City legend. RIP Norman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombsy Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 RIP Norman a real gentlemen god bless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Proper footballer. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 RIP Norman it was always a pleasure to watch you play, especially when it was in a City shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampshire reds Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 R I P Norman. i remember the last game he played for us at Ashton Gate. i was in the East End packed as it always was. Norman was getting some some gifts from the crowd when the fans started singing Norman stay with us o norman stay o norman stay with us. will never forget that very emotional stuff. he gave is all for city. a real legend. never be forgotten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seacider Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 I count myself as so privileged to watch you in a City shirt Norman - you were one hell of a player . Thank you and RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atyeo's lift Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 RIP Norman, one of City's and England's true greats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Chatting with my Dad about him earlier, he told me that one of the amateur sides my uncle used to manage in the 80s often had the privilege of Norman taking training sessions. All in his own free time and without wanting anything in return. One if the nicest blokes you could ever meet by all accounts. RIP Norman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityironman Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Very sad to hear this news. He was one of the highlights of my many years watching the reds and i will personally never forget his time with us. God bless sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.D Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Very sad news, RIP Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS3City Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 My overriding memory from my first ever game in 76/77 is seeing Norman warm-up pre-match, a big bold white number 6 on the back of a beautiful red shirt. I was 10 years old and absolutely dumbstruck to actually see one of my City heroes in the flesh. An absolute legend in just a short time spent in Bristol. RIP Norman, never forgotten... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooered Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 RIP Norman watched and met him fantastic man and player RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin_unreliant Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 He was a great signing and loved watching a legend like him playing for little ol' bcfc. RIP Norman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Leigh of Somerset Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Very, very sad news indeed. Norman wasn't just a terrific footballer but he was a really good person. When Norman was preparing to leave Bristol, and move back up North, he put his sports shop in a parade of shops at Whitchurch up for sale. I can't remember the actual address (not being a Bristolian) but from a hazy memory some 45 years later, I think it was the shop lease, the stock and the trading name (Norman Hunter Sports??) that was for sale. I was in my early 20s, a little unsettled at work and looking for a new challenge so I made an appointment to view it. I can't recall who I made the appointment with but I think it must have been with a property agent because I clearly recall pitching up there one evening after work and being absolutely surprised and delighted to find that it was my footballing hero and the universally acclaimed legend himself waiting, on his own, to show me around. Anyone who remembers the shop will remember that it was tiny so that bit didn't take long! I've never forgotten what happened next though because, once I'd overcome my nervousness, we chatted away for at least 15/20 minutes. During our chat, Norman asked what I did for a living. He seemed genuinely interested (in my fledgling retail career) and asked me a good few questions before advising me that taking over his shop was not the right thing for me to do and that I should stick with the company that I was with where there would be more opportunities for career progression. When you're in your early 20s and one of your footballing heroes gives you advice, you take it. I stuck with the company I was with for a further 25 years and things did work out well there (and thereafter). Over the years, as I've reflected on that almost surreal evening, I've always returned to the appreciation of what a really good person Norman was. He wanted/needed to sell the business but not so much that he'd encourage me, a young lad with a potentially good career ahead of him, to risk taking it over. A kind and decent man who I've never forgotten and never will forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1ackbird Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 From an old East Ender: RIP. Norman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawey Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 so proud when he came to us a hero and a truly good and honest man . may his god look after him ri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatn Over Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Terribly sad news. One of my (and my old dad's) all time favourites. Not from these yer parts but gave everything. RIP Norman, privileged to have watched you sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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