Post by tonya on Jan 15, 2018 11:32:25 GMT
Cyrille was an immense footballer and man.
My family got to know him well while he was at Chester. I took his photograph in London in my studio at the time, with his brother Dave also.
I organised some small football dinners for charity in London and on two occasions he came as a guest of honour. He drove from the Midlands, where he lived and stayed over.
We ate, laughed drank and even danced together. Other guests such as Ian Wright were in awe of him. He never asked for any payment and was just pleased to help out and raise money for charity.
We as a family were lucky to have known him and Chester fans who witnessed him playing will have their own memories.
Somewhere I have a great photo of a young Chester fan when we were playing at Villa in the cup, with 'Cyrille' emblazoned on the back of his shirt.
I remember sitting with him at the Deva and as the opposition scored another and the game was now beyond us he just said the obvious which we as fans so often forget and think a loss is the end of the world: 'The great thing about football is that youv'e always got the next match'.
As said I took some photos of him and am pleased to know that he cherished them. I remember being with him when our club secretary at the time, Bill Wingrove, was trying to get Cyrille to allow the club to emblazon the image on a shirt for fans and Cyrille stood firm saying that it was a very personal image for himself.
My thoughts go out to his brother Dave and his family.
I hope that the club can have a minute in memory of him before the next game.
My family got to know him well while he was at Chester. I took his photograph in London in my studio at the time, with his brother Dave also.
I organised some small football dinners for charity in London and on two occasions he came as a guest of honour. He drove from the Midlands, where he lived and stayed over.
We ate, laughed drank and even danced together. Other guests such as Ian Wright were in awe of him. He never asked for any payment and was just pleased to help out and raise money for charity.
We as a family were lucky to have known him and Chester fans who witnessed him playing will have their own memories.
Somewhere I have a great photo of a young Chester fan when we were playing at Villa in the cup, with 'Cyrille' emblazoned on the back of his shirt.
I remember sitting with him at the Deva and as the opposition scored another and the game was now beyond us he just said the obvious which we as fans so often forget and think a loss is the end of the world: 'The great thing about football is that youv'e always got the next match'.
As said I took some photos of him and am pleased to know that he cherished them. I remember being with him when our club secretary at the time, Bill Wingrove, was trying to get Cyrille to allow the club to emblazon the image on a shirt for fans and Cyrille stood firm saying that it was a very personal image for himself.
My thoughts go out to his brother Dave and his family.
I hope that the club can have a minute in memory of him before the next game.
