Cress
Well-known member
Bristol City
Yes you like to see good people like him get on don't youI had a brief chat with him a couple of weeks ago. He was in Municipal buildings in Stockton buying some green refuse sacks Lovely bloke who really does have time for everyone
Great story .Curtis Fleming anecdote time (with 3 relevant photos attached below).
This maybe boring for most, but showed me (and my Dad) how humble a gent Curtis is.
Late-90s I was living in Scotland with a load of Irish and Northern Irish lads. And for my 21st they got me an Irish shirt with ‘Fleming 2 Boro’ on the back. (As a side note: One of the lads told me he found the phone number for the FMTTM offices in one of my fanzines and phoned Rob to ask what shirt number Curtis had with us. I can only imagine what Rob made of this phone from a lad with a very thick Belfast accent!!!)
Fast forward many years and the shirt has made its way to the back of a wardrobe in my folk’s house. My Dad exercised very regularly along Castle Eden Walkway and frequently saw Curtis and nattered with him about all sorts of football and non-football stuff.
Then my Dad had an epiphany and remembered the shirt. He popped it in his car (along with a marker pen) ready for the next time he saw Curtis at Castle Eden. Very quickly the two were chatting again and my Dad asked if he would sign a shirt for his lad (me) who was a big fan, obviously he was very obliging and agreed.
My Dad says that when Curtis saw the shirt he was speechless (he was expecting a Boro top) as he said: “I never expected to ever see an Irish shirt with my name on the back!”. My Dad said you could see how happy it made him and he loved the story behind how I got the shirt as a present.
So, there you have it, you could say I’m a massive admirer of the fella
Best of luck at Brizzle and UTB
Thanks for that, as once I had typed it all out I feared it might be a frightfully dull read.Great story .