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Wednesday, 24 April 2024

Britain's oldest football loving couple still follow Walsall FC after 90 YEARS

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Britain's oldest football loving couple still follow Walsall FC after 90 YEARS
Britain's oldest football loving couple still follow Walsall FC after 90 YEARS

"One of the players from last season, George Dobson, came to visit me when I had suffered a stroke. "He stayed and chatted with me for two hours.

I've only been able to go to one game this season, unfortunately, due to my health.

Oxford in the FA Cup."His wife Irene, 93, also follows the team but does not have Jack's encyclopedic knowledge of the club. She attended her first game in the 1970s, quickly accepting her husband's passion for the club. Jack said: "Irene used to go with me to Fellows Park, but she didn't take to the new ground, Bescot Stadium. "She loved the old ground because it felt a bit more homely.

I got lucky though, as she does love her football. "We talk about Walsall from the moment we wake up to the moment we go to sleep.

It's a passion we both share."We both still get excited on match day and make sure we're wearing our scarves even if we only listen to the game on the radio."

"One of the players from last season, George Dobson, came to visit me when I had suffered a stroke.

"He stayed and chatted with me for two hours.

I've only been able to go to one game this season, unfortunately, due to my health.

Oxford in the FA Cup."His wife Irene, 93, also follows the team but does not have Jack's encyclopedic knowledge of the club.

She attended her first game in the 1970s, quickly accepting her husband's passion for the club.

Jack said: "Irene used to go with me to Fellows Park, but she didn't take to the new ground, Bescot Stadium.

"She loved the old ground because it felt a bit more homely.

I got lucky though, as she does love her football.

"We talk about Walsall from the moment we wake up to the moment we go to sleep.

It's a passion we both share."We both still get excited on match day and make sure we're wearing our scarves even if we only listen to the game on the radio."

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