Maybe we could ask the club to reach out to the family and advise them his legacy lives on?
No better way to honour the gentry than respect its founder
Perhaps somehow the next Gentry Day could have an Alan Ball Snr theme - appropriate since it will just over 50 years since he made his comment. I am not certain how that could be effected unless people wanted to buy replicas of the shirt we wore at the time he was manager:
Preston North End 1970s Retro Football Shirt
Regular Fit. Embroidered Badge. Long sleeve. Round Neck. Heavy weight 100% cotton jersey in a soft durable 2 ply Combed Cotton 270/275 gsmFine gauge tight knit fabric that retains its shape when machine washedMade in Great BritainMachine washable.
www.toffs.com
As I said earlier when a football manager is dismissed they have to leave immediately - it just isn't feasible to have them hanging around - but the way things were handled in this instance does just seem to have been somewhat ungracious.
Anyhow here is a reminder of one of the highlights of Alan Ball's tenure - our goal in the win at Fulham in the penultimate game of that promotion season: