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Re: In Hope.
I'm not a religious man so I wont offer words of god or otherwise, but Jack was a man who directly or indirectly has affected every single one of you who read this forum on anything more than a casual basis.
Many people offered more, and many people offered the same, but Jack offered words at a time when there were none, he offered inspiration at a time when we had none, he offered hope where nothing was forthcoming. He offered Stanley a future.
For all the years I have supported Stanley and for every time I have tried to drum up support for causes I have often thougt of Jack for my inspiration. Selfishly, the times that he is quoted as being the man that that breathed life back into the club ... I aspire to be that man should the time arise. Unselfishly, the times that he is quoted as being the man that that breathed life back into the club, I aspire to be that man.
A happier and merrier public man than Jack Barrett will be hard to find and if the legacy that I can leave my club in 60 years time is that the crowd chant my name during a minutes round of applause then I'll have died a happy man
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