[Archived] John Williams Appreciation Thread

[modes98]

First of all there are no words to describe the debt we all owe to John Williams. A true gent in a world of football which doesn't have many left.

John I am so glad that you were around to take control and guide us through what has been a difficult few years. Keeping little old Blackburn in the Premiership with a minimal budget and under extreme pressure.

I wish you all the best in whatever you plan to do with your time now and hope you can enjoy the football on display at Ewood in the future.

[den]

Does anyone have a good NONE COPYRIGHTED (i.e. taken themselves or under a CC agreement) profile picture of John ?

JW at the fans Friendly. [have lots of other pics taken at the FF as well.]

[Glenn]

Brilliant Den. Thanks. That's perfect.

[Kelbo]

Kamy,

Just read your fitting tribute to John Williams, much better than I could have done and I echo each and every one of your sentiments on here, thanks for the tribute and thanks again John Williams.

If we were to name a stand after John then we wouldn't have one left to use because surely there are quite a number of people in the line before him

Bob Fox

Bryan Douglas

Ronnie Clayton

Simon Garner

The entire 1995 team

and so on

Bill Fox!!

[chaddyrovers]

Thankyou John Williams for all your GREAT WORK you did for Rovers for 14 years. Best chairman in the league.

He did great job keeping Season Ticket prices low and affordable for local fans. Cheaper prices in the league.

Thanks John Williams!!!

[philipl]

CryerRovers Andrew Cryer

Just had a good chat John Williams. He says he feels humbled by all the well wishers he has had. His thoughts are with the Rovers tmrw

[Neil Weaver]

Difficult to add to sentiments others have posted. One thing though - JW has contributed as much to this club as the more successful managers have over the past few years (Souness, Hughes, Allardyce) without the obvious recognition that the team manager gets.

Many thanks and all the best.

[BuckyRover]

Thanks John.

You will be missed. I just hope this day comes later rather than sooner.

[JLns]

My thanks to John for everything. He will be truly missed. A sad day for Blackburn Rovers.

[Mc Love]

As you can see from all the other well wishes, we hold you in high regard John. Best of luck in all your future endeavours as we all know you will be an instant success and I am sure there will be a few companies looking at your leaving the club with interest. Thats if you decide to go down that route, and if you do, would you think of taking over from Herr Mueller at Aer Lingus, a company like that would definitely need someone like you, maybe thats just wishful thinking.

As have many others have said you are a true gent, always having time for the fans, always there to have a chat with or discuss the club. You will be sorely missed

Thanks for the 13/14 years you have worked tirelessly to make Rovers who we are today

-Eoin

[John]

Thanks John, you'll be missed.

[robbojohnno]

John Williams you have done us more than proud during your tenure, good luck with whatever you decide to do next. You will be missed!

[rickard]

Thanks John for your great work for this club.

[bobsterbrfc]

I would love to shake John Williams by the hand and tell him I thought he did a magnificent job with our club. I hope he considers Rovers his club too and that we'll see him at Ewood Park plenty more in the future!

Jack Built It, John Nurtured It.

[des]

thanks for all your work for our club

[philipl]

John, a heartfelt thank you. A job extremely well done in increasingly difficult circumstances showing extraordinary loyalty to a club, a town, a memory and above all a sense of how things should be done decently.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Thank you John Williams for your tenure as Chairman at our club...when the fans spoke you listened.

Best Wishes.

[Solberto]

Thank you, John!

[SAS]

Thank you John.

As far as I am concerned, he revitalized the club when it was going down with the ticket prices, hopefully the new regime will learn from this.

[Mattie456]

Thanks for all you have done for our club John

[King Kenny's Magic]

Top man and a BRFC legend!

However let's not dwell on it and move forward. Nobody is bigger than the club and the show must and will go on.

[roversmum]

Thank you, John, for your care and nurturing of our club, the staff, the players and of us the fans. You are a legend and much loved by us all. Very best wishes to you and your family as you continue along life's path.

[Seedstral]

Thanks for all your hard work John you really are a Rovers legend!! All the best for the future and i hope its not long before we see you at Ewood again!!

[Wild Irish Rover]

Thank you John for your thoroughly professional and completely dedicated approach to your work at the Rovers. Yours was a key contribution that set us apart as a club that did business the proper way, and I will always be grateful for your service to our club.

Please join us in the Riverside, where a warm heart (a certain amount of blue language) and a pie & pint at half-time will always be on offer to you, a true Rovers Legend.

All the best!

WIR

[Dreyski]

Thank you John for all your hard work over the years. People may say no one man is bigger than the club, but over the past few years, to anyone connected with the club, JW was synonymous with BRFC. All the best in the future, there are some big shoes to fill.