George was the Club Secretary when I started watching Cables, and later served as Vice Chairman, before becoming President on the death of Bert Taylor a few years ago. He was one of those who kept the club going in the 3 years in the 1990s when we were forced out of the ground by the Prescot Panthers rugby league club, and brought the club home when the Panthers ceased operations.
At 82, and a lifelong Prescot resident, he had a fund of information and experience of the club and the town. I understand from an interview published on the website a couple of years ago that he served three times as Mayor of Prescot (Town Council). I am fairly sure I recall his being Mayor of Knowsley (Metropolitan Borough Council) too, as the somewhat artificial Knowsley United, who used to invite the Mayor of Knowsley to be their President, had to make do with the Deputy Mayor that year.
He was actively supporting the club right up to his final illness, with a fair turn of speed as he walked to the ground, as I observed a few weeks ago, as he turned into Hope Street a few yards ahead of me, and got to the ground a few more yards ahead!
He will be sadly missed by all at the club, and I am sure by many around the town.
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| George Hayward welcomes Joe Gibiliru Snr as Caretaker Manager, 2012 |
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