Remembering Iain Hesford, of Blackpool, Sunderland, Hull City and Maidstone. RIP

Iain Hesford: courtesy of therokerend.com
Iain Hesford: courtesy of therokerend.com*

Monsieur Salut writes: Iain Hesford*, SAFC’s goalkeeper in the Third Division title-winning season, has died at the cruelly young age of 54. Pete Sixsmith sent his thoughts on this sad news in the same file containing a preview of today’s game at Leicester. It would have been simple to detach and should have been by me before publication. I do so now: Iain’s passing deserves its own place on these pages and that place is not as footnote to a match preview. Now let Pete offer his condolences to the former player’s family and a short appraisal of his Roker Park time.

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