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Angry
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Subject: Re: Jack Leslie statue campaign gathers pace. Wed Mar 16, 2022 9:06 pm
an unnamed road leading to home park is to be named after jack leslie after plans to rename hawkins square after him appear to be dropped.
As nice a touch as that is to go alongside the statue, Maybe one day PCC will acknowledge a guy who actually played for England the first black player and remained so till 1988! and was kicked out of the england Rugby union team on the orders of south africa due to apartheid his name was James Peters who played for Albion. That would be a nice touch to see rather than jump on the jack leslie bandwagon because they cant think of any other black footballer to use to win votes.
thought it might be of interest to some hope they are successful.
Angry
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Subject: Re: Jack Leslie statue campaign gathers pace. Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:52 pm
7th October the statue will be unveiled at a ceremony at the stadium. The location of the statue will be in the corner between the devonport end and lyndhurst stand
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Subject: Re: Jack Leslie statue campaign gathers pace. Mon Aug 08, 2022 7:16 pm
I have to admit I thought it would be in front of the Mayflower Stand.
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Subject: Re: Jack Leslie statue campaign gathers pace. Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:14 pm
mouldyoldgoat wrote:
I have to admit I thought it would be in front of the Mayflower Stand.
i did too at first but after thinking about it, the location they picked makes more sense when you take into account that outside the grandstand is earmarked for redevelopment when pigs fly. This would at least save the club the trouble of having to move the statue or remove completely and relocate it in the future while that work is going on.
Czarcasm
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Subject: Re: Jack Leslie statue campaign gathers pace. Mon Aug 08, 2022 9:42 pm
Angry wrote:
7th October the statue will be unveiled at a ceremony at the stadium. The location of the statue will be in the corner between the devonport end and lyndhurst stand
For me, it’s almost a bit disrespectful to shunt it down to the Spion Kop corner.
Shorely if you are commemorating something like this, it ought to be showcased to arriving teams and any other dignitaries coming to Home Park?
RegGreen
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Subject: Re: Jack Leslie statue campaign gathers pace. Mon Aug 08, 2022 10:20 pm
Czarcasm wrote:
Angry wrote:
7th October the statue will be unveiled at a ceremony at the stadium. The location of the statue will be in the corner between the devonport end and lyndhurst stand
For me, it’s almost a bit disrespectful to shunt it down to the Spion Kop corner.
Shorely if you are commemorating something like this, it ought to be showcased to arriving teams and any other dignitaries coming to Home Park?
excatly should be outside the mayflower if the gunna do it properly
Angry
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Subject: Re: Jack Leslie statue campaign gathers pace. Mon Oct 03, 2022 7:02 pm
thought some may like to read west ham's write up on Jack.
Well written interesting link, thanks for posting.
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Subject: Re: Jack Leslie statue campaign gathers pace. Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:37 am
Unveiling today, good feature on Jack's story on radio 4 this morning.
Angry
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Subject: Re: Jack Leslie statue campaign gathers pace. Fri Oct 07, 2022 2:52 pm
just seen the statue now looks very good better than i thought it would to be fair. I see the FA have awarded Jack an England Cap for acknowledgement of their racism at the time which i thought was a nice touch.
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Subject: Re: Jack Leslie statue campaign gathers pace. Sat Oct 08, 2022 8:58 am
Looked a good day and good to see Jack got a posthumous England cap.
Plymouth Albion are raising money starting today for their own statue to be displayed somewhere in Plymouth (tbd) of Jimmy Peters the first black England international who played for them.
hopefully they are successful in this venture bit supprised they are not having the statue outside the brickfields though.
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