Cheque winging its way. Will the headstone tell of the great man's achievement or are the details simply personal? It is not clear from the photo.
Thank you. I suppose a small inset panel or secondary inscription conveying the importance of WMcG historically would be inappropriate or out of the question.
Quote from: brian green on August 20, 2011, 08:07:09 PMThank you. I suppose a small inset panel or secondary inscription conveying the importance of WMcG historically would be inappropriate or out of the question.I may be wrong, but I love the fact that the grave of the most important figure in football history doesn't mention football.
Good cause. I've got Simon Inglis' centenary history of the Football League - the Men Who Made It (1988) and his opening chapter is appropriately devoted to McGregor and there are some good anecdotes in there, including when he once tracked a thief to London who had stolen a piano from Villa's meeting room.A couple of years ago, before inevitably dropping in at the Barton's Arms, I had a walk around the area to see how many of the old Villa haunts were still standing (not too many). Not many on the No 7 bus would think there's a bit of heritage not far away...McGregor's old house in the late 1880s, early 1890s in Witton Road:http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af264/DAFTS_photos/OldVilla10.jpgRoughly the site of his old draper's shop in Summer Lane, where according to Inglis, Andy Hunter worked as an assistant after he retired from playing:http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af264/DAFTS_photos/OldVilla4.jpgThis has been flattened now. It's the site of the old coffee house, where according to the story McGregor and his friend Joe Tillotson - both active Liberals and Villa enthusiasts - discussed the idea of a Football League. Apparently its use by the Villa players was also encouraged to keep them out of pubs:http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af264/DAFTS_photos/OldVilla5.jpg