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Thank you Mark for a fitting tribute. Must be tough you, Sally and rest of the family. I can still picture Sue's face as Sean turned up from watching football covered in mud! I seem to remember first meeting Ian with Dave Adlam at the away match in the cup at Stevenage. We had some excellent away days at football as well as meeting up at cricket and horse racing. I would like to add that Taff enjoyed baiting opposition goalkeepers but would usually shake hands with them at the final whistle or in the clubhouse afterwards. One exception was at Sutton Coldfield when the game was moving towards a goalless draw, the home keeper had reacted badly to the advice he was given by Taff and others and lost his temper and screamed abuse at us behind the goal, a foolish thing to do as this just increased the volley of "muppet" and "half-wit" etc. In the 94th minute the keeper fumbled an easy shot into the net much to the delight of the City fans. The keeper stood outside the area for the remaining minutes of the game, sprinting off at the final whistle and was nowhere to be seen in the bar afterwards. A pleasure to know Ian and will always bring a smile to the face when i remember him, a top man!