When a football club has lost one of his own, what happens to all the tributes left by the supporters? ?

Question

I was thinking of the sheer scale of shirts, scarfs, etc etc. ie Jinky, Davie cooper, And Tommy Burns had huge tributes, would they go to their loved ones. or be retained by the club

Answer 1

as far as i know the family get to decide what happens..i think maybe the family get a choice to keep some and the rest goes to charity...i think thats what happened with davie coopers anyway

Answer 2

I think some things do get sent to Africa...but that's only if the organisations that do that kinda stuff are available to do it,there isn't much volunteers doing this kind of work anymore.

And i get what Falgee is saying..over in Italy theres ceramic plates with the photographs of the deceased ,that died on that spot in a car accident.i personally think it's creepy.

Answer 3

like strifey said a lot of the strips were cleaned and sent to kids in africa

Answer 4

i don't mean to be crass saoirse, but i always think...  what a waste.

i mean, it's not like the deceased will have any use for them and to be honest if a member of my family played for a football team or supported a football team and died tragically, the last thing i'd want would be a load of shite cluttering up my hoose.

i think it's a recent development really and one which people seem to have latched onto.  it's like flowers at the site of a terrible road accident...  why would you want to be reminded of the horror every time you pass it?  i don't know, each to their own, i suppose.  

Answer 5

i agree that they would be given to charity, flangee... no offence m8 but the reason ppl lay shirts and small gifts is a way in showing respect and appreciation to the person that has past.... as for flowers at road side death etc... it's an old tradition, people used to lay certain flowers that had a meaning to them like white Lilly's - death. rose - love, and so on

Answer 6

sent to africa

what manky  C U N T  give me the thumbs down, cause it true.