Albion blog: Honour Bomber

I have recently read Adrian Chiles book, (excellent read) and he describes a conversation he had with Jeff Astle's daughter.

She relays to him how touching it was when her father died, and the tributes that followed and it stirred an emotion in me that I have felt for a number of years.

I know I have already written a blog previously relating to honouring our legends of the past, however, I feel I need to get this off my chest once and for all.

Tony Bomber Brown was not only an excellent player, and our record goal scorer, but he has also remained as loyal a fan as he was a player (as did Jeff Astle).

Now working for a local radio station covering every Albion game, you can still hear the love he has for our wonderful club in his voice.

He visits supporters clubs and games on a consistent basis and anyone who has heard him talk will know that he holds the Albion close to his heart.

I feel it is time to honour him in some way which is appropriate, whether it is naming a stand or the training facilities after him, or erecting a statue of him to honour his past achievements.

In truth I do not know how, but what I do not want, is to wait until he can no longer be part of the celebrations.

Without sounding morbid, I do not want to wait until it becomes a memorial, I want to celebrate what he was and still is to us, not mourn his passing.

I know we have been lucky enough to have many great players, and in some way they all deserve to be remembered.

But this is a man who has been entered into the PFA Centenary Hall of Fame and across seventeen years with the club played an incredible 711 games, scored an even more amazing 270 goals, won the League Cup and FA Cup and still remains our leading European goal scorer (and I think he may keep that honour for some time).

I think Bomber deserves to know how high Albion fans regard him, even fans like myself who are not old enough to have seen him play (although I feel like I did, due to videos and relatives stories), he is a huge part of our history and to this day remains a part of, "our Albion family".

I intend to email this blog and your responses to Jeremy Peace, BRMB, and Paul Franks at WM, so with your help, you can start this tiny snowball rolling.

Ahhh, feels so much better now I have that off my chest.

Thank you in advance.

Albion fans, what do you think? Have your say below