'YES Jermaine!'

Sitting back here on my computer smiling to myself thinking of the random times n places I would occasionally bump into Max like in the Irish or Salusbury (What can I say the man loved his puds) he would always greet me with ‘YES Jermaine’ and have that classic cheeky grin on his face where by your not too sure if he’s smiling with or at you! Anyways we would never talk for long or talk about the important things going on in the world just chat about nothing and catch up but I would always leave thinking of what a safe guy he was and glad that I had bump into him.

The times that really stand out for me though are on the football pitch (where else). There’s this particular time that I’ll never forget playing with the boyz about 30 aside in Queen’s park about 10 years ago anywayz I’m not sure if Max was on my team or not I just remember his amazed laughing face and shouting out ‘OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH YES Jermaine’ as I masterly flicked the ball over DASH’s head (Twice) when he came to TRY n tackle me! (haha) I probably lost the ball straight after that but it meant a lot since I had the approval of the great man himself. This wasn’t the first time either that he said something that stuck with me but I’ll leave that for another day.

I think the greatest complement I can pay him is that he was a better person than a footballer and I’ll miss our lil chats about nothing.

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