Just announced that he'll be swimming the English Channel soon to raise money for charity. He is 70 years old and has had serious heart surgery in the past Good on him. I have never liked Souness (I have never met him) as a player or pundit, but always regarded him as a very tough and determined man
My mum was in the next room to Souness having the same op, early 90's I think. My dad, being a big football fan, started visiting Souness as much as my mum and they became quite good friends but it was my mum who Souness really took to. She had a birthday while in hospital which he found out about and until my mum died some 18 years later, Souness sent my mum a birthday card every year without fail.
But, another part of this story was the fact Souness was having an affair at the time and was desperate to get his girlfriend in to the hospital. The press has got wind of this (or had just broke the story, can't remember which) and were camped outside the hospital trying to grab a photo of her visiting, so he asked my dad for a favour. His girlfriend would meet my dad, put a scarf on her head, don dark glasses then drive to the hospital in his car and walk in with him, completely unnoticed! My dad gave the journos dogs abuse every time he went so as soon as they saw it was my dad arriving, they were more than happy to steer clear of him!
Cracking Story Stockport and proves that Graham Souness was a hard man when playing at home and when he was playing away !
Thought he's a complete wanker since calling the Valley a Kharsi when he was in the away dugout (for Blackburn maybe). Can't fault him for this noble act and credit to him... . He's still a wanker though
Just announced that he'll be swimming the English Channel soon to raise money for charity. He is 70 years old and has had serious heart surgery in the past Good on him. I have never liked Souness (I have never met him) as a player or pundit, but always regarded him as a very tough and determined man
Which direction? Because if he's coming this way, he'll be at risk of a one-way flight to Rwanda, if Cruella gets her way.
Played in a golf day with him pre-covid and he was a genuinely nice man. He was asked loads of questions about players, clubs etc from his time in Scotland, England & Italy and said hands down the best footballer he'd ever played with was Kenny Dalglish.
The charity he is supporting - DEBRA - is seeking a cure or relief for one of the most awful conditions it's possible to imagine - a life of utter torture that gets steadily worse, and ends perhaps in your 30s. My wife was employed as a classroom assistant supporting one such sufferer, to make sure that nobody touched him and caused pain and blisters. He had to eat food like mashed-up Weetabix, as anything hard could cause his throat to blister up. And each night he had to be wrapped in clingfilm to protect his skin.
(Incidentally, he was a Man U fan, and had hoped to meet David Beckham at a match, but for some reason it didn't work out. Instead, Posh made an unannounced, no-publicity-expected visit to his house with gifts/messages)
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Cracking Story Stockport and proves that Graham Souness was a hard man when playing at home and when he was playing away !
(Incidentally, he was a Man U fan, and had hoped to meet David Beckham at a match, but for some reason it didn't work out. Instead, Posh made an unannounced, no-publicity-expected visit to his house with gifts/messages)
Graeme Souness: Football legend swims Channel for £1m fundraiser - BBC News