Joshua aged 5 Rochdale fan passed away

[2wolfs]

A request that on 55 minutes we clap for Joshua for 1 min in remembrance of him .
He supported and Rochdale supported him but unfortunately he passed away on Friday and only 5 years old !
Rochdale gave him the squad number 55 .
Thank you for reading this and hopefully we can all remember Joshua
With this request

 

[Beefy]

I believe there's a minutes applause at the start for this kid and for Graham Taylor.

 

[RHB]

3:47 PM - 13 Jan 2017
Southend United @SUFCRootsHall
As a mark of respect to the passing of Graham Taylor & @officiallydale fan Joshua McCormack we will have a minute's applause tomorrow ��⚽

 

[mrsblue]

RIP young man.

Very sad.

 

[tommy tucker]

How sad for one so young My heart goes out to his family RIP jouhsa

 

[OldBlueLady]

I'm happy to take my lead from the Rochdale fans here, we DO already have plans in place for a tribute beforehand but if they lead on this then I am sure the majority of us will join in.

 

[AndyT]

Exactly, that.

Personally, I would prefer if we did it on 55 minutes anyway, for him.

The Graham Taylor one can still be before the game. I assume that's planned throughout the country.

 

[Floval Flyer]

Applause for a brave 5 year old at 55 minutes, we should respect this most definitely!



RIP young Joshua

 

[cerbera45]

I first heard this as the tannoy announcer read it out shortly before kick-off, brought a lump to my throat :-(

 

[AndyT]

No applause at 55 from the 'Dale fans, so I guess they felt the applause at the start was enough.

I think they appreciated how it was handled by us. Especially to have Joshua's name read out over the tannoy.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

No applause at 55 from the 'Dale fans, so I guess they felt the applause at the start was enough.

I think they appreciated how it was handled by us. Especially to have Joshua's name read out over the tannoy.

There were 4 Rochdale fans sitting in the middle block in the North that didn't even clap for the minutes applause before the game, they just sat there. I found that very disappointing

 

[AndyT]

Blimey. That is poor. Unless they didn't realize if was for Joshua, as well.

 

[1966 and all that]

There were 4 Rochdale fans sitting in the middle block in the North that didn't even clap for the minutes applause before the game, they just sat there. I found that very disappointing

I noticed that too. And you could sense, if that's the right word, the sadness from all around from those who were unaware of the little chap's passing until the tannoy announcement.

 

[Kevin Hogg]

I do not believe that anybody, Dale or Shrimper would not have been paying their respects...in whatever way they chose.
Desperately sad.

 

[RHB]

There were 4 Rochdale fans sitting in the middle block in the North that didn't even clap for the minutes applause before the game, they just sat there. I found that very disappointing

Blimey. That is poor. Unless they didn't realize if was for Joshua, as well.

Maybe we shouldn't be too judgemental of people without knowing anything about them.

 

[AndyT]

Thank you, Mahatma Ghandi! :winking:

 

[RHB]

Thank you, Mahatma Ghandi! :winking:

you're welcome.