Workington Reds will have the opportunity to say their final farewell to one of its most loyal supporters next week.
Albert White, 85, died on Friday and his funeral service is to be held at St Mary’s, Westfield on Wednesday, March 9 at 1pm.
A lifelong supporter of the club, Albert is particularly remembered by the fans for selling the Golden Goal tickets ahead of matches at Borough Park.
But he did much more than that and, as one director, said after his death was announced: “He did the jobs around Borough Park that nobody else liked doing.”
One of those was after the home games he would take it upon himself to go round the ground and empty the bins of the rubbish that had accumulated during the 90-minutes of football action.
During his working life, Harrington-born Albert worked at the steelworks, the Leyland Bus factory and BNFL.
As well as the Reds he had numerous hobbies and interests from gardening and photography, to listening top music both at home and live. He loved a classic car show, being especially fond of Jaguars.
He was also a fantastic cyclist, representing Great Britain in his younger days and he raced, not just all over the UK but in Europe too, winning lots of races.
A highlight was being presented with a medal on the stage of the Royal Albert Hall by a member of the Royal Family. He even cycled across Derwentwater on a cold winter’s day in the 1950s when it was frozen over.
But for many years he was instantly recognised by Reds fans for selling pre-match Golden Goal tickets.
Married to Anne for 46 devoted years he was widowed 15 years ago and leaves sons David and Andrew and seven grandchildren.
