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Norwich City fan puts £100 in his will to buy a player a drink

Feb 16,2020 9:50 am

Barrie was a Norwich fan for More Than 70 years

"Grandad's gone viral. "

The Words of Lucas at the age of nine, after a life-long Norwich City fan Barrie Greaves, 83, left £100, will in its for the players to have a drink on Him .

His daughter Sarah told Radio 1 news beat crazy your social feed is "easy" and you've heard from football fans as Far Away as Spain and Latin America .

Norwich City FC have tweeted a photo of the players you raise a glass, of Barrie , died on December 28.

"We had a great Christmas - he'd worn his Norwich City all day. "

Barrie on Christmas Day with his grandson, Samuel, Naomi and Lucas

Three Days later, it was round. As usual, Sarah, and their children, wear their club shirts and scarves, went to see Barrie . But unfortunately he had died while getting ready.

Sarah says, she turned to their children, ask them what you should do: "you have just both looked at me and said, 'Well, we're going to The Game , because grandpa would want us to go." "

"to Know that dad and I spent so much time, it was The Place for The Family . "

For Barrie family came first, but then, so did football.

in addition to his The First letter he ever wrote to his wife Sarah recalls: "He talks about football-fanatic, so he was warning you of this obsession with Norwich City Football Club!"

Sarah, 45, and her Sister , Jane Warden, 50, have already been to games with her father Barrie since they are small and also when Sarah grew up and moved to London, they returned to Carrow Road together.

as Sarah, A Family of my own began, and it was obvious they had the Norwich Fans.

"My first child went to their first game together with my father in her baby carrier the age of Six Weeks . And we just Keep Going and two of my children are season-ticket holders next to me and My Sister . "

to get About four years ago at Carrow Road

in the last couple of years, Barrie was able to play.

He was a failure on dialysis for kidneys and had to be sick. But first of all, not to stopped Him .

"you would have to put his dialysis sessions so he could make the football, because he was annoyed, to begin with, they were on a Saturday afternoon!"

"was His Last Game of The Day , two of my children were mascots, this is just a nice way to end a way for Him . "

Barrie with his granddaughter, Naomi, when he was still the football ground

He always had jokes about cash for the player and Sarah left tells you to "smile" when they saw the clause in his will.

"He has specifically said that it was to thank them for the Entertainment , the Good Times and bad. And I think that this kind in the last year has shown that, you know, the joy of promotion-and now, to survive the kind of fight for the Premier League . "

Barrie 's funeral will be on 20. His Instructions? "Bright Colors. A Joyous Celebration and definitely not in a round. "

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