Good old Bill Kenwright (Chairman of Everton FC)

This is a true and heart-warming story about Bill Kenwright, Chairman of Everton Football Club, written by a Liverpool Supporter:

What A Lovely Man Bill Kenwright Is

Now, before I start, I'm a Liverpool fan.

However, my mum's boss is an Evertonian (no one's perfect eh?), now with his team getting to the Cup final this year he was hoping against hope he could take his young lad to the final and so called to book tickets on the day they became available, the lady at the ticket office takes his credit card details and says he has two tickets for the game - up in the gods, but still, he would get to take his son to Wembley to watch his team - a special day out (especially as they don't get there very often eh?).

So, last week comes around but still no sign of the magical tickets - so my mums boss (we'll call him Simon...because that's his name) rings the club to ask what's going on, should he come and pick them up? Only to be told (4 days before the final) that no, he doesn't have tickets!

You can imagine how annoyed he must have been!! So he sits down at his desk and writes the strongest of strongly worded emails to all and sundry (including the Everton supporters club apparently). Thursday afternoon the office phone rings and Simon picks up the phone (they're solicitors so sitting round doing nothing is their idea of hard work) - its only Bill Kenwright!

"Hi Simon, I have seen your email and I'm sorry you have had such a hard time about the tickets - its unacceptable that you should be told you would have the tickets and then not get them and not get told until a few days before the game, I'd like to offer you 4 tickets, pitchside, right next to the tunnel to make it up to you!"

Now I know football these days is all about money (they are businesses after all) but I thought this was a really nice touch, and I can hardly imagine Roman (or many of the other premier league chairmen...sorry, chair-people) doing something similar.

So nice one Bill - you went someway to restoring my faith in there being at least some decent people left in the game and even though you lost, you made Simons young lads year (probably decade judging by their ability to get to major cup finals)!