andrew Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 West Brom supporters are to wear lifelike masks of boss Tony Mowbray in a show of support at the club's final Premier League game this season. Organiser Dean Walton will distribute 1,800 masks to Albion fans travelling to the match at Blackburn. (The Sun) From the gossip page on the BBC:laugh2::1132: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surrey Jambo Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Beat me to it! The full story: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article2415748.ece WEST BROM fans are to wear life-like masks of Tony Mowbray at the club?s final Premier League match this season. Organiser Dean Walton, who will be distributing 1,800 masks to the Baggies? travelling supporters at Blackburn, said the gesture was a ?mass show of support? for the Albion boss despite the prospect of almost certain relegation to the Championship. Dean said: ?On Sunday May 24, just a minute before the kick-off, West Brom fans intend to create a unique piece of football history. ?Every Albion fan will put on a Tony Mowbray mask in a mass show of support for the manager. The masks will create a unique sight never before seen at a football match anywhere in the world.? Mowbray admits he is surprised, but honoured, by the gesture. ?Masks of me? That will be scary,? he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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