Much-loved and respected RTÉ broadcaster was a driving force behind club’s redevelopment plans before his death this week.
David Sneyd WHEN THERE WERE worries and there were problems – and there were always worries and always problems – Tommie Gorman knew where to start on the path to finding a solution for Sligo Rovers . Sligo Rovers chairman Tommy Higgins heard those words enough times over the course of more than 40 years of friendship.
But the beach at Rosses Point was the go-to. “Somewhere to clear the head and to think,” Higgins says. “Tommie had no ego and was engrossed in the club. He has been so vital for everyone in driving the stadium plans.”They are the traits that define a love affair with Sligo Rovers that started as a child and will live on because of the work he did right up until his death.
“We went for a sandwich together after the bank,” Higgins says. “Tommie, myself, and Tom Kelly co-ordinating the paperwork. Tommie was the one giving us all the instructions. Do this, do that, get this, get that. He was the life and soul of it. He was going to the hospital the next day but he was still texting everybody that day asking how we were doing.
“It’s just been devastating since we got the news because nobody expected this to happen. It’s heartbreaking for us all and absolutely heartbreaking for his family.” In a first-person piece with The Irish Times during the Covid-19 pandemic, he wrote poignantly under the headline, My Sporting Passion: Tommie Gorman on his enduring love for Sligo Rovers
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