Rory Miller
28-07 2020 10:17
wrote:
I first met Matt in 2002 when we were both giving evidence to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Football. We immediately got on well, and went for a coffee afterwards to talk about football club finances. This was straight after his experience with Bury and Barnsley, and I was teaching Football Finance at the University of Liverpool. During the years that followed Matt spoke several times to our students, and his talks were always knowledgeable, well prepared, and very well received. Students respected his experience in the sport and his love for it. It was always a pleasure to meet him and chat, whether at Wigan Athletic, for a coffee or a beer in Liverpool, on the golf course (playing or watching), or at Tynemouth a couple of years ago when he was starting the Tynemouth-Edinburgh cycle ride. I'm also grateful for the help and advice that he gave to our son about careers in finance, in particular during an internship at BDO. It was a real shock to learn of Matt's death. I shall really miss seeing him and talking to him. He was someone who clearly gained the respect and affection of everyone he met, and my sympathies go out to his family.
Rory Miller
28-07 2020 10:17
wrote:
I first met Matt in 2002 when we were both giving evidence to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Football. We immediately got on well, and went for a coffee afterwards to talk about football club finances. This was straight after his experience with Bury and Barnsley, and I was teaching Football Finance at the University of Liverpool. During the years that followed Matt spoke several times to our students, and his talks were always knowledgeable, well prepared, and very well received. Students respected his experience in the sport and his love for it. It was always a pleasure to meet him and chat, whether at Wigan Athletic, for a coffee or a beer in Liverpool, on the golf course (playing or watching), or at Tynemouth a couple of years ago when he was starting the Tynemouth-Edinburgh cycle ride. I'm also grateful for the help and advice that he gave to our son about careers in finance, in particular during an internship at BDO. It was a real shock to learn of Matt's death. I shall really miss seeing him and talking to him. He was someone who clearly gained the respect and affection of everyone he met, and my sympathies go out to his family.
