Tribute has been paid to Albion Rovers’ most loyal fan after he passed away last week at the age of 90.Season ticket holder Matt Peat MBE attended his first Rovers game as a young boy during the Second World War and his final game came on Saturday, December 4 as Rovers lost a five-goal thriller to Forfar.Peat was a shareholder in the club and also a member of the club’s memories group, where he would often fondly recall the days of the legendary Jock Stein strutting his stuff around Cliftonhill from 1942-50, before he went on to lift the European Cup as manager of Celtic.Former Rovers chairman Ronnie Boyd has paid tribute to a true gentleman and community champion, who was awarded his MBE in 1996 for his services to the Boys’ Brigade.
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