Syd Little’s last moments with best pal Eddie Large were spent stroking his hair – and he still wants to call him when Manchester City lose.
Large was a huge fan of the team and grew up living opposite their old Maine Road stadium. Syd said: “I am like: ‘Oh City got beat, I better phone him up’.” Recalling their final moments together last April a few days before Eddie died aged 78, Syd said: “The last time I saw him, I was stroking his hair.
He was really ill and then we were not allowed to see him. I used to phone him up every day and I think he liked that. “We went down to see him when he was very ill and his second heart was failing.
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