Isthmian Leagues

WOODS MOURN LOSS OF A LEGEND IN BYRNE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
3 May 2020

By John Lyons
LONG-SERVING Northwood secretary Alan Evans has led the tributes to much-loved life president Pat Byrne.
The popular 80-yearold passed away from Covid-19 last Saturday night, triggering an avalanche of messages on social media when Woods made the news public.
Byrne made his debut for Northwood in 1955 and went on to manage the club in the 1970s. He became Woods president in 2004 and life president three years later.
Evans, who joined the Isthmian South Central Division outfit in 1987, said: “Pat’s hardly missed a game over the years and has been a huge part of the ...

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