Liz and Colin Mumby.A special surprise 60th birthday party was staged for Brigg’s Col Mumby on Saturday night.
Wife Liz made the top secret arrangements, sending out undercover invitations to his many mates in the Brigg area who met up in the function room at the Ancholme Inn to give amazed Col a very warm welcome when she led him through the door.
Good enough to have played football for Scunthorpe United Reserves (alongside Kevin Keegan), Colin is still turning out – and scoring - for Brigg-based Briggensians FC in the Scunthorpe Saturday League. And many of his clubmates were at the party.
Col’s also still playing cricket for Broughton, and clubmates (past and present) were there, plus others from his spells with Brigg Town, Brigg Sugar Factory and Elsham.
Friends, family and neighbours also turned out to mark the milestone of a very popular Brigg character, whose humour on, and off, the sports field many of us have enjoyed down the decades.
There were newspaper cuttings and photos on display featuring some of Col’s achievements.
The fact he really enjoys sport – summer or winter – and always plays with a smile on his face is a major factor in why he’s lasted so long. Plus having a lot of ability, of course, which certainly helps!
Congratulations Colin on reaching a truly fantastic sporting milestone.
ReplyDeleteNigel mentioned some of the amusing aspects of your game . Others I recall were , helicopters ,low flying beer mats , jam tart cases behind the glasses ( " who threw that cud have had me eye out " ) duck impressions using only two ice cream wafers ( my favourite ) hairs that might have been rabbits and the gem that comes out once a year at presentation night delilah sung in a rather high pitched voice.