Jon Waller

[Tommy Trophy]

Didn't know whether to start a topic for this or not, but Wall's dedication to local sport in general and sheer weight of his charisma and personality is deserving of recognition on here.

He was a larger than life character who lived life well outside the fast lane. Whilst most of us who knew him well would have our own infuriating stories of the bloke, that in part was his charm - a lovable rogue who would do anything to help you and was a decent person at heart.

If anything exists up there he has probably got a huge grin on his face about the dramatic nature of his death and would be the first one formulating the text message that always does the rounds after something like this!

I will certainly miss him greatly as he was a one off and I am sure he will get a more than decent send off whenever his funeral is arranged

[tom flynn]

Like you say Tommy, Jon was a loveable rogue.He never did me any harm and was always fun to be with.Stories about him will be circulating as i write this.Top man in my eyes.God bless you Wall and RIP mate.

[Chris Judge]

Wal had a great love for Peterborough football as he often expressed on this site and I remember him coming to the rescue of Brotherhoods (now Peterborough Sports) some six years ago when the club was on its last legs.
He lived life to the full and had many friends around the city but he also had a very caring side as some will also know about.
I think all those associated in local football lost a friend in the wreckage at Wansford.
But I cannot help feeling that he will have had a smile on his face as he made the the top story on the 6pm news on TV tonight
Goodbye old mate and rip

[jb]

shocking news. nice to know he saw his beloved sports win that elusive league title.

RIP mate.

[Cham1]

JB A point I made on the POSH forum. It was great that atleast he saw that success and the County success. Well done Coops for starting the thread. I wanted to but however it was more appropriate that you should. I did not meet Jon very many times, but when I did I found him to great to be with. Only last week he private messaged me bemoaning the fact that the league had not awarded the team of the month to Sports for their county success. His kind comments in his response to my reply that this website was invaluable and terrific will be my memory of a very entertaining and good bloke and one that will be sadly missed. RIP Jon and my thoughts go to all of his family as well of course of those who tragically passed away in the accident.

[Hamdan]

I think in just these few posts, the essence of Wal has been portayed.

Anyone who spent time in his company over the years will know that he had the abilty, like no one else, to infuriate, spin a story, have you in stitches - then amaze with his thoughtful side. In a word, he was unique.

I'm sure your right Tommy - he would have a huge grin on his face about his rock 'n' roll exit.

[wtfamu]

As said before Jon was just like the game of football he loved, one minute he would have you tearing your hair out the next he would have you grinning from ear to ear.

The time you got to know the true person was when you needed a favour or if a tragedy had struck your family, Jon would be the first person to offer his help and condolences.

Look forward to raising a glass with a few of you and hopefully we can send him off in the style he would have wanted.

RIP Wal.

[spec]

Don't need to say anything about him, loved him 99% of the time, top bloke.

To all on this site, there are a few of us started a collection for Jon's mum to pay towards his funeral and any donations will be much welcome, We are donating all the money raised from our weigh in challenge and Paul Cox and Tommy Cooper have raised a grand so far through various sources (without our sponsor money as well) I would like to match that if we can.
Please can we all dig deep and give him the send off he deserves, even if it is only a fiver there are enough people on this site to make a huge difference. Please pledge on here the amount you wish to donate and I will let you all know later where to send it to. You can either send it in postal order form to my work or I will be at Woodlands Friday night for our first team game and also Saturday afternoon for our resrve team game if you want to pay in cash, we need the money by Monday night if possible.
It will only be half an hour out of your way to make the effort to bring the money over to me and I can assure you if it was Jon who was asked to help he would go a day out of his way to help anybody.
Please make the effort and prove this site is as genorous and caring as we tell everbody it is

Kind regards

Spec

[spec]

I have started a new thread for donations as I don't want to undermine the tributes section to Jon, it can be found in The Premier Lounge (where he belonged).

[Tommy Trophy]

Again, if Wall is sitting up there somewhere watching he would have loved seeing Tim Keogh work his way onto the 10 o'clock news last night with a brief interview - reminded me of the "Heartbeat" story.

That got me thinking about that it would be great to use this for reeling off some of our funniest (and shareable!) JW memories - we could write a significant book between us!

Spoke to Cozey yesterday which reminded me of the bet in the Bristol Hotel - the list would be endless.

Today I woke up feeling that there is now a big hole in my life that one way or another (for better and worse!) Jon used to occupy - though thin and thinner he was always there and personally helped me through my own personal crisises around 20 years ago.

I am sure that Coxy who was probably closer to Jon than anyone will tell you a similar story when he needed support

[Matty Barker]

I was introduced to Jon by Tommy about 5 years ago through work and we have spoken or seen each other on a weekly basis ever since. Probably the most frustrating person ever to do business with but he had something about him that meant you couldn't help but like him. A very generous and warm person and although feeling my own grief, must remember that this can be nothing compared to how his daughter and mum must be feeling.

Always late for his 'lunch' meetings but always very kind - won't forget the trip to Chelsea v Barcelona, the signed footy shirt, the way he had always 'lost 2 stone' or the 300 mile cycle ride we did from Peterborough to Cornwall last year.

Hope you are in a better place now mate.


Mat