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Monday, April 13, 2020

Tony Cole Has Died

Well known Hereford United and Hereford FC supporter Tony Cole has died. He was 84.

An accountant in Hereford, Tony became treasurer of the Vice-President's Club at Edgar Street in 1972 until the VP was taken over by the football club in 2009. During that time he helped raise thousands of pounds for the club. For example in 2006/07 a sum of £49,627 was donated.

Tony was a Hereford Lion for over 50 years and in 2018 received both royal and international commendations marking his half century of service to Hereford Lions Club, part of the worldwide Lions International organisation.
 
Club president, Jim Hamilton presented Tony, who joined Lions in 1968 with a special certificate signed by Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, Patron of Lions UK and a personal letter from Lions international president, Gudrun Yngvadottr of Iceland.
 
Tony, who was club president in 1974, created the Lions Club link to an annual youth international football tournament in Holland, taking four schoolboy teams to Vianen, a project which has continued ever since and in recent years has included a girls’ team. 

Tony was also one of the founders of the Herefordshire youth football league.