Popular Post KillieFC Posted August 20, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 Ian Caldwell, who has died aged 73, was a lifelong Killie fan. Born and raised in Dundonald he was a Rugby Park regular from the 1950s until he moved away from the area in the late 1970s. From an early age he collected players’ autographs before home matches and cut out match reports and league tables, pasting them into a scrapbook for each season. Ian was present at many of the great Killie occasions in the 1960s. He was there for the never-to-be forgotten 5-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the Fairs Cup and he was at Tynecastle a few months later on that glorious day when Killie won the league championship. Ian was also a regular with Killie on their travels. He was at Elland Road when Killie played Leeds United in the Fairs Cup semi-finals. No away game was too unimportant for him to attend, even travelling to the likes of Wolverhampton for friendly matches in an era when few made such trips. Once, after a long and exhausting trip to Montrose for a Scottish Cup tie, he nodded off on the train home only to awaken in Stranraer too late to make it home that night. He was a man who’d travel the length and breadth of Scotland and beyond to watch Kilmarnock in action. At home matches he often undertook the role of a guardian for others in his extended family. Being somewhat older he would be charged with looking after his younger brother Brian and his cousins Neil Morrison and David and Stuart Ross at Rugby Park. Living latterly in Sheffield he was once asked which of the two local clubs – Wednesday and United – he preferred. Unhesitatingly he fired back the answer “Wednesday of course. They play in blue-and-white stripes”. That was Ian. Although unable to attend many matches in his later years he remained a Killie supporter through and through. Those who remember him will miss him. But remember him they will. IAN CALDWELL 1947-2020 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Killie alan Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 So sad to hear of any killie fan passing away condolences to his family RIP Ian 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shug2930 Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 RIP. Condolences to the family 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theauldyin Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 RIP. IAN 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DG5 Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 RIP And condolences to the family. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Siberian Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 RIP Cawdy. Had a lot of good times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killieinkirkie Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 Did what Ian did as a youngster have great scrapbooks etc Killie was a 60 mile round trip but mum and dad refused to let me go to RP until my teens. He sounds like a great bloke. Massive condolences to family and friends I have lost too many recently it is not an easy time. Respects David 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killie1961 Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 4 hours ago, Killie alan said: So sad to hear of any killie fan passing away condolences to his family RIP Ian RIP and condolences to his family 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Tam Posted August 21, 2020 Report Share Posted August 21, 2020 R.I.P. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bob Agg Posted August 22, 2020 Report Share Posted August 22, 2020 Condolences to all concerned. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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