Re: Ex Birmingham sports star
Another tennis story - when I was playing for Solihull Arden, Jeremy Bates was a member there. He'd been a member since he was a tiny kid, so everyone had watched him grow up and develop into a Wimbledon Champion. I happened to be in the clubhouse one night when he came in for a pint for the first time since him and Jo Durie had won the doubles title. The whole club stood and applauded him. He cried.