RIP John Hays

[living in hope]

Collapsed at work. Terrible
Must have be pretty stressful for him this year

Unbelievably so, only heard good things about him R.I.P

 

[Quinns Disco Kegs]

Sad news - RIP

 

[shieldsmp]

A sad day for his family, and for the city of Sunderland. I met him briefly at a social event just over a year ago. He seemed to be a real gentleman.
RIP John.

 

[Gideon Gungeon]

rip mate. decent bloke john imo. thoughts're with the loved ones there

 

[ivanthereasonable]

Thats a shock. Sympathy to his friends and family.

From what little i know of him, he's one man i wished the best of luck to.

 

[EchoMan]

Heard this on the radio news. Awfully sad and shocking
RIP John

 

[The soap powder]

Terrible sad news he was a true gentleman and a a massive lads fan

 

[Freddie the Greek]

Seemed a great bloke, RIP.

 

[Burnopfield Mackem]

So sorry to hear this news, came across as a lovely , genuine family man. He was very successful and very proud of our local area. Heartbreaking and sincere condolences to his family and close friends.

 

[Pepe]

Terribly sad. Such a nice man.

 

[Cookie]

Dreadful news.

Seemed a genuinely lovely bloke with the best interests of his staff and the region at the forefront of everything he did.

 

[Harbourlights]

This has certainly took the shine off the takeover news for me. Will always remember, when he was on the board and on home matchdays, he would park his car in the "elite" parking spaces directly outside the main entrance to the SOL.....brand new Mercs, Beamers, Range Rovers etc and a well aged BMW that stood out like a sore thumb. I believe this was John's car....i'm sure he could have afforded "flashy" but this to me showed that the lad was unpretentious and very much down to earth. Sad day indeed.

 

[Gronkowski]

Awful news
Seemed like a good bloke and a great ambassador for Sunderland

 

[Super K]

I had the pleasure of meeting him back in 1990 and met him again in 2018...he never forgot our chat. RIP John.

 

[VHFC]

Such sad news. Thoughts are with his family at this sad time.

RIP John

 

[Keith S30S]

RIP John.

Seemed a genuinely nice bloke. My best wishes to his family and friends.

 

[Lord Potts]

I am very sorry to hear this the Hays family are very much a Sunderland family in respect of the City and the football club. I believe that he was responsible for doing my son a kindness a few years back and got him a much treasured autographed photo of SNQ.

RIP Mr Hays

 

[Useless at Roker]

What a shock! Such sad news, he was a lovely lovely man. RIP John.

I played cricket with John at Ashbrooke. Good keeper, nice bloke. Thoughts with his family!

 

[Cee Jay]

So sad...genuinely seemed a top bloke.

 

[Redhouser]

A sad loss. RIP