TRIBUTES have been paid to a stalwart of Bromsgrove Sporting Supporters Society (and before that Bromsgrove Rovers) who has died at the age of 84.
Paul Cheston was one of the club’s most loyal supporters and at one point was one of the society’s representatives on the club’s board of directors.
Paul first became a Bromsgrove Rovers fan back in the 1994/95 season, when his two daughters Kylie and Romilly thought it would be something fun to do and since then, he hardly missed a home match.
Away from the football, Paul would be regularly seen in Bromsgrove town centre, either having in Coffee-2 or volunteering at the British Heart Foundation shop, sorting out books and DVDs.
He was also an active member of 216 (Redditch) Squadron Air Cadets where, for more than 20 years, he supported the squadron as the chair or treasurer of the committee.
Paul met his wife Janice, who died several years ago, when they both worked at the Austin Rover works at Longbridge.
They married in 1978, living in Bromsgrove where they raised their two daughters. As a family, they loved to travel and, in later years, Paul and Janice would be found on the latest world cruise,
A spokesperson for Bromsgrove Sporting said: “Paul will be sadly missed by his family, all those who knew him at the Victoria Ground, and by the wider community.”
Paul’s funeral will be at Redditch Crematorium at 2pm on Thursday, September 5.
The family have said that everyone will be welcome.
