[HerefordBull]

Aye, the PFA paid circa £210,000 for the VC.

He died near Contalmaison which on the first day of the Somme, McCraes batallion ( 16th Royal Scots .....The Sporting Battalion including the Hearts first team) as part of the 34th division, got within 180 metres of capturing it before being forced back.  It would take another 11 days before it actually fell with Donald Bell falling on the 10th undertaking a similar act of bravery, charging a machine gun just outside the village, that won him the VC 5 days earlier.

Went to that Exeter City game with some Grecian mates.................they weren't too happy .