Gary Speed

It's 12:44pm on Sunday afternoon and I am absolutely stunned at the breaking news of Gary Speed's passing.

I followed his career because he was a Welsh international as well as a player at Newcastle United and even sort of met him a number of years ago.

I say 'sort of' because he came in for a meal where I worked and I was his waiter. I didn't want to bother him in any way so pretended I didn't know him and just treated him like I would have done to any customer.

His current job as the manager of the Welsh team was starting to become fruitful. The team played well in their final few games of the Euro qualifiers and there was a lot of hope for the World Cup qualifiers which will begin next September.

Such a sad ending.

Posted Sunday after hearing the news.