Brammer’s Blog

It is sad to hear that Simon Meeks passed away over the weekend. Although many of us who worked with him knew that he had a terminal illness, I still don’t think any of us were prepared for such a loss.

Simon, of course, covered Barnsley matches for The Star and was a popular figure around Oakwell. He was an excellent journalist who managed to develop a good rapport with Simon Davey and Patrick Cryne, which often resulted in him breaking a number of ‘exclusives’.

Although he gradually developed a soft spot for the Reds, Simon originally hailed from Norwich and was a Canaries fan at heart. As you’d expect, he was never allowed to forget that fact by us Barnsley lads in the press box, and he was constantly on the receiving end of some anti-Norwich banter! Don’t feel sorry for him though because he gave as good as he got and he especially revelled in our seemingly annual thrashings at Carrow Road.

He had a wry sense of humour and was a very unassuming bloke in what can be an egotistical industry. His dignity over the past few months was testament to that.

Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time and hopefully Norwich City can do him proud this coming season and get promoted back to the Championship.