Jeffrey Archer came to open my school's refurbished library in 1992 and the Mayor of Sandwell came over and shook my hand, saying my brother told him I wanted to meet him. He must have thought our borough's first citizen was the jailbird-to-be but I had no particular inclination to meet either.
Albion legend Tony Brown was granted a testimonial in 1999. As a 'thank you' to the fans he was to sit in the Brummie Road End for the first half. I was in my usual seat and the two empty seats next to me turned out to be reserved for Bomber plus one.

Now, I'm too young by a long way to have ever seen him in the Stripes but I was a nervous wreck. I had my little brother with me who didn't know who he was. He'd also had too much Sunny Delight, so had to go to the loo several times, having to squeeze past Bomber each time. Starstruck and embarrassed, was I.
I don't remember much of that game except that a 40-something Bryan Robson, playing at centre half, was still better than the donkeys we had at the back at the time.