Hatters Worldwide- 2 David Maxwell ( USA )
image- H Walker. |
Hatters Worldwide – 2 David Maxwell ( USA)
For our second article in this series we look across the pond where , about 45 miles South East of Los Angeles, in Corona California , County exile David Maxwell resides.
David started watching County in 1992, and has fond memories from the wonderful decade that followed.
He then upped sticks moving to the US in 2007 where he married a Southern Californian girl Kirsten who he met in Madrid in 2004 when he was scouting for County at a Real Madrid v Barcelona match.
David earns a crust as a Financial Adviser, but gets back once a season to visit family/ watch a game, and this next image depicts David( on the right ) with friend Paul and his son Matthew at the same game that Akito was at in 2020 County v Bromley.
David, Paul & Matthew( v Bromley )- image H Walker |
At this point, hedgegrower shamelessly inserts his photo of Liam Hogan`s winning goal that day( a veritable back post gem from Liam !):-
Liam`s winner !- image hedgegrower |
Paul and David used to go home and away together in the 90s and the memories of those days, happy though they were, are heavily tinged with sadness too, as Paul`s eldest son Luke Taylor, a young County fan, tragically passed away in the summer of 2019.
David remembers actually sitting in Luke’s vacant season ticket seat for the Bromley match – a truly moving experience.
The Club had kept Luke`s season ticket seat vacant, allowing his friends to use it on match days, and this photo gives a view of same and the special tribute it bears.
There were other tributes from Luke`s family outside the ground to a lad that is sadly missed.
Tribute to Luke on C/E Car Park Railings. |
The first time old hedgie heard of David, was when he looked to site his brilliant County/ California flag in the Cheadle End. Great idea David- neat flag too!
Flag sited in C/E- image hedgegrower |
David keeps in regular contact with the County Family in the UK via social media and a raft of County message boards and you can find him posting on Yellowboard as maximus .
And…..he has a great blog too so catch this here, and amongst other items, read about how David met Carlton Palmer dressed in a towel ….. https://stadiojunkie.wixsite.com/blog
So, great stuff from David, for vigorously keeping County`s flag flying in the USA.
Finally, hedgegrower invites exiles out there to contact him as he is anxious to write about you. And…..if you live in the US ,please do not be put off because we have written about an exile from there already. The US is by far the largest supporter and reader of this blog outside the UK ( racking up a regular 250 pv`s per week) so we know there will be others in the US whose story needs to be told!
Until then, stay safe , keep well…and keep supporting Stockport County !
hedgegrower
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