KentOnline

bannermobile

News

Sport

Business

What's On

Advertise

Contact

Other KM sites

CORONAVIRUS WATCH KMTV LIVE SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTERS LISTEN TO OUR PODCASTS LISTEN TO KMFM
SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE
Sport

The giant banner paying tribute to Maidstone United manager Jay Saunders

By: Craig Tucker ctucker@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 00:00, 10 August 2017

As managerial tributes go, we've not seen anything that beats Maidstone fans' portrait of Jay Saunders.

We reckon the giant banner, on show in the North Stand at the Gallagher Stadium, is unique.

In recent memory, there was the Rafael Benitez picture frame that went everywhere with Liverpool supporters - but the Saunders masterpiece trumps that.

Jay Saunders is a hero at Maidstone Picture: Andy Jones

So what does the man himself think?

He said: "It's nice. It makes me better-looking than I am where it's a painting and not a picture!

mpu1

"It's appreciated. I was a bit surprised when I first came out and saw it.

"I suppose with the size of my head they had to get a very big flag.

"They couldn't have had a little one, it wouldn't have fitted on it!"

More by this author

sticky

© KM Group - 2024