Bernie Coleman bought the old Wimbledon in 1972, wrote off the debts, then sold it for what he paid for it.
This year alone he paid for 25 season tickets for local children to share, as well as copies of the club’s book “We Are Home” for every school and library in Merton.
Richard Thompson, chair of Surrey CCC, praises how he never wanted the “limelight or attention, he just wanted to help in any way he could”.