An appeal has been circulating on social media to find a rare Rangers t-shirt for the funeral of a young man who passed away aged just 28.
Heartbroken Emma Hadden appealed to fellow supporters to help her track down a 1989 Rangers top for the funeral of Christopher Paterson.
The Livingston-man passed away suddenly on May 3, leaving his sister Angela Ellen Paterson and partner devastated.
My partner sadly passed away on Thursday at the age of 28. All his life he loved and followed Rangers.
— Emma Hadden (@emma_hadden1874) May 7, 2018
Myself and the rest of the family were wondering if it was possible to find a 1989 rangers top for his funeral as that’s what he’d always wanted. @RangersFC @RangersFC pic.twitter.com/LsI0TAAF8N
The post asking for anyone with the shirt to get in touch has been shared over 1,000 times on social media with several people getting touch with offers to help.
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Writing on Facebook shortly after her brother’s death, Ms Paterson, wrote: “So at 5.10pm my life changed forever my wee bro Christopher was taken from us way too soon.
“I can’t explain how any of us are feeling apart from lost and numb right now and feel like it's a nightmare we are all going to wake up from, sadly it's not.
Power of Twitter - I'm looking for 1989 Rangers home shirt if anyone knows where I can buy one ASAP? I've found 1 but it's an XL and I need a medium.. any help would be great it's for my bro who recently passed 💙 @RangersFC @stephen_purdon @joskyn100 @GersFamily @RangersStore
— Angela Paterson (@angie_baby1986) May 6, 2018
“Words can't express how much I'm going to miss this lad especially his humour, cheekiness and his straight to the point attitude.
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He will NEVER be forgotten and as his favourite song would say....
"You're simply the best, better than all the rest.
“Better than anyone, anyone I ever met
“Fly high bro and I will see you soon.”
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