most people by now know that alan lost his fight yesterday afternoon against that terrible desease that grabbed him in his prime of life..... alan was firstly a big family man,jane his wife and nicky and martin his two kids he would do almost anything for them,,well almost! fishing was his second love,,,, alan was a major player in the south coast and nationwide sea match scene,, a member until recently of the highly succesful prime angling match team,,long time member of the isac league and last but not least he represented england at international level on many occasions,,later on in alans england career he moved into coaching and managing the england junior team with good success so he kept telling me..right till the end it was fishing ,, fishing , fishing for alan...not only have his family lost there dad, ive lost a well good brother in law and a fishing buddy to.... he,ll be well missed ...