‘Fitting tribute to a true Lion’ – Millwall unveil ‘Paul Jiggins Media Suite’ in memory of fan and SunSport legend Jiggo
MILLWALL honoured SunSport legend Paul Jiggins after unveiling their new press lounge in his name.
Lifelong Lions fan Jiggo sadly passed away last month aged 50 and regularly featured on the club podcast ‘Wall Talk’.
Prior to Tuesday night’s game with Swansea, club chairman John Berylson and CEO Steve Kavanagh lowered a curtain on the signage of the ‘Paul Jiggins Media Suite.’
It was accompanied by pictures as well as The Sun’s framed tribute spread to Jiggins.
And Millwall tweeted: “A fitting tribute to a true Lion.”
Wife Kelly and daughter Millie were in attendance alongside close friends and colleagues.
Club communications director Billy Taylor said: “It is a real honour to have Paul’s closest family here and his closest friend and colleagues.
“It was a huge shock and it has been an emotional time.
“Paul was a lifelong Millwall fan, a colleague more recently but for a longer period of time was someone the club could rely on.
“He had the football club in his heart and the least we can do is honour his memory and rename our press lounge.”
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Kavanagh added: “He was our friend, he was our family. We’ve done what we can to remember Paul tonight.”
Known for his wit and humour, Jiggo covered Tottenham’s ups and downs for the last ten years for The Sun’s sport pages.
His Week at the Knees column would leave readers entertained and in hysterics every Saturday.
He first joined The Sun in 1990 as a messenger before becoming a staff writer.
Millwall wore black armbands in honour of Jiggins before holding a minute’s applause before kick off.