Belated condolences to Phil and all the other members of Martin's family in respect of this extremely sad news.
In addition, my thoughts are with Hughesy, Ballers, Ecky et al. who will all have shared so many happy (and even some unhappy!) memories of many years spent following Alty all over the country.
I hope that everything goes as well as can be expected tomorrow and I trust that you will all give him a rousing send-off at the post-funeral gathering. I still find it difficult to believe that I will never again encounter Martin at an Alty fixture.
Anyhow, a lengthy trawl through my Alty programmes archive duly unearthed the following appearance by Martin in the first 'Superfans' feature, which appeared in the
Robins Review issued for the visit to Moss Lane of Boston United for a GM Vauxhall Conference fixture staged on Saturday, 19th September 1992: