Totally shocked and saddened by this news. I had the pleasure knowing Mike as a colleague when, in 1996, I got a job where he was already in position. Over the 10 years that followed, we shared many conversations about The Robins and in doing so he became the catalyst that drew me back to Moss Lane after a few years absence. Now, as a season ticket holder along with my son, it has been a pleasure to stand with him leaning against the perimeter fence.
As others have already said, he possessed a formidable knowledge of the football club; not a game went by when I didn't wonder at his ability to recall some ostensibly minor detail from a game that had taken place (sometimes) decades ago.
The club has lost one of its most devoted and longstanding fans. My thoughts, naturally, are with the family and with those who knew him. R.I.P. Mike.