Tenderly leading his father by the hand, the day Robbie Savage walked out to play his last game for Derby County remains a poignant moment he will always treasure.
Colin Savage, a retired engineer, had been cut down by Pick’s disease – a strain of dementia similar to Alzheimer’s – and he may not have understood everything going on around him at Pride Park.
Yet as a moment in time, it takes pride of place in the family album: A proud son saying thank you to the father who had made his football career possible, and sharing the moment with 25,746 fans.
