Hundreds of people are expected to line the streets of South Bristol this afternoon (Friday) as a funeral cortege brings one corner of the city to a standstill. Bristol City fans, friends and family of Stoney Garnett will gather at his beloved Ashton Gate ahead of his funeral today, Friday, September 2.
A horse-drawn carriage will lead the funeral cortege down Marina Dolman Way in front of Ashton Gate's main stand, leaving at 3pm, before heading onto Winterstoke Road, around Parson Street and up the A38 Bridgwater Road to the South Bristol Crematorium. The mile-and-a-half cortege is expected to take around half an hour and bring this part of South Bristol - from Ashton Gate to Bedminster and Bedminster Down - to a standstill.
The details of the funeral procession, service and wake were announced at half time of Wednesday night's match between Bristol City and Huddersfield Town, and it could be that as many as a thousand turn out to walk with the cortege and attend the service.
