Thompson Bombers fan not only wears his colours proudly, he drives them too

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There are fans of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and then there’s Thompson resident, Allan Goudy.

Goudy, a life-long fan of the Blue and Gold, not only wears his colours proudly, he also drives in them too. Last year, when he and his wife, Diane, were shopping for a new vehicle, he saw a bright gold Ford Escape and right away, the wheels in his head started to turn.

“She wanted the grey one and I said ‘no, I see the gold one and I’ve got ideas for it”, he said, after posing for a picture in front of his vehicle with the Grey Cup, which was in town as part of an eight-day tour through northern Manitoba this week.

“I’m going to get it all Bomber’d up,” he told his wife.

After driving it out of the lot, Goudy’s next stop was to an auto-body shop, where they slapped on blue vinyl wrapping as well as two custom decals of the Bombers logo; one for the hood, and the other on the driver side door. He’s also got two Bombers helmet stickers for rear of his car, and flags waving out the back of the windows, all of which compliment his two Bomber license plates.

If you think that’s going too far, Goudy wanted to go even further. That is, until his wife talked him out of it.

“I wanted to make it look like a helmet; put the grill up, the whole bit,” he said.

But don’t be fooled, he does get his way sometimes. In fact, he had a Bombers-themed wedding. His suit was blue, the tables filled with gold and even a card signed by the Bombers was on display.

“Everything was blue and gold. It was all Blue Bombers,” he said.

With him Thursday was his daughter, Lindsay Anderson, and her two kids. They’re also big Bombers fans but even she admitted it took a bit of getting used to when her dad first brought the truck home.

“I love it,” she said, decked out in a No. 10 Henoc Muamba jersey that fit over her winter coat. “At first I was a little embarrassed to be in it but now I’m OK with it.”

Part of her discomfort came from the fact everyone who drove by would stare. Some would shake their heads, most likely from being a fan of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, she said, a team that also has a decent presence in Thompson.

But most people, like him, are big fans.

“Everywhere I take it, people just love it,” said Goudy, adding, “people come out and take pictures with it all the time.”

And on Wednesday there he was again, posing for a picture with his family; only this time it was with the Grey Cup and two Bomber alumni in Doug Brown and Brett MacNeil.

“It was like Christmas to me,” said Anderson, before her dad moved in for the final word.

“Definitely a privilege and I want to see the Bombers hold it again,” he said.

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