Sculptor Sean Hedges-Quinn has revealed a sneak peek at his work on the statue of Blues legend Kevin Beattie, which will be unveiled at Portman Road in the spring or summer of 2020.

Blues season ticket-holder Hedges-Quinn, also known as Coach, recently begun work on the statue with The Beat Goes On campaign having hit its target total in August.

“It was Kevin Beattie’s birthday yesterday and I spent the day sculpting his likeness for his statue that is to be unveiled in the spring/summer 2020 outside Portman Road,” Hedges-Quinn wrote on Facebook earlier this afternoon.

“I have been given permission to put up this 'very' sneak peek of my work. I am afraid that is all I am allowed at this moment in time!”

The statue will stand on Portman Road on the corner of the entrance to the car park, directly across the road from Sir Alf Ramsey and along the road from his mentor Sir Bobby Robson.

Beattie, who died in September 2018, would have celebrated his 66th birthday yesterday.

Photos: Contributed

Sporall added 19:27 - Dec 19 With Sean's skills this is going to be phenomenal
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midastouch added 09:23 - Dec 20 Sure it's going to be great. Love the photos in the background there, some real treasure shots there. That header from Ronaldo in the week reminded me of Beattie who was renown for getting some serious air on his leaps!
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