Octopus of Odstock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premature_obituaries. Some great stories behind some of them.

Tom McGoldrick died 14th Jan 2018 after a long battle with dementia. No link I'm afraid.

There was the Guy Edwards Autosport fiasco a few years back. Guy is still alive.

This guy really has been dealt the shittiest of deals pretty much all his life. I sincerely hope he pulls through but fear he will not. Amazingly sad that people are still doing the same racial abuse two generations later from what they gave Paul. Canoville is an inspiration to me and many others.

Particularly so when Slovenia was part of the former Yugoslavia and hundreds of miles away from the Soviet Union.

If there is a rule of three, Ball should be worried. Two singers of You'll Never Walk Alone dead in a month. Who's the oldest living number one artist now?

SC, 5 of the 30 original names have died in just over a month. People enter dead pools mostly with the intent to pick people that might die. I'd suggest a 16 per cent hit rate after one month would maybe help a few DP players think hmmm 'might be worth choosing an old footballer' and it's in one place for them to choose. There were far more threads started every day back in 2004 and 2005 that would've annoyed you, be thankful that you are of your time.

Wrong again Iain.

QPR - Gibbons was their oldest. Arthur Bramley is another 2021 passing - https://www.funeralguide.co.uk/obituaries/85260

Not on this list but another septugenarian passing is ex Peterborough and Coventry player Peter Hindley aged 76. https://www.theposh.com/news/2021/february/former-player-peter-hindley-passes-away/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-55895576 Family with him in hospital.

Ipswich, no. Qpr I need to check. Covid claims another one.

David Rose, former Scottish International has died. Played rugby union and league. DAVID M ROSE 1931 - 2021 It is with great sadness that Jed-Forest Rugby Club announce the passing of their oldest surviving International player and former club captain David M Rose the outstanding winger of his generation See more here. https://t.co/QBNJwNJbnm https://t.co/xieGjP0GUF

John Grant, Hibs stalwart and twice a Scottish International died recently From twitter: I’ve just learned that former Hibee John ‘The Duke’ Grant who was at Hibs from 1949-1964 has passed away at the age of 89. I used to work with his daughter Karen and always enjoyed the stories she told about her Dad. RIP John, my thoughts are with Karen and all John’s family. https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/his-memory-marches-on-john-grant

True. I mean it looks like one of his great grandsons is checking if he's still breathing.

No social distancing so that's him gone in 3 weeks.

So we all get flowers when we get the vaccine?

Apparently Adrian Campos, former F1 driver and team boss and current owner of Campos Racing in junior formulae has died. Must be sudden as he looked well on January 14th on a Facebook Post.

Could go in the COVID thread but more appropriate here: Mehrdad Minavand, who played for Iran in 1998 dead of Covid aged only 45. https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/457471/Former-Iran-and-Persepolis-midfielder-Minavand-dies

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-manchester-55801195 Kirit Pathak, former head of Pataks and 'star' of awful adverts of Pathaks dies in Dubai car crash

Dead https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/sports/former-reggae-boyz-player-luton-shelton-has-died/

He has been notable by his absence from pretty much anything recently. It wouldn't be a surprise considering his age and the era he played in.

Could also go in the World Cup thread (and the prison thread for his match fixing scandal) but Peter Swan, former England player, member of the 1962 World Cup squad, former OoO DDP pick and one of Sheffield Wednesdays best defenders has died of dementia https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/sheffield-wednesday-legend-and-1966-nearly-man-peter-swan-dies-aged-84-3107950

Fair to cross post I guess, but FYI it was reported fifteen days ago on the Chequered Flag thread. If Thatcher is the Lewis Hamilton of death announcements in terms of response, then this is Andrea Moda type speed..

Johnny Williams (1925) died in 2016 - https://www.southportfootballclub.co.uk/player-profile-johnny-williams/ Two games for Southport only.