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On 21/11/2021 at 17:05, Deathrace said:

Sky Sports just mentioned that three of the Spurs 1961 double winning team - Terry Medwin (b. 1932), Terry Dyson (b. 1934) and Cliff Jones (b. 1935) - are at their game at Leeds today as guests of honour. 

 

Also spotted David Pleat (b. 1945) in the crowd who looks the same as ever. 

 

 

Pleat looks very frail here, older than his 78 years.

I can't upload the photo for some reason, so here's the link

 

https://m.facebook.com/100064934911901/

 

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19 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said:

 

Pleat looks very frail here, older than his 78 years.

I can't upload the photo for some reason, so here's the link

 

https://m.facebook.com/100064934911901/

 

Yep especially when you see how well someone like Alex Ferguson looks at 81 even after a brain hemorrage a few years ago

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Didn't recognise him at all - blimey. 

 

Also, that was a fucking ordeal getting that photo to go on the forum. Facebook, DL and my phone having a huge falling out - then the sodding laptop wanted to do a fucking update and crashed.

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5 hours ago, msc said:

Didn't recognise him at all - blimey. 

 

Also, that was a fucking ordeal getting that photo to go on the forum. Facebook, DL and my phone having a huge falling out - then the sodding laptop wanted to do a fucking update and crashed.

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Thank you, I had to give up, even though I followed it all to the letter. He didn't appear to go on the pitch for applause, but John Still (next to Pleat in this picture) did.

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The great man has his own thread thanks to the admins.

 

For context, he looked better a few weeks prior talking about his old friend John Motson https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=644830447650130&id=100063695407274

 

Looks older than his years but not as dreadful as in that picture. Bad photo or sudden illness?

 

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Pleat's Wikipedia entry is written by a friend of his, and as a result contains the phrase:

 

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Pleat's employment as manager of Tottenham came to an end in October 1987 when he resigned after unsubstantiated newspaper claims about his private life.

 

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For comparison, here's a picture of Pleat from December 2021, standing behind universal beloved comic Michael McIntyre:

 

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Here's the man himself at tonight's play off semi final match. He looks marginally less frail than in these other recent photos.  

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13 hours ago, Deathrace said:

Here's the man himself at tonight's play off semi final match. He looks marginally less frail than in these other recent photos.  

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Looks like we can kick him to the kerb.

 

Which is just how he likes it.

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Just pictured on the TV at the Man United - Spurs game. Looking his age but otherwise seems ok 

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Good for a few years yet imho, doesn’t look ill, just looks the old man he is

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Pleat is pictured here at yesterday's game at the top of Jim Ratcliffe's head. He appears slightly better than the photos from March 2023. I also doubt he lives that near to Manchester so clearly he is well enough to travel fairly long distances to games. Hopefully he has a few years left. 

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