VSBfromH 74 Posted April 20, 2011 Allan Brown The former Blackpool player and manager has died aged 84. The Scot began his playing career at East Fife. During his playing subsequent stint at Bloomfield Road he was unlucky to miss two FA Cup Finals through injury, the second time (the "Matthews Final") when he broke his leg in scoring the winner in the quarter final against Arsenal. After Blackpool he went on to play at Luton Town, Portsmouth and Wigan Athletic. His management carrer took him to Wigan, Luton, Torquay, Bury and Nottingham Forest before his two spells with the Tangerines. He also won 13 caps for Scotland. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,651 Posted April 20, 2011 The police are adamant that the parcel bombs to Neil Lennon and others are NOT the work of an organised group but ARE genuinely intended to kill or maim. All told, with Rio Ferdinand's deranged stalker, it's been a busy week for nutters with a football fixation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted April 22, 2011 Dutch football coach Wiel Coerver, who in 1974 won the Dutch Championship as well as the UEFA cup with Feyenoord, died today, aged 86. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Grendel 139 Posted April 28, 2011 Willie O'Neill, a defender in Glasgow Celtic's famous Lisbon Lions squad - they were the first British team to win the European Cup in 1967 - has sadly passed away. Hail! Hail! Willie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notaguest 16 Posted April 30, 2011 Hibernian legend Eddie Turnbull has died at 88 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted May 2, 2011 Eddie Lewis One of the original "Busby Babes" has died aged 76 in South Africa. He didn't make it as a regular at Old Trafford, making just 24 appearances before going on to play for Preston, West Ham and Leyton Orient. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted May 4, 2011 Former Northern Ireland international (1 cap, 1 goal, vs England in 1957) Sammy McCrory has died aged 86. He also played for Ipswich, scoring 40 times in 102 appearances. After his playing career, McCrory ran a bar called the Port O'Call in Donaghadee, with George Best performing the opening ceremony in 1969. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,538 Posted May 11, 2011 Another day, another attempt on Neil Lennon's life. And another one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,651 Posted May 13, 2011 Bert Trautmann seems to have his health, if not a ticket for tomorrow. I mean, obviously, he's fairly active posting on here, but I thought I'd share this Independent article as well. Unless something truly extraordinary occurs in tomorrow's FA Cup final, 87-year-old Bert Trautmann, the goalkeeper who in the 1956 final successfully protected Manchester City's 3-1 lead over Birmingham City despite an injury that turned out to be a broken neck, will finish the weekend as he starts it: City's greatest Cup hero of all time, if not the greatest of all Wembley heroes, full stop. All of which makes it more than a little sad that when I phone him at his home in Spain to set up a time for our interview, Trautmann is feeling upset that he has not been formally invited to the final. His old team-mate Johnny Williamson has called to say that the club have asked if he would like to go, but Trautmann declined, reasoning that he and his wife should have been sent an official invitation. "I know City don't owe me anything," he tells me. "And they are better than they were when I was playing, when you had to get down on your knees to get a cup of tea. But they've had three weeks to invite me properly, and they haven't. Something is missing in football now. It is run by technocrats and bureaucrats. The warm-heartedness has gone." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notaguest 16 Posted May 15, 2011 Former Scottish football boss Ernie Walker has heard the full time whistle. He attended 5 world cups with the Scotland team.That seems a long time ago now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,651 Posted May 15, 2011 What's the difference between my toolbox and the Premier League? There will be hammers in my toolbox next week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Pablo 109 Posted May 31, 2011 Aberdeen keeper Jamie Langfield stable following a seizure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Pablo 109 Posted June 11, 2011 Odd story doing the rounds on Twatter & some of the forums is that ex-Villa anti-hero Savo Milosevic's father has been shot dead by his grandfather. Cynics would say the accurate shooting gene didn't make it to the youngest generation of the Milosevic family, but Savo will always remain a hero of mine! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notaguest 16 Posted June 24, 2011 Former manager of Croatia Tomaslav Ivic has died.Still trying to find an english obit though.One Italian newspaper described him as the most succesful football manager in history Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted June 24, 2011 Former manager of Croatia Tomaslav Ivic has died.Still trying to find an english obit though.One Italian newspaper described him as the most succesful football manager in history Will this do? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted June 26, 2011 This is a big one... Former Dutch goalie Jan van Beveren died at age 63. He wore the jerseys of Sparta Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven and was capped 32 times. He won the 1978 UEFA cup with PSV and was a three time champion with the same club. He died in the USA where he lived after ending his playing career. This would have the same impact in England if Peter Shilton or Pat Jennings would have died. Wikipedia. Edit: Late addition to this message is a NYT obit. A surely deserved spot on this forum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted June 28, 2011 Of all the former Manchester City players who might have gone this year, I wouldn't have said Mike Doyle, who has died aged 64, from liver failure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted July 1, 2011 Former Scottish international footballer Willie Fernie has died aged 82. A unique hit for Drunkasaskunk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,538 Posted July 17, 2011 The Hungarian manager of the Liberian national team, Bertalan Bicseki, has died after eating a poisoned biscuit during a Liberian team training sesson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted July 17, 2011 The Hungarian manager of the Liberian national team, Bertalan Bicseki, has died after eating a poisoned biscuit during a Liberian team training sesson. Hmmmm... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,538 Posted July 17, 2011 The Hungarian manager of the Liberian national team, Bertalan Bicseki, has died after eating a poisoned biscuit during a Liberian team training sesson. Hmmmm... Are you doubting LiberianSoccer.com? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted July 17, 2011 The Hungarian manager of the Liberian national team, Bertalan Bicseki, has died after eating a poisoned biscuit during a Liberian team training sesson.Hmmmm... Are you doubting LiberianSoccer.com? Who can doubt an article with sentences like: True to his threat, [Joe Nagbe] has thrown in the tower to the disbelief of many. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted July 17, 2011 The Hungarian manager of the Liberian national team, Bertalan Bicseki, has died after eating a poisoned biscuit during a Liberian team training sesson. Hmmmm... Are you doubting LiberianSoccer.com? I don't doubt the story Spade, just whether the poor chaps death was entirely accidental... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,538 Posted July 21, 2011 Gerd Muller goes missing for 15 hours before being found "in a confused and disorientated state." Alcoholism? Alzheimers? Alien abduction? All three should put him on the radar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,538 Posted August 1, 2011 West Ham youth team player and "The new Harry Kewell," Dylan Tombides, diagnosed with testicular cancer. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
