Death Impends 8,008 Posted July 19, 2013 Re Trautmann and people in DLer names who have died, I suppose you could add Davy Jones even though DJL is named after the maritime figure rather than the singer 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,117 Posted July 19, 2013 According to the rangers forum I am on ,ex manager davie white has died. Can't link as it is a closed forum. As a former Clyde F.C. player, he gets a mention on their website. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,156 Posted July 19, 2013 Re Trautmann and people in DLer names who have died, I suppose you could add Davy Jones even though DJL is named after the maritime figure rather than the singer What I originally asked is whether Bert Trautmann is the first to have his death announced here by his namesake. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted July 19, 2013 Re Trautmann and people in DLer names who have died, I suppose you could add Davy Jones even though DJL is named after the maritime figure rather than the singer What I originally asked is whether Bert Trautmann is the first to have his death announced here by his namesake. I missed out on Val Guest in 2006, but is Jo Guest at death's door, Christopher Guest battling cancer or David Gest slightly poorly? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,547 Posted July 20, 2013 Phil Woosnam, former Welsh international and one-time manager of the US national team, dead at 80. He was also Ian's cousin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted July 22, 2013 Former Nigerian international, pius oleh, tops himself. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/07/another-ex-eagles-player-pius-oleh-dies/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted July 22, 2013 Hibs legend lawrie reilly has passed on....no link as yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Flag 84 Posted July 22, 2013 The second member of my longlist to go in the last 4 days - would have had a unique if I'd stuck him in EDIT: Obit here. He was the last surviving member of the Famous Five front-line of the late 40s and early 50s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,547 Posted July 22, 2013 Former Nigerian international, pius oleh, tops himself. http://www.vanguardn...pius-oleh-dies/ This guy seems to have been a bit of a "character". Arranging non-existent friendly matches, allegations of match fixing, improper player registrations as an agent... and also very little, if no, evidence of him ever actually playing for the Nigerian national team. I think dude might have been the Lagos equivalent of the guy in the corner of the pub telling you he "played four games for Spurs, but I had a gammy knee, had to give it up. Hoddle said I was the best young player he'd ever seen you know?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Flag 84 Posted July 24, 2013 James Alexander Gordon is to retire from reading the BBC's classified football results on the radio after suffering from cancer of the larynx: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23434089 Cancer 1, Radio Five Live 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Pablo 111 Posted July 24, 2013 Rather tenuously, Barbara Clough - wife of Brian, mother to Nigel http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23439311 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,660 Posted July 25, 2013 James Alexander Gordon is to retire from reading the BBC's classified football results on the radio after suffering from cancer of the larynx: http://www.bbc.co.uk...otball/23434089 Cancer 1, Radio Five Live 0 Doesn't seem that robust and he is obit worthy. We could stake out his house to study form but - listening at the window - it'd be hard telling him talking apart from him shaving. So, a straight four way fight between Frank Bruno, Gazza, Johnny Vegas and Wayne Rooney to be the next voice of the football results, then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Pablo 111 Posted August 2, 2013 Former Rangers star Colin McAdam http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/u/rangers-and-partick-thistle-hero-colin-mcadam-dies-aged-61-.1375450330 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garn2 34 Posted August 3, 2013 Update on Bruno Metsu for any Francophones. "cancer de l'estomac qui l'a obligé à s'éloigner des terrains" means that his stomach cancer has spread, right? Because Google translate seems to suggest that it means his cancer has gone to a new country. New update in which he says he "was" given three months to live, the cancer spread to his liver, colon and lungs, but is apparently now "on the road to recovery". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted August 6, 2013 Another 'Matthews Final' player has died, Bolton's centre-half Malcolm Barrass, which leaves the current score Blackpool 1-4 Bolton, by my reckoning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,547 Posted August 6, 2013 Update on Bruno Metsu for any Francophones. "cancer de l'estomac qui l'a obligé à s'éloigner des terrains" means that his stomach cancer has spread, right? Because Google translate seems to suggest that it means his cancer has gone to a new country. New update in which he says he "was" given three months to live, the cancer spread to his liver, colon and lungs, but is apparently now "on the road to recovery". I'm calling him as a late 2013/early 2014 death. Could be pretty significant for the DDP as well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,206 Posted August 6, 2013 Another 'Matthews Final' player has died, Bolton's centre-half Malcolm Barrass, which leaves the current score Blackpool 1-4 Bolton, by my reckoning. Always loved that his name was M. Barrass 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,800 Posted August 6, 2013 Update on Bruno Metsu for any Francophones. "cancer de l'estomac qui l'a obligé à s'éloigner des terrains" means that his stomach cancer has spread, right? Because Google translate seems to suggest that it means his cancer has gone to a new country. New update in which he says he "was" given three months to live, the cancer spread to his liver, colon and lungs, but is apparently now "on the road to recovery". Cancer of the liver, lungs and colon, but on the road to recovery? He's fucking hoping. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted August 6, 2013 Here's one I remember from my old football card collection! Dave Wagstaffe, the former Wolves winger, has died aged 70. "He made a total of 324 league appearances for the club, and was part of their 1974 League Cup-winning side that beat his former team Man City 2-1 in the final at Wembley. He left Wolves in 1976 for Blackburn, where he became the first player to receive a red card in English football." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Flag 84 Posted August 7, 2013 Probably stretching the credibility of the thread to breaking point here, but former Newport, Swindon, Portsmouth and Wales U21 defender Steve Aizlewood, the older brother of Wales international Mark, has died at the age of 60 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted August 7, 2013 Probably stretching the credibility of the thread to breaking point here, but former Newport, Swindon, Portsmouth and Wales U21 defender Steve Aizlewood, the older brother of Wales international Mark, has died at the age of 60 Ah, that explains why the name sounded familiar! It was his brother I was thinking of. Having said that, Steve did play nearly 500 games in the football league between 1969 and 1983, so not so obscure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted August 7, 2013 Selçuk Yula The Turkish international who played 22 times for his country, 3 of them as captain, has died aged 53. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Flag 84 Posted August 8, 2013 Latest on Sandy Jardine on the back cover of The Scotsman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,626 Posted August 21, 2013 Former Romania captain Costica Stefanescu has died after jumping from the fifth floor of the hospital where he was being treated for cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,547 Posted August 21, 2013 Latest on Sandy Jardine on the back cover of The Scotsman Re-mission, the two harshest words in the deadpooler language. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
