msc 18,397 Posted November 30, 2017 Remember when he punched the BBC man. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,939 Posted November 30, 2017 He was on the B-Team last year. I actually didn't know what was wrong, just that he was ill. So, thanks! Also, I hoped to get the opportunity to post the video above. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,429 Posted November 30, 2017 23 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Thanks for the pointers everyone. Will add as I find more:LIVING 1) Arthur Smith (b. May 1915) Bury, Leicester City 2) George Haigh (b. June 1915) Stockport County, Rochdale, Lancaster City 3) Colin Collindridge (b. Nov 1920) Rotherham United, Sheffield United, Nottingham Forest, Coventry City, Bath City 4) Tommy Best (b. Dec 1920) Chester, Cardiff City, QPR, Hereford United 5) Arthur Turner (b. Jan 1921) Charlton Athletic, Colchester United, Headington United 6) Dudley Kernick (b. Aug 1921) Torquay United, Northampton Town, Birmingham City 7) Alf Patrick (b. Sep 1921) York City, Scarborough 8) Ivor Broadis (b. Dec 1922) Carlisle, Sunderland, Man City, Newcastle, Queen of the South 9) Bobby Brown (b. Mar 1923) Queen's Park, Rangers, Falkirk 10) Reg Harrison (b. May 1923) Derby County, Boston United, Long Eaton United 11) Stan Clements (b. June 1923) Southampton 12) Bert Mozley (b. Sep 1923) Derby County 13) Roy Bentley (b. May 1924) Bristol City, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Fulham, QPR 14) John Ball (b. Mar 1925) Wigan Athletic, Man United, Bolton Wanderers 15) Ted Bennett (b. Aug 1925) Southall, QPR, Watford, Gravesend & Northfleet 16) Frank McCourt (b. Dec 1925) Bristol Rovers, Man City, Colchester United, Poole Town 17) Tony Collins (b. Mar 1926) Sheffield Wednesday, York City, Watford, Norwich City, Torquay United, Crystal Palace, Rochdale 18) Doug Cowie (b. May 1926) Dundee, Greenock Morton 19) Bill Holmes (b. Oct 1926) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Doncaster Rovers, Morecambe, Blackburn Rovers, Bradford City 20) Jock Aird (b. Dec 1926) Burnley 21) Alex Kiddie (b. Apr 1927) Celtic, Aberdeen, Falkirk, Dundee, Arbroath 22) Ted Burgin (b. Apr 1927) Sheffield United, Doncaster Rovers, Leeds United, Rochdale, Glossop North End 23) Bill Slater (b. Apr 1927) Blackpool, Brentford, Wolverhampton Wanderers 24) Gordon Astall (b. Sep 1927) Plymouth Argyle, Birmingham City, Torquay United 25) Frank O'Farrell (b. Oct 1927) West Ham United, Preston North End, Weymouth 26) Derek Saunders (b. Jan 1928) Chelsea 27) Tommy Docherty (b. Apr 1928) Celtic, Preston North End, Arsenal, Chelsea 28) Derek Ufton (b. May 1928) Charlton Athletic 29) Johnny Wheeler (b. July 1928) Tranmere Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool, New Brighton 30) Ron Baynham (b. June 1929) Worcester City, Luton Town 31) Terry Robinson (b. Nov 1929) Brentford, Northampton Town, Hendon 32) Tommy Banks (b. Nov 1929) Bolton Wanderers, Altrincham, Bangor CityPOSSIBLY LIVINGThomas Anderson (b. 1916) Grimsby TownJohn Beasley (b. 1916) Birmingham, Torquey United, Worcester CityDenis Lindsay (b. 1916) Huddersfield TownReg Pugh (b. July 1917) Cardiff CityJohn Easdale (b. Jan 1919) Liverpool, Stockport CountyGraham Bailey (b. Mar 1920) Huddersfield Town, Sheffield UnitedJoe Johnson (b. Sep 1920) Rangers, Lincoln City, Workington, Elgin CityGeorge Stewart (b. Oct 1920) Hamilton Academical, Brentford, QPR, Shrewsbury TownBilly Nuttall (b. Dec 1920) Preston North End, BarrowTommy Sinclair (b. Oct 1921) Bolton Wanderers, Gainsborough Trinity, Aldershot, Brentford, Bradford CityAlan Smith (b. Oct 1921) Arsenal, BrentfordEric Hampson (b. Nov 1921) Stoke CityCharlie Chase (b. Jan 1924) Crystal Palace, WatfordJimmy Walker (b. 1925) Heart of Midlothian, Partick Thistle, Third LanarkThomas Stewart (b. Mar 1926) Queen's Park, RomfordJohn Boyd (b. Sep 1926) Queen's Park, Aberdeen, East Fife List updated. Thanks to msc, Grim Up North and ebless for helping! Decided to keep it limited to born in the 1920s or before... didn't realise so many were still about in all fairness! Mind you, suppose I was stereotyping footballers in my head according to the type of lifestyle many of them live nowadays. It's easy to forget that a lot of these early players weren't on huge pay, generally had shorter careers and didn't drink themselves to death once their playing days ceased. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,616 Posted December 1, 2017 18 hours ago, Grim Up North said: Impressive listage. One name stands out for me - Tommy Docherty is still alive at 89 - must be worth a punt soon and even possibly for main Death List? Aye, q/o shoo in - Man Utd, Scotland and that infamous stint at Chelsea where he lasted days Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,717 Posted December 1, 2017 27 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said: Aye, q/o shoo in - Man Utd, Scotland and that infamous stint at Chelsea where he lasted days still in fine fettle January 2017 Research shows that he is still on the After Dinner circuit so maybe not quite ripe enough for us yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,616 Posted December 1, 2017 39 minutes ago, Grim Up North said: still in fine fettle January 2017 Research shows that he is still on the After Dinner circuit so maybe not quite ripe enough for us yet. What's his fee I mean - a whip round and he do us a turn at the next DLCon, right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,397 Posted December 1, 2017 iirc Docherty actually replaced Denis Law for some after dinner speeches earlier this year because Law was too ill to give them. Dunno what was up with him though - might have been a cold. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,717 Posted December 1, 2017 1 minute ago, msc said: iirc Docherty actually replaced Denis Law for some after dinner speeches earlier this year because Law was too ill to give them. Dunno what was up with him though - might have been a cold. Yes it's actually in the link I posted. Law had Prostate Cancer back in 2003 but was 'cured' 7 years later which is also 7 years ago now. He also collapsed last year at an airport but publicly was due to vasovagal problem which has led to several collapses. Not being able to do an After Dinner Speech in January could have easily just been a cold - certainly nothing concrete enough for him to merit inclusion in any lists with so much cancer fodder around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted December 2, 2017 Just on the theme of oldest Internationals, I 'think' Eliezer Spiegel was Israels (or whitever they were called back then). Died last week aged 95. Dob 20/6/22. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,474 Posted December 5, 2017 Henning Jensen, Danish footballing great, dead at 68 following a short cancer battle. Was Allan Simonsen's partner upfront for both Borussia Monchengladbach and the national team, and later moved to Real Madrid where he won two Ligas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,429 Posted December 10, 2017 Jimmy McEwan dead at 88. Oldest Aston Villa player. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted December 13, 2017 On 09/24/2017 at 07:20, charon said: Tipping up old huns #3, Johnny Hubbard made the match yesterday, but the most used words were 'recent scare' and 'frail', "very frail". One for this or next year.... 18 days,,, hold on ya old cunto 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,397 Posted December 19, 2017 Patrick Cryne has sold Barnsley. Might not be the last Cryne update of 2017... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,942 Posted December 19, 2017 The big "will he or won't he make 2018" of the last two weeks... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,397 Posted December 19, 2017 8 minutes ago, Death Impends said: The big "will he or won't he make 2018" of the last two weeks... The vultures watch intently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,942 Posted December 19, 2017 Think that one just got away with some of the Barnsley shares. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,210 Posted December 20, 2017 Liam Miller is determined to beat his cancer... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,942 Posted December 20, 2017 I'll throw a couple of experts on specific football teams into the mix: David France OBE, Everton fanatic and historian, is in ill health according to this report from March. Tom Clare, historian on Manchester United, has metastatic adenocarcinoma and is on GoFundMe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted December 21, 2017 Bobby Williamson diagnosed with nasal cancer at 56. He's out in Kenya the last few years but went to India for the tumour removal. Had chemo and 20 lots of radiotherapy, and lost two stones. Be a month or two to know if its spread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathbysnoosnoo 28 Posted December 21, 2017 Says he plans on returning to management after the treatment so guessing the prognosis was good(ish) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,210 Posted December 23, 2017 On 11/22/2017 at 03:18, msc said: So anyone else see Liverpool's capitulation last night? I assume TMIB wont forget it in a hurry. Anyhow, Sevilla came from 0-3 down to draw in the second half. What was the Sevilla manager, Eduardo Berizzo's stirring half time team talk? Announcing his diagnosis with malignant adenocarcinoma, that's what. He got sacked after he returned... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 24, 2017 Ex-Arsenal & Ivory Coast defender Emmanuel Eboue is now homeless and depressed after losing his fortune... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 20,916 Posted December 24, 2017 Boavista player and cancer sufferer (no more) Edu Ferreira: https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dn.pt%2Fdesporto%2Finterior%2Fmorreu-edu-ferreira-jogador-do-boavista-9007769.html&edit-text Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,397 Posted December 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Boavista player and cancer sufferer (no more) Edu Ferreira: https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dn.pt%2Fdesporto%2Finterior%2Fmorreu-edu-ferreira-jogador-do-boavista-9007769.html&edit-text Hmm, they only just updated his contract a few weeks ago, which I took to mean the exact opposite as an update! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,939 Posted December 24, 2017 Yes, extremely surprising. I thought it was your standard testicular cancer after steroid use. And I somewhat thought about picking him (12 point gamble). That could have been a huge end-year surprise. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites