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[YoungWillz 20,890]

Former Carlisle United player Nigel Saddington, dead:

 

[charon 4,943]

 

 

Pierre Delaunay aged 99

Took over Gen Sec of Uefa after his dad died in office in 1955.

https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/about-uefa/history/obituaries/newsid=2590109.html

 

 

 

 

[maryportfuncity 10,584]

On ‎25‎/‎01‎/‎2019 at 15:37, YoungWillz said:

Former Carlisle United player Nigel Saddington, dead:

 

 

 

Aw, really sad

 

Bit excitable was our Nigel and highly effective with it. Central to the team of limited talents who improbably hauled themselves to league leadership 89-90 but fell down at the final hurdle and just missed the play-offs. A key moment in that season saw us away at Southend (2nd hosting 1st) and losing 2-0 with nine men on the pitch at the final whistle. Nigel wasn't one of them!

[charon 4,943]

Colchester striker Arthur Turner dead aged 97.

 

Scored100 for them, couldn't match it.

 

 

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/sport/17393018.former-colchester-united-striker-arthur-turner-has-died/

 

[Ulitzer95 12,382]

On 29/11/2017 at 23:56, 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 City

POSSIBLY LIVING

Thomas Anderson (b. 1916) Grimsby Town
Jack Beasley (b. 1916) Birmingham, Torquey United, Worcester City
Denis Lindsay (b. 1916) Huddersfield Town
Reg Pugh (b. July 1917) Cardiff City
John Easdale (b. Jan 1919) Liverpool, Stockport County
Graham Bailey (b. Mar 1920) Huddersfield Town, Sheffield United
Joe Johnson (b. Sep 1920) Rangers, Lincoln City, Workington, Elgin City
George Stewart (b. Oct 1920) Hamilton Academical, Brentford, QPR, Shrewsbury Town
Billy Nuttall (b. Dec 1920) Preston North End, Barrow
Tommy Sinclair (b. Oct 1921) Bolton Wanderers, Gainsborough Trinity, Aldershot, Brentford, Bradford City
Alan Smith (b. Oct 1921) Arsenal, Brentford
Eric Hampson (b. Nov 1921) Stoke City
Charlie Chase (b. Jan 1924) Crystal Palace, Watford
Jimmy Walker (b. 1925) Heart of Midlothian, Partick Thistle, Third Lanark
Thomas Stewart (b. Mar 1926) Queen's Park, Romford
John Boyd (b. Sep 1926) Queen's Park, Aberdeen, East Fife
Bernard Kelly (b. 21 Aug 1928) Brentford

Updated for Turner. Top 3 still holding out strong.

[Sir Creep 7,068]

On 23/01/2019 at 06:46, maryportfuncity said:

 

Aye, well

 

Officially "no hope" for Sala now - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46966424

No hope doesn't mean no wreckage.

Air accident investigators have found two seat cushions on a beach they believe are from the plane that carried Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala, according to reports.

The Piper PA-46 Malibu plane, which departed from France and was bound for Wales, vanished over the English Channel on Jan. 21
SC.

[maryportfuncity 10,584]

14 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

No hope doesn't mean no wreckage.

Air accident investigators have found two seat cushions on a beach they believe are from the plane that carried Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala, according to reports.

The Piper PA-46 Malibu plane, which departed from France and was bound for Wales, vanished over the English Channel on Jan. 21
SC.

 

 

So they'll dry them out and use them in the director's box, right

 

I mean, you want some return on that £15million!

[charon 4,943]

 

 

Former Rotherham player and manager, Danny Williams, dead aged 94.

 

https://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/sport/view,rotherham-united-legend-danny-williams-dies-aged-94_30567.htm

 

 

Missed on Ulitzers list I think.

[DevonDeathTrip 2,348]

Dean Hoyle apparently returning to full fitness after spending fifteen weeks in hospital with an "infected pancreas"

 

https://www.htafc.com/news/2019/february/a-message-from-dean-hoyle/

[Sir Creep 7,068]

26 minutes ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

Dean Hoyle apparently returning to full fitness after spending fifteen weeks in hospital with an "infected pancreas"

 

https://www.htafc.com/news/2019/february/a-message-from-dean-hoyle/

Just an infection, folks.  Nothing to see here, move along...

[msc 18,375]

12 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Just an infection, folks.  Nothing to see here, move along...

 

On 24/01/2019 at 18:26, DevonDeathTrip said:

 

Tap ins can get boring.  Sometimes you just need to shoot from the halfway line and hope for the worst. 

 

Wanted to be Alonso:

 

 

 

Whereas tbf most of us Bracknell chasers have looked like this:

 

 

[charon 4,943]

On 23/01/2019 at 13:09, Grim Up North said:

 

In last 70 years about 2 professional footballers a year (140 total) have died in plane crashes - simply because footballers travel in teams this is mainly in chunks, so 8 in the Munich crash for example. This excludes all the support staff, managers etc who have died with them.

 

Not in date order.....

 

Munich -8

Viloco - 17

Dneprodzerzhinsk - 14

Alianza Lima - 16

Surinam - 14

Gabon - 18

Shoreham -2

Chapecoense - 19

Green cross - 8

Øresund - 8

Torino -18

Yer man in the channel - 1

 

 

So aye, just over 140.

 

 

But......not Far East ones mentioned, and by fuckity there "has" to have been some.

[gcreptile 10,909]

About Dean Hoyle, there was a tweet in January, someone was saying that it's "only" pancreatitis and initially they feared something worse, i.e. pancreatic cancer. Hence, the "gravely ill" comments.

 

Ah well, pancreatitis can lead to pancreatic cancer. And, it can be an effect of excessive drinking. I wonder if that's the reason the family declined to comment. 

[charon 4,943]

 

 

Isacio Galleja Garcia dead at 82.

 

Won La Liga a couple of times at Atletico, and the 64 Euros for Spain.

 

Made the squad in WC 62 but never got on the pitch.

 

Source is atleticos twitter, but its in hee haw lingo.

 

 

Tickled to know that when he won the Copa del Ray four times, it was known as the Copa de Su Excelencia El Generalísimo.

 

[alt obits guy 3,360]

Matthew Brazier, a former QPR midfielder, has died.  He was 42.

 

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11628931/ex-qpr-midfielder-matthew-brazier-dies-of-cancer-aged-42

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,459]

Occasionally discussed around these parts footballer Joe Thompson announces his retirement. Having twice overcome cancer and scoring the goal that kept Rochdale up last season, he's probably earned some time off.

[Octopus of Odstock 2,175]

On 29/01/2019 at 22:49, Ulitzer95 said:

Updated for Turner. Top 3 still holding out strong.

 

Stan Clements died November 2018.

 

Add to the possibility of still living: Trevor Churchill : Reading and Swindon b. 1923.

 

[Octopus of Odstock 2,175]

Tom Docherty b. 1924. Ex Norwich, Newport and Reading. Believed alive was definitely alive c. 2014.

 

Definitely alive and born pre-1930 is Eddie McLaren who was born in 1929. Reading FCs confirmed oldest if the aforementioned Churchill and Docherty are gone. 

I see the recently deceased Johnny Walker wasnt on Ulitzer95 list , not that it matters now. 

 

[Ulitzer95 12,382]

On 29/11/2017 at 23:56, 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) Tom Docherty (b. 15 Apr 1924) Norwich City, Lincoln City, Reading, Newport County
14) Roy Bentley (b. May 1924) Bristol City, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Fulham, QPR
15) John Ball (b. Mar 1925) Wigan Athletic, Man United, Bolton Wanderers
16) Ted Bennett (b. Aug 1925) Southall, QPR, Watford, Gravesend & Northfleet
17) Frank McCourt (b. Dec 1925) Bristol Rovers, Man City, Colchester United, Poole Town
18) Tony Collins (b. Mar 1926) Sheffield Wednesday, York City, Watford, Norwich City, Torquay United, Crystal Palace, Rochdale
19) Doug Cowie (b. May 1926) Dundee, Greenock Morton
20) Bill Holmes (b. Oct 1926) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Doncaster Rovers, Morecambe, Blackburn Rovers, Bradford City
21) Jock Aird (b. Dec 1926) Burnley
22) Alex Kiddie (b. Apr 1927) Celtic, Aberdeen, Falkirk, Dundee, Arbroath
23) Ted Burgin (b. Apr 1927) Sheffield United, Doncaster Rovers, Leeds United, Rochdale, Glossop North End
24) Bill Slater (b. Apr 1927) Blackpool, Brentford, Wolverhampton Wanderers
25) Gordon Astall (b. Sep 1927) Plymouth Argyle, Birmingham City, Torquay United
26) Frank O'Farrell (b. Oct 1927) West Ham United, Preston North End, Weymouth
27) Derek Saunders (b. Jan 1928) Chelsea
28) Tommy Docherty (b. Apr 1928) Celtic, Preston North End, Arsenal, Chelsea
29) Derek Ufton (b. May 1928) Charlton Athletic
30) Johnny Wheeler (b. July 1928) Tranmere Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool, New Brighton
31) Ron Baynham (b. June 1929) Worcester City, Luton Town
32) Eddie McLaren (b. 8 Sep 1929) Reading
33) Terry Robinson (b. Nov 1929) Brentford, Northampton Town, Hendon
34) Tommy Banks (b. Nov 1929) Bolton Wanderers, Altrincham, Bangor City

POSSIBLY LIVING

Thomas Anderson (b. 1916) Grimsby Town
Jack Beasley (b. 1916) Birmingham, Torquey United, Worcester City
Denis Lindsay (b. 1916) Huddersfield Town
Reg Pugh (b. July 1917) Cardiff City
John Easdale (b. Jan 1919) Liverpool, Stockport County
Graham Bailey (b. Mar 1920) Huddersfield Town, Sheffield United
Joe Johnson (b. Sep 1920) Rangers, Lincoln City, Workington, Elgin City
George Stewart (b. Oct 1920) Hamilton Academical, Brentford, QPR, Shrewsbury Town
Billy Nuttall (b. Dec 1920) Preston North End, Barrow
Tommy Sinclair (b. Oct 1921) Bolton Wanderers, Gainsborough Trinity, Aldershot, Brentford, Bradford City
Alan Smith (b. Oct 1921) Arsenal, Brentford
Eric Hampson (b. Nov 1921) Stoke City
Trevor Churchill (b. 20 Nov 1923) Rochdale, Reading, Swindon Town
Charlie Chase (b. Jan 1924) Crystal Palace, Watford
Jimmy Walker (b. 1925) Heart of Midlothian, Partick Thistle, Third Lanark
Thomas Stewart (b. Mar 1926) Queen's Park, Romford
John Boyd (b. Sep 1926) Queen's Park, Aberdeen, East Fife
Bernard Kelly (b. 21 Aug 1928) Brentford

Updated.

OoO, you're a star.

[Octopus of Odstock 2,175]

Not at all. Id just love to have a definitive list for you but its so difficult to track some of these down. 

What I may do one of these days is go through a whole swathe of references but id need the quality time to do it. Its on my to-do list. 

[Spade_Cooley 9,459]

Weirdly enough, the Facebook group "Llandrindod Solutions", a place to discuss ways to improve the town of Llandrindod, has someone asking about where they could speak to the family of a Reg Pugh two days ago. Being as both Reg Pugh the footballer and Reg Pugh discussed here were stationed in Burma during WW2, are from the same area of Wales and are around the same age, we can assume it's the same person? Responses are all in the past tense, suggesting he's dead:

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/234530116634949/permalink/2099393870148555/

[ebless 203]

You can add Maurice Leather to the living list. Born November 1929 and currently Portsmouth's oldest living player.

 

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/the-oldest-living-players-to-wear-pompey-shirt-1-8517789

[Ulitzer95 12,382]

1 hour ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Weirdly enough, the Facebook group "Llandrindod Solutions", a place to discuss ways to improve the town of Llandrindod, has someone asking about where they could speak to the family of a Reg Pugh two days ago. Being as both Reg Pugh the footballer and Reg Pugh discussed here were stationed in Burma during WW2, are from the same area of Wales and are around the same age, we can assume it's the same person? Responses are all in the past tense, suggesting he's dead:

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/234530116634949/permalink/2099393870148555/

 

Hmmm given that that thread is so fresh (only posted Sat), could somebody jump on and comment to ask if it’s the same Reg Pugh who was a pro footballer and if anyone knows when he passed?

I would do this myself but not a FB user!

[alt obits guy 3,360]

Joe Fascione, a winger for Chelsea in the 1960s who played 34 games for the club, has died on his birthday.  He was 74.

 

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/2/5/joe-fascione-1945---2019

 

[the_engineer 1,414]

On 22/01/2019 at 16:09, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

Someone more knowledgeable than me might know but...

 

I'm guessing somewhere along the line there's likely a legal case and an insurance payout coming. If the money hadn't left Cardiff the selling club will have a policy on him, if it had Cardiff will be claiming and - either way - the most important factor on value of the payout will be the selling price agreed with Cardiff. That said, if his Cardiff deal had payments built in based on results, goals scored, sell-on clause etc. - it'll get messy.

 

It begins.

 

https://news.sky.com/story/nantes-demand-emiliano-sala-transfer-money-from-cardiff-11629869