gcreptile 10,972 Posted February 13, 2020 AS Roma veteran Sebino Nela had a fight against cancer. I can't find out exactly what happened from my phone, but it seems he's okay for now: https://it.eurosport.com/calcio/sebino-nela-racconta-la-sua-lotta-contro-il-cancro-ho-pensato-al-suicidio_sto7662419/story.shtml (yeah, I WAS looking for Vialli news originally) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted February 14, 2020 Former Ireland national team player Jimmy Conway dead at 73 years: https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2020/0214/1115318-former-ireland-international-jimmy-conway-dies-aged-73/ He played for Manchester City and Fulham for many years. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmy Conway 20 Posted February 14, 2020 1 hour ago, TomTomTelekom said: Former Ireland national team player Jimmy Conway dead at 73 years: https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2020/0214/1115318-former-ireland-international-jimmy-conway-dies-aged-73/ He played for Manchester City and Fulham for many years. Christ my username seems a bit insensitive now. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted February 14, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jimmy Conway said: Christ my username seems a bit insensitive now. Don't change it to Peter McCall, he's died as well. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 14, 2020 8 minutes ago, Jimmy Conway said: Christ my username seems a bit insensitive now. Change it to Peter Tobin until March, please. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted February 15, 2020 Dave Watson (the ex-Sunderland, Manchester City and England player - not to be confused with the ex-Everton and England player) is the latest former footballer to fall foul of a type of dementia - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51507662 Sounds in the early stages currently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarcJWallace 270 Posted February 17, 2020 Harry Gregg, a survivor of the tragic 1958 Munich Air Disaster which claimed the lives of eight of his team-mates, has died aged 87. Dubbed the Hero of Munich, he rescued several people from the wreckage of the plane - including [Sir] Bobby Charlton, Jackie Blanchflower, Dennis Viollet and his brain-damaged manager, [Sir] Matt Busby. Gregg's death means that only Charlton survives of the United players who were on the plane who didn't perish. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fergie86 376 Posted February 17, 2020 RIP Harry as a United fan know his great contribution to United’s history in the club’s darkest hour rescuing passengers from a burning plane wreckage incredible bravery from an incredible man tough as old boots was Harry they don’t make them like him anymore RIP. Now only Sir Bobby Charlton left from the 58 crash and he is looking frail and ill to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redrumours 861 Posted February 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Fergie86 said: RIP Harry as a United fan know his great contribution to United’s history in the club’s darkest hour rescuing passengers from a burning plane wreckage incredible bravery from an incredible man tough as old boots was Harry they don’t make them like him anymore RIP. Now only Sir Bobby Charlton left from the 58 crash and he is looking frail and ill to me. Agree 100%. RIP. To the the legend. Did he also turn out for them in their first match after the tragedy? Also he may have also made a big contribution in helping us win the World Cup in 1966 by saving Bobby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fergie86 376 Posted February 17, 2020 1 hour ago, redrumours said: Agree 100%. RIP. To the the legend. Did he also turn out for them in their first match after the tragedy? Also he may have also made a big contribution in helping us win the World Cup in 1966 by saving Bobby. Yes he did him and Bill Foulkes just 2 weeks after almost dying in the plane crash, it would never happen today they would be out for months having therapy etc, really was a different time. Harry Gregg really did have it hard as well as surviving the plane crash he apparently survived a major car crash, his wife died of cancer when he was in his 30’s and he had to bring his kids up on his own and his daughter died a few years ago aged 50 from Cancer. Also you could be right about helping England win the World Cup he was the one who got Bobby out. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted February 19, 2020 Barry Hulshoff, member of the total-football Ajax team of the early 70s, winner of 3 European Cups, has died aged 73. Here he is scoring in the quarter-final in the first of those European Cup runs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted February 19, 2020 Jimmy Wheeler, Reading FC legend and former Bradford City manager died yesterday aged 86. Link and obit will likely follow tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted February 20, 2020 15 hours ago, Octopus of Odstock said: Jimmy Wheeler, Reading FC legend and former Bradford City manager died yesterday aged 86. Link and obit will likely follow tomorrow. As promised: https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2020/february/jimmy-wheeler-1933-2020/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 488 Posted February 20, 2020 Malcom Pyke, who played with West Ham, Crystal Palace, and Dartford, dead at 81: https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2020/february/20-february/malcolm-pyke-1938-2020 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted February 26, 2020 Happy 52nd birthday to Kazuyoshi Miura, who is still playing professional football in the Japanese second tier. He is the only surviving player who was featured on Fifa 96 - which was released WHEN HE WAS 29. He made his professional football debut when Rudolf Hess and Rita Hayworth were still alive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted February 29, 2020 Honduran legend of football José de la Paz Herrera, commonly known as Chelato Uclés, given very little chance to survive following heart attack and complications from diabetes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarcJWallace 270 Posted March 2, 2020 Irvino English (42), who played nine times for Jamaica - scoring twice, has been shot dead. English spent his entire playing career with Waterhouse FC in his homeland and featured during the qualifying campaign for the 2002 World Cup. http://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20200227/jff-shocked-murder-former-national-footballer-irvino-english Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Pablo 109 Posted March 9, 2020 https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/11132919/aston-villa-gordon-cowan-alzheimers/ Gordon Cowans diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. He’s a friend of a friend & saw him about 3 or so years ago, & it was so sadly obvious he had some form of difficulty. He’s now brave enough to go public & should be admired. Cracking player for us in his day, & woefully underused by England. Feel slightly hypocritical on having him on my list today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garn2 34 Posted March 17, 2020 Twitter awash with rumours that former Cardiff City stalwart Peter Whittingham has died aged 35, apparently after falling down the stairs. Seems to have originated from this thread on the Cardiff City forum. Nothing official but would be up there as one of the weirdest hoaxes... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Pablo 109 Posted March 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Garn2 said: Twitter awash with rumours that former Cardiff City stalwart Peter Whittingham has died aged 35, apparently after falling down the stairs. Seems to have originated from this thread on the Cardiff City forum. Nothing official but would be up there as one of the weirdest hoaxes... Michael Chopra has tweeted his condolences, so it seems pretty real. Edit - Not a QO - https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2020/03/17/breaking-footballer-peter-whittingham-dies-age-35/#.XnE2z252vIU Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted March 17, 2020 Not sure if this was posted anywhere, but Peterborough United legend and ex-Chelsea and Newcastle player Tommy Robson has motor neurone disease - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Robson_(footballer,_born_1944) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted March 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Garn2 said: Twitter awash with rumours that former Cardiff City stalwart Peter Whittingham has died aged 35, apparently after falling down the stairs. Seems to have originated from this thread on the Cardiff City forum. Nothing official but would be up there as one of the weirdest hoaxes... Everyone dying now people will wonder if it's coronavirus, but We've seen people collapsing around the world from it. It was only a matter of time before someone collapsed in the wrong place at the wrong time. That's if he had it and collapsed from it down the stairs . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,432 Posted March 17, 2020 47 minutes ago, the_engineer said: Everyone dying now people will wonder if it's coronavirus, but We've seen people collapsing around the world from it. It was only a matter of time before someone collapsed in the wrong place at the wrong time. That's if he had it and collapsed from it down the stairs . The odds of him catching it and collapsing at the right time are a million to one. It's more likely – if this even happened – that he was drunk or tripped on something. Stairs kill plenty of healthy people. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted March 18, 2020 29 minutes ago, Clorox Bleachman said: The odds of him catching it and collapsing at the right time are a million to one. It's more likely – if this even happened – that he was drunk or tripped on something. Stairs kill plenty of healthy people. According to the actuaries, you have a 1in 2700 chance of dying by falling down stairs. Slightly better odds than dying by drowning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted March 18, 2020 It seems old bedblocker legendary Indian footballer PK Banerjee will be dead before tomorrow as his condition keeps deteriorating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
