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17 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Notably "troubled" as a player.

 

Very. The most talented and yet troubled by personal demons player I ever saw. Unsurprising but terribly sad news.

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Former Russian national coach Georgi Yartsev reportedly dead aged 74.

 

Played 5 times for USSR and had club career with CSKA, Spartak, Lokomotiv etc.

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Sebastian Haller, Ivorian striker newly signed to Borussia Dortmund, has been diagnosed with Testicle Cancer at the age of 28. Prognosis normally very good but I note that reports suggest he felt unwell and had tests and got dignosied. If those reports are accurate then it could be a more advanced cancer 

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Russian wonderkid Sergey Pinyaev (17) was admitted to intensive care with a collapsed lung after being taken ill at training with his club Kryliya Sovetov.

 

He is the third-youngest player to score a goal in the Russian top flight.
 

 

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Anyone noticed the weird spate of "superfan" deaths in the past few days? We've lost:

Bristol City "superfan" Stoney Garnett: https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/tributes-paid-to-city-superfan-stoney-garnett/

Arsenal "superfan" Maria Petri: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/legendary-arsenal-fan-maria-petri-dies-at-82/

Liverpool "superfan" Eric Farrington: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/pensioner-meets-hero-attends-final-24568269

Aston Villa "superfan" Tony Badges: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/death-aston-villa-superfan-tony-24571443


And I feel like there was one other that's not coming to mind immediately. Anyone checked in on John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood? 

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6 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Anyone noticed the weird spate of "superfan" deaths in the past few days? We've lost:

Bristol City "superfan" Stoney Garnett: https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/tributes-paid-to-city-superfan-stoney-garnett/

Arsenal "superfan" Maria Petri: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/legendary-arsenal-fan-maria-petri-dies-at-82/

Liverpool "superfan" Eric Farrington: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/pensioner-meets-hero-attends-final-24568269

Aston Villa "superfan" Tony Badges: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/death-aston-villa-superfan-tony-24571443


And I feel like there was one other that's not coming to mind immediately. Anyone checked in on John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood? 

Terrible when your fans give up the ghost in the hottest summer on record...:P

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24 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Anyone noticed the weird spate of "superfan" deaths in the past few days? We've lost:

Bristol City "superfan" Stoney Garnett: https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/tributes-paid-to-city-superfan-stoney-garnett/

Arsenal "superfan" Maria Petri: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/legendary-arsenal-fan-maria-petri-dies-at-82/

Liverpool "superfan" Eric Farrington: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/pensioner-meets-hero-attends-final-24568269

Aston Villa "superfan" Tony Badges: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/death-aston-villa-superfan-tony-24571443


And I feel like there was one other that's not coming to mind immediately. Anyone checked in on John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood? 

 

Wolves ‘superfan’ Cath also died a couple of weeks ago:

 

 

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On 08/02/2007 at 11:19, Death in Vegas said:

Given that being a top level football manager is generally considered a rather stressful job, does anyone else think it's only a matter of time before we get another Jock Stein incident. We nearly had one a few years ago with Gerard Houllier. Prime contenders for me would be Neil Warnock and Luiz Felipe Scolari.

There are also a number of famous ex managers who are getting on a bit. Bobby Robson's health problems are well documented, Mario Zagallo is well into his seventies and has suffered from an irregular heart-beat in the past, and it will surely only be a matter of time until Cesar Luis Menotti is diagnosed with lung cancer.

Mario Zagallo hospitalised and looks like a skeleton.

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On 27/07/2022 at 16:17, drol said:

Mario Zagallo hospitalised and looks like a skeleton.

Zagallo on the mend.

 

Groan...

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6 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Canadian player Jason Di Tullio has died at 38 of brain cancer:

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/cf-montreals-jason-di-tullio-loses-his-battle-with-cancer

 

Player for their national youth team and then a coach.

A pick in several pools.

 

Would be well on my way to a pretty epic year on that other website... that no longer exists :angry:

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Jason Di Tullio gets a QO but still nada for Hellstrom. You bet I’m gonna keep banging this drum. 

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35 minutes ago, Banana said:

Jason Di Tullio gets a QO but still nada for Hellstrom. You bet I’m gonna keep banging this drum. 

Well my DDP qo nose is awful. Which is embarrassing for someone who set up the current DDP obits!

 

But at least Windy points are due.

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32 minutes ago, msc said:

Well my DDP qo nose is awful. Which is embarrassing for someone who set up the current DDP obits!

 

But at least Windy points are due.

 

I would've picked him in Windy, but I didn't even think he'd get a CBC obit. Learning a lot this year.

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Oh Daily Mail... thats unexpected. Yahoo didnt work yesterday. 

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The younger someone is the more likely they are to Q/O.

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7 hours ago, The Old Crem said:

The younger someone is the more likely they are to Q/O.


He got barely any local Canadian coverage of his illness, so it’s a tad surprising. 

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On 18/07/2022 at 23:46, The Old Crem said:

Sebastian Haller, Ivorian striker newly signed to Borussia Dortmund, has been diagnosed with Testicle Cancer at the age of 28. Prognosis normally very good but I note that reports suggest he felt unwell and had tests and got dignosied. If those reports are accurate then it could be a more advanced cancer 

They are saying it's malignant:

https://m.bild.de/sport/fussball/fussball/borussia-dortmund-schock-diagnose-krebs-hallers-tumor-ist-boesartig-80858112.bildMobile.html###wt_ref=https:/www.google.com/

 

It's presented as a worsening situation, but he should still be okay.

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On 28/01/2019 at 13:57, charon said:

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Delaunay's successor, Hans Bangerter, prematurely dead at 98.

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A bit of a shock as Andrejs Rubins, Latvia's second-highest capped international and member of their Euro 2004 squad, has died aged just 43 - per the Latvian Football Federation.

Rubins scored nine times in 117 appearances for the national side, including a memorable goal against Scotland at Hampden Park that Kajbumba would ultimately lose 2-1.

He played domestically for FK Auda in his club career before moving to then-heavyweights Skonto Riga. He scored 14 goals in 67 league matches, earning him a move to England where he played for Crystal Palace, famously scoring in the League Cup semi-final first leg victory over Liverpool in 2001.

 

After three years at Palace, he had two spells at Spartak Moscow on either side of playing with Shinnik Yaroslavl, where he returned on loan from his second spell at Spartak.

He returned to Latvia on loan at Liepajas Metalurgs from Spartak before leaving to end his career in Azerbaijan with Inter Baku, Qarabag and Simurq.

https://lff.lv/zinas/14208/paragri-muziba-aizsaukts-andrejs-rubins/
 

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