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[Exu 250]

https://www.rofc.co.uk/news/in-support-of-steve

 

This won’t make any ripples in the media, but this guy was a bit of a legend in Midlands non-league football and I saw him play countless times for my team. A tragedy for the bloke and the family as he is a modest, intelligent chap and hasn’t got long left.

[Cat O'Falk 3,290]

1 hour ago, Exu said:

https://www.rofc.co.uk/news/in-support-of-steve

 

This won’t make any ripples in the media, but this guy was a bit of a legend in Midlands non-league football and I saw him play countless times for my team. A tragedy for the bloke and the family as he is a modest, intelligent chap and hasn’t got long left.

 

Which guy?

[maryportfuncity 10,656]

2 minutes ago, Cat O'Falk said:

 

Which guy?

 

Hmm

 

So - like I said on another thread - the MMMDP kicks off on 1 June

[FixedBusiness 407]

6 hours ago, Cat O'Falk said:

 

Which guy?

Steve, obviously

 

Nah, I'll say his name here so he's easy to search up: Steve Essex. Diagnosed with pancreatic and bile duct cancer last year.

[Grande Pablo 109]

12 hours ago, Exu said:

https://www.rofc.co.uk/news/in-support-of-steve

 

This won’t make any ripples in the media, but this guy was a bit of a legend in Midlands non-league football and I saw him play countless times for my team. A tragedy for the bloke and the family as he is a modest, intelligent chap and hasn’t got long left.

I remember him.  Cut my live football teeth watching Rushall from the 70s into early 80s.  

[MarcJWallace 270]

http://www.celticfc.net/news/16059

Billy McNeill deid aged 79.

 

9 Scottish titles, 7 Scottish Cups, 6 Scottish League Cups and, most famously, 1 European Cup in 1967.

 

Scottish football has lost a proper iconic figure today.

[maryportfuncity 10,656]

Just now, MarcJWallace said:

http://www.celticfc.net/news/16059

Billy McNeill deid aged 79.

 

9 Scottish titles, 7 Scottish Cups, 6 Scottish League Cups and, most famously, 1 European Cup in 1967.

 

Scottish football has lost a proper iconic figure today.

 

 

Ah, man

 

If I'd snuck into round three of the DL Cup he was in the line up

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

Stockport County player George Haigh dead at 103.

[YoungWillz 21,062]

1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Stockport County player George Haigh dead at 103.

If he gets a QO, he'll be the 100th DDP hit of 2019.

[maryportfuncity 10,656]

6 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Stockport County player George Haigh dead at 103.

 

 

FFS - Pretty sure he was on Carlisle's close season shopping list. We're in need of experience

[Imelda 621]

Lindsay Parsons, who made over 350 appearances for Bristol Rovers in the 1960's and 70's and then followed ex-team mate Tony Puiis around as part of his backroom team, dead at 73.

 

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/tony-pulis-lindsay-parsons-bristol-2760174

 

 

The tough-tackling Bristolian enjoyed two outstanding careers in the game, first on the pitch as he made 360 league appearances for the Gas, and then as assistant and chief scout with Pulis over 28 years on a journey from Gillingham at the bottom of the Football League all the way to Stoke in the top-flight.

Their professional relationship was underpinned by a close friendship that was first fostered when Pulis arrived at Rovers as a teenager in the early 70s with Parsons an established and influential first-team player.

"I met him in '73 when I joined Rovers, we just seemed to get on very well together," Pulis told Bristol Live. "He was very much is own man but we were just good mates.

"Lindsay just set such high standards, on and off the pitch, he was just a really, really good man. He's a throwback, they'd call him a dinosaur today in terms of his values. He expected you to be honest, hard working, respectful. He wanted players who played for the team.

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,538]

On 24/04/2019 at 01:45, Ulitzer95 said:

Stockport County player George Haigh dead at 103.

 

Finally gets his QO based not on his footballing exploits, but the fact he was the last surviving "kinder trespasser".

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

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) Cyril Lawrence (b. Jun 1920) Rochdale, Wrexham
4) Colin Collindridge (b. Nov 1920) Rotherham United, Sheffield United, Nottingham Forest, Coventry City, Bath City
5) Tommy Best (b. Dec 1920) Chester, Cardiff City, QPR, Hereford United
6) Arthur Turner (b. Jan 1921) Charlton Athletic, Colchester United, Headington United
7) Dudley Kernick (b. Aug 1921) Torquay United, Northampton Town, Birmingham City
8) Alf Patrick (b. Sep 1921) York City, Scarborough
9) Ivor Broadis (b. Dec 1922) Carlisle, Sunderland, Man City, Newcastle, Queen of the South
10) Bobby Brown (b. Mar 1923) Queen's Park, Rangers, Falkirk
11) Reg Harrison (b. May 1923) Derby County, Boston United, Long Eaton United
12) Stan Clements (b. June 1923) Southampton
13) Bert Mozley (b. Sep 1923) Derby County
14) Tom Docherty (b. 15 Apr 1924) Norwich City, Lincoln City, Reading, Newport County
15) Roy Bentley (b. May 1924) Bristol City, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Fulham, QPR
16) John Ball (b. Mar 1925) Wigan Athletic, Man United, Bolton Wanderers
17) Ted Bennett (b. Aug 1925) Southall, QPR, Watford, Gravesend & Northfleet
18) Frank McCourt (b. Dec 1925) Bristol Rovers, Man City, Colchester United, Poole Town
19) Tony Collins (b. Mar 1926) Sheffield Wednesday, York City, Watford, Norwich City, Torquay United, Crystal Palace, Rochdale
20) Doug Cowie (b. May 1926) Dundee, Greenock Morton
21) Bill Holmes (b. Oct 1926) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Doncaster Rovers, Morecambe, Blackburn Rovers, Bradford City
22) Jock Aird (b. Dec 1926) Burnley
23) Alex Kiddie (b. Apr 1927) Celtic, Aberdeen, Falkirk, Dundee, Arbroath
24) Ted Burgin (b. Apr 1927) Sheffield United, Doncaster Rovers, Leeds United, Rochdale, Glossop North End
25) Bill Slater (b. Apr 1927) Blackpool, Brentford, Wolverhampton Wanderers
26) Gordon Astall (b. Sep 1927) Plymouth Argyle, Birmingham City, Torquay United
27) Frank O'Farrell (b. Oct 1927) West Ham United, Preston North End, Weymouth
28) Derek Saunders (b. Jan 1928) Chelsea
29) Tommy Docherty (b. Apr 1928) Celtic, Preston North End, Arsenal, Chelsea
30) Derek Ufton (b. May 1928) Charlton Athletic
31) Johnny Wheeler (b. July 1928) Tranmere Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool, New Brighton
32) Ron Baynham (b. June 1929) Worcester City, Luton Town
33) Eddie McLaren (b. 8 Sep 1929) Reading
34) Terry Robinson (b. Nov 1929) Brentford, Northampton Town, Hendon
35) 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
Roy Houghton (b. Mar 1921) Notts County, Peterborough United
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
David Nightingale (b. Aug 1927) Tranmere Rovers
Bernard Kelly (b. 21 Aug 1928) Brentford
Alex Forsyth (b. Sep 1928) Albion Rovers, Darlington, East Stirlingshire

Haigh deceased. Added Houghton, Lawrence, Nightingale and Forsyth! Thanks to those who are helping to build this. 
 

[ebless 203]

More for the possibly living list.

 

Ron Phoenix (born June 1929), Manchester City and Rochdale.

Colin Walker (born July 1929), Derby County

 

[MarcJWallace 270]

Another tragedy in a season blighted by them across Europe, Alanyaspor midfielder and 20-cap Czech international, Josef Sural (28) killed when a minibus he was travelling in with 5 other teammates crashed on it's way back from an away game in the Turkish top flight.

 

Former Liverpool, Swansea, Cardiff and Dundee defender Steven Caulker [who scored in the match] and the former Newcastle United striker Papiss Cisse were also in the minibus but were fortunate to escape with injuries.

 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-czech-international-josef-sural-14967044

[TomTomTelekom 3,728]

Celtic legend Stevie Chalmers dead at 83 years

http://www.celticfc.net/news/16090

[Redrumours 861]

15 minutes ago, TomTomTelekom said:

Celtic legend Stevie Chalmers dead at 83 years

http://www.celticfc.net/news/16090

Sad week for the bhoy's of 67, captain Billy Mcneill and winning goalscorer Stevie Chalmers,both gone in a week. RIP

[YoungWillz 21,062]

3 hours ago, redrumours said:

Sad week for the bhoy's of 67, captain Billy Mcneill and winning goalscorer Stevie Chalmers,both gone in a week. RIP

Maybe now we are down to a manageable number, we should have a Bhoys of '67 thread.

 

My money's on Bertie Auld outliving the others. (I'm probably losing that money, ha!)

[gcreptile 10,979]

P Kannan, Indian footballer who some articles call "The Pelé of Asia" is dead at 80:

https://www.thestatesman.com/sports/former-india-footballer-p-kannan-the-asian-pele-passes-away-1502750012.html

[Spade_Cooley 9,538]

On 24/01/2019 at 18:04, DevonDeathTrip said:

 

Speculation in the press and on the Huddersfield forum today that Dean Hoyle is trying to sell the club.  

 

Which he has now done, noting his "recent ill health" as one of the main reasons behind it. Not even remaining as honorary chairman or chairman-for-life or some such bullshit title.

[Grande Pablo 109]

Ex Southampton, Swindon, Middlesborough defender Jon Gittens

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/jon-gittens-dead-swindon-southampton-dies-55-a8909576.html

[time 8,618]

Scottish referee George Smith has died aged 75. Refereed the 1980 Celtic - Rangers SFA Cup Final that ended in riots, and also at the 1990 World Cup.

[maryportfuncity 10,656]

On ‎11‎/‎05‎/‎2019 at 21:46, Grande Pablo said:

Ex Southampton, Swindon, Middlesborough defender Jon Gittens

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/jon-gittens-dead-swindon-southampton-dies-55-a8909576.html

 

 

Utter psycho who spent his final years clogging his way around the bottom tier and below. There's an interesting section of Gary Nelson's second volume of autobiography in which Nelson discusses his time as Torquay manager and the challenge of managing the unmanageable Gittens. Oddly, it's sometimes the unmanageable ones - like Cloughie - who make the best coaches

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

55 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

Utter psycho who spent his final years clogging his way around the bottom tier and below. There's an interesting section of Gary Nelson's second volume of autobiography in which Nelson discusses his time as Torquay manager and the challenge of managing the unmanageable Gittens. Oddly, it's sometimes the unmanageable ones - like Cloughie - who make the best coaches

 

Yep, he played in a dire Exeter side towards the end of his career and once got into an altercation with a linesman, threatening to tear off the happless assistant's ear during a dispute about an offside decision.  I kind of admired his passion, given we were three nil down at the time. 

[msc 18,479]

Tony Book looking old and doddery before the FA Cup final, reminding folk he is still alive.