Octopus of Odstock 2,194 Posted June 19, 2012 Former Greek coach, who took them to their first European championships and World Cup Alketas Panagoulias, has died aged 78. I hope I wasn't the only person here to watch their 1994 World Cup failure in a documentary later that year. For all of Panagoulias' achievements, all I can think of with him is calling Ivanov, the Bulgarian defender, "A Flat Footed Poof". Great viewing, especially as Greece got solidly worse in the competition. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted June 19, 2012 Former Greek coach, who took them to their first European championships and World Cup Alketas Panagoulias, has died aged 78. I hope I wasn't the only person here to watch their 1994 World Cup failure in a documentary later that year. For all of Panagoulias' achievements, all I can think of with him is calling Ivanov, the Bulgarian defender, "A Flat Footed Poof". Great viewing, especially as Greece got solidly worse in the competition. He's somewhat been overshadowed by "King" Otto's achievements a tad... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted June 23, 2012 Ramaz Shengelia, the Georgian footballer who represented the Soviet Union in the 1982 World Cup, has died aged 55. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted June 23, 2012 Ramaz Shengelia, the Georgian footballer who represented the Soviet Union in the 1982 World Cup, has died aged 55. yeh I posted it in the Dead of 2012 thread a couple of days ago with the vid of his goal against us in that World Cup. Fucking Alan fucking Hans@n let him in. Twat then, and twat now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted June 23, 2012 Former Northern ireland captain Alan McDonald has died suddenly at 48 http://www.bbc.co.uk...otball/18562229 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,137 Posted June 23, 2012 Fucking Alan fucking Hans@n let him in. Twat then, and twat now. I'd still shag him though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted June 23, 2012 Fucking Alan fucking Hans@n let him in. Twat then, and twat now. I'd still shag him though. Shengalia? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,519 Posted June 24, 2012 Former Liverpool squad player Miki Roque, aged only 22, has been diagnosed with cancer. Dead at 23. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted June 24, 2012 Former Liverpool squad player Miki Roque, aged only 22, has been diagnosed with cancer. Dead at 23. That is very sad news... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,519 Posted June 24, 2012 Former Liverpool squad player Miki Roque, aged only 22, has been diagnosed with cancer. Dead at 23. That is very sad news... Second player of that mid-2000s Liverpool youth side to pass, Besian Idrizaj having died a few years back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted June 25, 2012 Former Liverpool squad player Miki Roque, aged only 22, has been diagnosed with cancer. Dead at 23. That is very sad news... Second player of that mid-2000s Liverpool youth side to pass, Besian Idrizaj having died a few years back. I forgot about him very sad indeed ,you do wonder if footballers are pushing themselves too hard or maybe they are taking drugs that can't be detected with current tests. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lee Posted June 25, 2012 English football - DEAD 24 Jun 2012! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,573 Posted June 25, 2012 English football - DEAD 24 Jun 2012! Not dead just in the same condition as Ariel Sharon and has been since 1990 (1966?) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted June 25, 2012 English football - DEAD 24 Jun 2012! Not dead just in the same condition as Ariel Sharon and has been since 1990 (1966?) I have strong reasons not to comment on Euro 2012 in general; let "I feel your pain" suffice. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,194 Posted June 25, 2012 Former Liverpool squad player Miki Roque, aged only 22, has been diagnosed with cancer. Dead at 23. I was absolutely convinced I picked him for the DDP this year, but maybe I put him down as a sub, which he often was in football. Must've picked Ronnie Blackman instead, who I've now found out, is very well, retired, in Hampshire. Irrespective of my mind being muddled, it's a very sad loss. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,137 Posted June 26, 2012 Former Liverpool squad player Miki Roque, aged only 22, has been diagnosed with cancer. Dead at 23. I was absolutely convinced I picked him for the DDP this year, but maybe I put him down as a sub, which he often was in football. Must've picked Ronnie Blackman instead, who I've now found out, is very well, retired, in Hampshire. Irrespective of my mind being muddled, it's a very sad loss. RIP Also led to rumours that it was Mickey Rourke who had died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,194 Posted June 27, 2012 Iurie Miterev, former Moldovan international stalwart, has died of cancer, aged only 37. Link in Romanian - http://www.studentie.ro/campus/moldova_in_doliu_iurie_miterev_a_murit_la_doar_37_de_ani/c-72-a-145534 However, readers of Tony Hawks' book "Playing the Moldovans at Tennis" may be interested to learn Miterev was one of the 11 that Hawks had to play - in fact, he was the first; Their players were too busy training, I was told, to contemplate any games of tennis with any Englishmen, and they seemed unmoved by the consequence of compulsory nudity that their intransigence would necessitate. In fact, it was a full two weeks before I got one Moldovan footballer anywhere near a tennis court, and this was only accomplished after having gained the confidence of a vain football manager by pretending to be a BBC TV sports journalist, keen to make a profile of him and his club. It was the Monday of my third week before I found myself facing Iurie Miterev across a clay tennis court. I shook hands with the object of my fear, a fine physical specimen wearing a red top and green shorts. He looked unsettlingly eager as he waited at the opposing baseline. I hit him the first ball. A high, gentle, looping one aimed at his forehand. I watched keenly as he shaped up to it, taking a big and hugely worrying back-swing. This guy was about to strike the ball very hard indeed. His face, a picture of concentration, was almost grimacing as his racket head made contact with the ball, and... bang!... he hit it clean over the back fence. I let out a huge sigh of relief, while Iulian scurried off to retrieve the ball. Iurie's next attempt was no better. This second shot bounced several times before it reached the net. He needed to find some kind of middle ground between the two shots, but I knew this was something he'd be unlikely to achieve in the course of an afternoon. Thank God. In the coming days I was to discover that Iurie was no exception to the rule - the rule being that Moldovan footballers are crap at tennis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Grendel 139 Posted June 27, 2012 Fucking Alan fucking Hans@n let him in. Twat then, and twat now. I'd still shag him though. I just couldn't Toast. I'd have to stuff a sock in his mouth and tape it shut at best before I could even get close to him and even then I'd still have to look at those shifty eyes and dodgy hair, so a paper bag may have to come out. I appreciate in his younger days he was handsome, if a bit toothy, but he's just too smooth and in love with himself for me. Although I'd look smug if I was getting paid £40,000 for every game I was commentating on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted July 12, 2012 Joe McBride, Celtic and Hibs, dies aged 74 after a stroke. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted July 17, 2012 Ukrainian footballer Taras Kiktyov has died at 25 doesn't say what he died of just a long illness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Kiktyov Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted July 17, 2012 Former Dutch international 63-year old Dick Nanninga is in a worrying condition in hospital. He broke his left leg in multiple places and it had to be amputated. After the operation doctors did not succeed into waking him up from his medically induced coma. Nanninga scored the only Dutch goal in the 1978 worldcup final against Argentina. His goal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted July 17, 2012 Former Dutch international 63-year old Dick Nanninga is in a worrying condition in hospital. He broke his left leg in multiple places and it had to be amputated. After the operation doctors did not succeed into waking him up from his medically induced coma. Nanninga scored the only Dutch goal in the 1978 worldcup final against Argentina. His goal. Of course he was famously sent off against West Germany earlier in the competition for laughing at the referee's decision! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted July 27, 2012 The greatest english football referee of all time, who refereed the 1974 world cup final,Jack Taylor, has died at 82 http://www.telegraph...ad-aged-82.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Pablo 109 Posted August 1, 2012 Coventry City 'legend' & cohort of Jimmy Hill, Ernie Machin, http://www.coventryobserver.co.uk/2012/08/01/news-Sky-Blues-mourn-the-loss-of-club-legend-Ernie-Machin-46146.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted August 2, 2012 Aldo Maldera, who spent a large part of his career with AC Milan, has died aged 58. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
