maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted July 8, 2015 Another fatal collapse in a game, Junior Dian, on trial - ironically - at Tonbridge Angels Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33440641 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,053 Posted July 12, 2015 Death notice for Don Petrie, former coach of the Canadian national team, 93. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theprovince/obituary.aspx?n=donald-petrie&pid=175266762 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,053 Posted July 16, 2015 Brian Hall, Liverpool, 68, leukaemia. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-liverpool-fc-player-brian-9674238 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,053 Posted July 21, 2015 1960 FA Cup winner with Wolves, Des Horne, 75. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33611779 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted July 21, 2015 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. Eventually that coma lasted 5 months. He was already 20% dead since he lost a leg due to diabetes by today the other 80% as well. He was 66 years old. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted July 21, 2015 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. Eventually that coma lasted 5 months. He was already 20% dead since he lost a leg due to diabetes by today the other 80% as well. He was 66 years old. He's not laughing anymore... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,533 Posted July 22, 2015 One that went overlooked in the midsts of copy-and-paste mania that dots this thread. Ian McKechnie died at the age of 73 on June 11th. Mainly plied his trade with Hull City, where he secured his place in football history ("history") by being the first ever goalkeeper to make a save in a penalty shootout, stopping a Dennis Law spotkick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted July 23, 2015 Gail Stephenson, important member of the Man U medical team has died: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/medical-expert-who-convinced-sir-6104616 She helped Paul Scholes with his eyesight problems and convinced Sir Alex Ferguson to change the colour of their kits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted July 28, 2015 Former Dutch international Rob Rensenbrink announced he is suffering from a derivative of ALS called PSMA. It makes him shake his body but his illness is in a stable condition. "There is no cure for the desease but a lot of research is being done." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted July 28, 2015 Former Dutch international Rob Rensenbrink announced he is suffering from a derivative of ALS called PSMA. It makes him shake his body but his illness is in a stable condition. "There is no cure for the desease but a lot of research is being done." It's a slower version of motor neurone. c 10% survival rate after 10 years (he's had it for three years, I think), so he could have a few years left yet, though the clock is ticking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted July 31, 2015 Aaron Devlin, player for Ballinderry and Derry, dies at 23 of meningitis: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/gaelic-games/33724113 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted August 1, 2015 Can't see it mentioned , but Bayern had black armbands on tonight v Wolfsburg after Franz's boy Stephan died at 46. Had started at Bayern and was a coach for the youth teams the last 15/16 years or so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted August 2, 2015 Can't see it mentioned , but Bayern had black armbands on tonight v Wolfsburg after Franz's boy Stephan died at 46. Had started at Bayern and was a coach for the youth teams the last 15/16 years or so. Here you go 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted August 2, 2015 Fons Van Wissen, Dutch player, PSV Eindhoven and Netherlands national team, 82. http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://nos.nl/artikel/2045687-psv-icoon-fons-van-wissen-82-overleden.html&prev=search To be fair he would have made the Fifa WC thread, except after a qualifier in Albania, he quit because of the state if the place. And Piet Fransen who made his Dutch debut in that very Albanian game, dead at 79. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,053 Posted August 5, 2015 Tony Millington, former Swansea City and Wales goalkeeper, 72. http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Swansea-City-Wales-goalkeeper-Tony-Millington/story-27551290-detail/story.html He had been disabled in a car crash in 1975 after his career had finished and confined to a wheelchair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,053 Posted August 6, 2015 Danny Hegan, Wolves, West Brom and Northern Ireland international, 72. http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2015/08/06/former-wolves-midfielder-danny-hegan-dies-age-72/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,533 Posted August 7, 2015 Neville Neville, his hair is a mess. He's also dead. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mijkediablo 79 Posted August 7, 2015 Neville Neville, his hair is a mess. He's also dead. I was just thinking last night how he'd be a good pick for 2016. Never mind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted August 7, 2015 Neville Neville, his hair is a mess. He's also dead. I was just thinking last night how he'd be a good pick for 2016. Never mind. He could also be posted in the cricketer's thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 7, 2015 Neville Neville, his hair is a mess. He's also dead. Goddamn, he's in THREE threads now, and i'm sitting here like "WHO?" Parents were creative fuckers when he was born eh? SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted August 7, 2015 Neville Neville, his hair is a mess. He's also dead. Goddamn, he's in THREE threads now, and i'm sitting here like "WHO?" Parents were creative fuckers when he was born eh? SC I always thought he was one of those "Look at me, my relatives are famous so I must be too now, by osmosis" type fathers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,533 Posted August 7, 2015 Dear American, Neville Neville was the father of the former England international (association) footballers Gary and Phil Neville. Due to his repetitive nomenclature, as well as serving as the players' agent during Manchester United's very successful spell at the end of the 90s, he achieved a degree of fame and often had his named chanted in the ground. He was also a former professional cricketer, the father of the former captain of the England netball team and was at one point charged with noncing, although he was found not guilty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted August 7, 2015 Yeah Mr American with for example Yogi Berra, Babe Ruth and Dick Trickle amongst your actual famous sports stars we never heard of, Neville Neville is sensible. Actually lets be fair though, he wasn't actually a sports star here either and no it really isn't sensible, some parents simply should not be allowed to name their own children. Also you can pull me on naming 3 sports stars "we never heard of" that clearly I at least, have. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted August 7, 2015 Dear American, Neville Neville was the father of the former England international (association) footballers Gary and Phil Neville. Due to his repetitive nomenclature, as well as serving as the players' agent during Manchester United's very successful spell at the end of the 90s, he achieved a degree of fame and often had his named chanted in the ground. He was also a former professional cricketer, the father of the former captain of the England netball team and was at one point charged with noncing, although he was found not guilty. If I remember correctly, they would chant his name to the tune of "Rebel Rebel" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIP Wee Jum 1,559 Posted August 7, 2015 Yeah Mr American with for example Yogi Berra, Babe Ruth and Dick Trickle amongst your actual famous sports stars we never heard of, Neville Neville is sensible. Actually lets be fair though, he wasn't actually a sports star here either and no it really isn't sensible, some parents simply should not be allowed to name their own children. Also you can pull me on naming 3 sports stars "we never heard of" that clearly I at least, have. Dick Trickle that's a brilliant name :-) :-) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
