Spade_Cooley 9,538 Posted August 11, 2022 I feel like I want to debunk the Ramsey myth.... let us go through all 69 matches Aaron Ramsey has ever scored in, and see if there was a Big Celebrity Death (ymmv) either that day or the following one. Also, if anyone can suggest another footballer who has an equivalent career (12 to 14 seasons, between 65 and 75 matches scored in) as a control, that'd be appreciated. (EDIT: I'm going to use Miralem Pjanic as a control. Debuted the same season, scored in 70 different matches) Aaron Ramsey Game: Chasetown 1 - Cardiff City 3 (5/1/08) Biggest celebrity death: Suspected serial killer Ronald Lee Moore. Big death?: No. Game: Burnley 3 - Cardiff City 3 (26/4/08) Biggest celebrity death: Composer Henry Brant Big death: No. Game: Fenerbahce 2 - Arsenal 5 (21/10/08) Biggest celebrity death: Former Tory MP and Luton Town chairman David Evans Big death: Eh.... no not really. Game: Arsenal 4 - Portsmouth 1 (22/8/09) Biggest celebrity death: Forgotten TV magician David Avadon Big death: No Game: Arsenal 2 - Stoke City 0 (5/12/09) Biggest celebrity death: Garfield Morgan from The Sweeney Big death: Biggest so far but "News at 10" level? Maybe... Miralem Pjanic Game: Metz 1 - Sochaux 2 (15/12/07) Biggest celebrity death: Dan Fogelberg Big death: I'd say so, although perhaps more in the US than UK. Game: Strasbourg 0 - Metz 3 (1/2/08) Biggest celebrity death: Barry Morse (off The Fugitive and Space 1999) Big death: ish Game: Metz 1 - Nice 2 (15/3/08) Biggest celebrity death: Some good other shots here (Gary Hart, Mikey Dread) but it has to be Captain Birdseye himself, John Hewer Big death: The first one on either list I am certain made it to News at 10/first three pages of the newspaper. Game: Lens 1 - Metz 1 (5/4/08) Biggest celebrity death: Charlton Heston Big death: Massive, an actual A-lister at last. Game: Metz 4 - Le Mans 3 (17/5/08) Biggest celebrity death: Joseph Pevney, directed the most episodes of the original Star Trek season Big death: No. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted August 11, 2022 4 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: I feel like I want to debunk the Ramsey myth.... let us go through all 69 matches Aaron Ramsey has ever scored in, and see if there was a Big Celebrity Death (ymmv) either that day or the following one. Also, if anyone can suggest another footballer who has an equivalent career (12 to 14 seasons, between 65 and 75 matches scored in) as a control, that'd be appreciated. (EDIT: I'm going to use Miralem Pjanic as a control. Debuted the same season, scored in 70 different matches) I will come back to this another time. Of course it's nonsense! He's a fairly prolific midfielder - lots of deaths will just happen to coincide with weeks he's scored. See how many died when Alan Shearer or Frank Lampard scored - they'll be serial killers by comparison. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted August 11, 2022 32 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said: Of course it's nonsense! He's a fairly prolific midfielder - lots of deaths will just happen to coincide with weeks he's scored. See how many died when Alan Shearer or Frank Lampard scored - they'll be serial killers by comparison. Should point out that when it started, he wasn't a prolific scorer. Hence rarity of goal, coincidence with some big name deaths. But he grew into a fairly regular 10 a season midfielder. Always sad when wacky theories are undone by competence. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted August 11, 2022 46 minutes ago, msc said: Should point out that when it started, he wasn't a prolific scorer. Hence rarity of goal, coincidence with some big name deaths. But he grew into a fairly regular 10 a season midfielder. Always sad when wacky theories are undone by competence. Fair point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted August 19, 2023 Scored his first goal on return to Cardiff City against Leicester Apparently it was a brilliant goal - will it help Jimmy Carter on his way? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,051 Posted August 23, 2023 is it too spaced to link Ramsey's goal and Prigojine supposed death ? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted September 2, 2023 Scored today against Ipswich Town. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,089 Posted September 2, 2023 Why has this fucker got a thread? Did I miss something? 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,150 Posted September 2, 2023 2 hours ago, Bentrovato said: Why has this fucker got a thread? Did I miss something? Yes. You missed post #1. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted September 3, 2023 I wonder if his namesake - Burnley’s new 20 year old Aaron Ramsey can also take up the theory in time. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted November 7, 2023 On 14/01/2016 at 15:08, paulh85 said: So for those that don't know - Aaron Ramsey is a midfielder for Arsenal and Wales. For a long while, he seemed cursed, as when ever he scored a goal, somebody famous died. Maybe he's read this thread and is trying to get rid of the curse. https://www.facebook.com/100063578951034/posts/pfbid0VNwK9BPvKRaVrghBqqUaiD55uuTjp4f6LWmfYh2GdZrPXN1PforDyg7zo8LQ2c8zl/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted August 31 This tickled me... 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted August 31 1 hour ago, RoverAndOut said: This tickled me... I’m guessing George is a member of our little club? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polar duck 874 Posted August 31 On 14/01/2016 at 10:37, Guest Guest said: If he scores an own goal will he kill himself? 2 hours ago, RoverAndOut said: I guess we're going to find out... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Master Obit 832 Posted September 1 I wonder what footballer has the longest unbroken "hit" streak. It stands to reason that there were be many footballers who only scored one goal, and it so happened that a major celebrity died the same day/the day after, and there will surely be quite a few two and three timers, but what about four, five, six, even more? Obviously the Aaron Ramsey thing is clearly nonsense, but it does pose an interesting problem of which footballer has the longest streak. It's probably not really possible to find out, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,986 Posted September 1 It would've been serendipity if Scott Thorson held on a couple more weeks and waited until Ramsey's own goal to die. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
