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    Paul Mariner: Former Ipswich and England striker dies aged 68

    Former England striker Paul Mariner, who won the FA Cup and Uefa Cup with Ipswich Town, has died aged 68.

    Mariner began his league career at Plymouth Argyle and also played for Arsenal and Portsmouth.

    He made 35 appearances for England, scoring 13 goals.

    "We regretfully inform you that Paul passed away peacefully on 9 July surrounded by his family, after a brief battle with brain cancer," said a statement from Mariner's family.

    "We would like to thank all the people who came to see him through his illness for their support and the messages that were sent to him; they meant a great deal to him and us.

    "A special thank you must go to the NHS and the unbelievable care that he received when he most needed it and for that we, as a family, will be forever in your debt.

    "Paul lived a full life and was fortunate enough to represent a group of fantastic football clubs as well as his country, all of which meant the world to him.

    "Anyone who knew Paul will attest to his fantastic sense of humour, his passion for life and his work. He will be sorely missed by everyone who was ever around him and by those most close to him."

    Lancashire-born Mariner made 155 appearances and scored 61 goals for Plymouth, who signed him from non-league Chorley in 1973.

    He moved to Ipswich in 1976 and was part of the side who won the FA Cup in 1978 and Uefa Cup in 1981 under manager Sir Bobby Robson.

    Mariner scored 135 goals in 339 appearances for the Portman Road side before joining Arsenal in 1984. He joined Portsmouth two years later and finished his playing career in the United States.

    He made his England debut in 1977 and played for his country at the 1982 World Cup.

    Mariner also had spells as manager of Plymouth and Major League Soccer side Toronto FC.

    "The Argyle family is devastated to learn of the passing of legendary former striker and manager, Paul Mariner," said the Pilgrims.

    Ipswich inducted "true great" Mariner into the club's hall of fame in 2011.

    "It's incredibly sad news and the thoughts of everyone at the club are with Paul's family and friends at this very difficult time," said Ipswich chief executive Mark Ashton.

    Former England striker Paul Mariner dies aged 68 - BBC Sport

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    Enjoyed him at Arsenal. The phrase "thunderous header" springs to mind.

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    Remember him from back when we had one weekly english-welsh 1. division match.

    Saturday afternoon with crisps and softdrinks.

    Great times

    Now there's 5 games on at the same time, everyday, and I can't be bothered

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    Quote Originally Posted by helge View Post
    Remember him from back when we had one weekly english-welsh 1. division match.
    Er.... What?

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    On TV

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    Er... what?

    one weekly english-welsh 1. division match.

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    English football on TV once a week. Saturday. Included Wales out of politeness, as I can't remember, if they had a 1. division team.
    TV black and white ( not colour)

    Later colour

    Crisps made from potato

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    Quote Originally Posted by helge View Post
    English football on TV once a week. Saturday. Included Wales out of politeness, as I can't remember, if they had a 1. division team.
    TV black and white ( not colour)

    Later colour

    Crisps made from potato

    Remember him
    I can't remember
    Er... OK.

    Crisps made from potato
    What were your crisps made out of then? Rotting fish?

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    Boxer Chris Eubank's son Sebastian has died days before his 30th birthday, his father's representatives have said.



    Sebastian had followed his father's footsteps and become a professional boxer.


    The British middleweight Eubank Snr said he and his family were "devastated" to hear of his son's death in Dubai, where he lived.


    And Chris Eubank Jnr tweeted: "Sorry I wasn't there to watch your back like a big brother's supposed to."


    Sebastian, the third-eldest of Eubank Snr's children, leaves behind his wife Salma and son Raheem who was born a month ago, Eubank Snr said.


    The Sun newspaper reported that Sebastian had been found dead on the beach after drowning.




    In a statement, Eubank Snr said: "Sebastian grew up in Hove in England but in the last few years made his life in Dubai where he had a wide circle of friends and was a leader in the adoption of a healthy lifestyle and of alternative therapies."As well as being a personal trainer and professional boxer, Sebastian was also a deep thinker who liked to challenge accepted wisdom.


    "He was loved and respected by all who knew him and will be forever in the thoughts of friends and family. As a family we now kindly ask to be given space and privacy to celebrate his life and remember the son, the brother, the husband, the friend."


    Sebastian's mother Karron Meadows said: "Our whole family is grieving at the huge loss of our son and brother, Sebastian."


    And in a series of emotional tweets, Sebastian's brother, Eubank Jnr, wrote: "I haven't cried since I was 12 years old… yesterday I cried the whole day.


    "Can't believe you're really gone man but you'll always be in my heart, mind and spirit."


    He added Sebastian would live on "through your beautiful new born son and I will treat him like my own"

    Chris Eubank'''s son Sebastian dies in Dubai - BBC News
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    Never even heard of him until he died.

    Seems he was a personal trainer in Dubai living off his old man's name.

    Apparently had some sort of undiagnosed heart problem.

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    Germany and Bayern Munich great Gerd Muller dies aged 75

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    Germany great Gerd Mueller, regarded as one of the game's greatest goalscorers and nicknamed "Bomber der Nation", has died at the age of 75, his former club Bayern Munich said on Sunday.
    "Today is a sad, black day for Bayern and all of its fans. Gerd Mueller was the greatest striker there has ever been and a fine person, a personality in world football," Bayern president Herbert Hainer said in a statement.

    Germany and Bayern Munich great Gerd Muller dies aged 75





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    Irish community in mourning as tributes paid to talented young sportsman after 'untimely' death
    The talented sportsman, who died after a short illness on Tuesday, enjoyed huge success as a football player with Villa FC and Waterford United



    Tributes are pouring in for "a fine young footballer and super person" who sadly passed away at just 23 years of age.

    Roy Butler, from Waterford city, is being remembered as "a lovely young man" whose death has led to "devastation" in his local and sporting communities.

    The talented sportsman, who died after a short illness on Tuesday, enjoyed huge success as a football player with Villa FC and Waterford United.

    Tributes paid as 'wonderful young man' killed in Dublin workplace incident named locally - Irish Mirror Online

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    Former England captain Ted Dexter dies aged 86

    A powerful middle-order batter and medium-pace bowler, Dexter played 62 Tests, leading the side in 30 of those

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    Ted Dexter, the former England captain, has died at the age of 86. A powerful middle-order batter and medium-pace bowler, Dexter played 62 Tests, leading the side in 30 of those, scoring 4502 runs and taking 66 wickets although his life off the field was as just as notable as his cricket feats.

    In a first-class career that spanned from 1956 to 1968, he scored more than 21000 runs and claimed 419 wickets. A broken leg suffered when he was attempting to push his broken down car in 1965 impacted the latter stages of his career, although he made a brief comeback to the Test side in the 1968 Ashes and would later play Sunday League games in 1971 and 1972.

    "No English cricketer bred since the war has so captured the imagination of those inside, outside and far from, the boundary ropes of our big cricket grounds," said the introduction to his profile as one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year in 1961.

    His Test numbers as captain (average 53.93) were even higher than his outstanding career figure of 47.89 which included nine hundreds. His debut came against New Zealand in 1958 where he made a half-century with his first hundred arriving three games later against the same opposition in Christchurch.

    His tally of 481 runs in the 1962-63 Ashes remains the most by an England captain in Australia while in the 1959-60 series against West Indies he had made 526 runs and 65.75. "Tall, upright and commanding, Dexter played the short-pitched bowling better than anyone else and thoroughly justified the faith of the selectors in choosing him, despite some earlier disappointments," Wisden reported of his performance in the Caribbean.

    One of Dexter's most iconic performances was his 70 off 75 balls against a West Indies attack featuring Wes Hall and Charlie Griffith at Lord's in 1963 during a match that came down to the final over with all four results possible and Colin Cowdrey coming out to bat with a broken arm.

    A magnificent all-round sportsperson Dexter, who was known by his nickname of 'Lord Ted', also excelled at golf while his life outside of cricket was remarkable.

    In 1964 he stood as a Tory candidate in the General Election and after his playing days he held a variety of roles including a broadcaster and journalist, running a PR agency, co-wrote a cricket-based crime novel, Testkill, and developed what would later become the ICC ranking's system. A qualified pilot, he also once flew himself and his family to Australia in 1970-71, making 20 stops on the journey.

    In 1989, he took on the position of England's chairman of selectors - the year 29 players were used in the Ashes - which he held until England's 1993 defeat against Australia. It was a period of precious little success in Test cricket, and Dexter was often criticised, but England reached the final of 1992 World Cup and he also set important changes in motion such as the move to four-day Championship cricket.

    In an interview with the Daily Telegraph last year, around the publication of his autobiography, 85 Not Out, he was asked about what he would have been like playing in the current era. "Oh yes. I think I would have been heart and soul," he said. "I think I would have been off to India in the IPL at the drop of a hat to earn hundreds of thousands. I am glad I didn't, frankly, because the rest of my life would not have been so interesting if I was fairly cushy and had plenty of money in the bank as a player."

    Former England captain Ted Dexter dies aged 86

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    It's a funny old game, Saint.



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    Thanks Harry you neat me too it

    In addition to playing he added to our enjoyment of all things football in hs later career as a tv host with partner Ian St John and some great repartee

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    Quote Originally Posted by david44 View Post
    Thanks Harry you neat me too it

    In addition to playing he added to our enjoyment of all things football in hs later career as a tv host with partner Ian St John and some great repartee
    They used to do Gentlemen's Evenings, but it got to the point where the agent would check if alcohol was being served, at which point it would be just St. John turning up.

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    Whoa... another one of the World Cup Squad.

    Geoff Hurst is shitting himself.


    Roger Hunt, England World Cup winner and former Liverpool striker, dies aged 83

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    Roger Hunt, a member of England’s 1966 World Cup team and winner of two First Division titles with Liverpool, has died at the age of 83.

    Hunt, who won 34 caps, played in all six matches at the 1966 finals and scored three goals. He partnered Geoff Hurst in the final against West Germany and was the player closest to the ball when Hurst famously, and controversially, scored via the underside of the bar. “I thought it was over the line,” Hunt once said.

    With Liverpool, for whom he played from 1958-69, Hunt won the top division in 1964 and 1966, and the FA Cup in the season in between, under Bill Shankly. He made 492 appearances for the club and scored 285 goals, before signing for Bolton.


    Liverpool were in the Second Division when Hunt joined and his 41 goals in 41 games helped them to the title in 1962. He was the leading scorer for eight seasons in a row, enjoyed a highly successful partnership with Ian St John and was the club’s leading goalscorer until his record was passed by Ian Rush.


    Roger Hunt, England World Cup winner and former Liverpool striker, dies aged 83 | England | The Guardian


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    All these guys popping off is making me feel my age. We are all running out of time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Whoa... another one of the World Cup Squad.

    Geoff Hurst is shitting himself.




    Roger Hunt, England World Cup winner and former Liverpool striker, dies aged 83 | England | The Guardian

    Roger Hunt was the epitome of Alf Ramsey’s selection policy. A talented grafter, who always rolled his sleeves up and held himself to account by his own high standards of sportsmanship.

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    Not a sporting hero per se, but a voice golf fans around the world would instantly recognise.

    Died at 82 of Covid-19.


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    Former Wolves midfielder Ron Flowers, a member of England’s 1966 World Cup squad, has died at the age of 87.

    Flowers played for the Black Country club between 1952 and 1967 and helped them to three First Division titles and the FA Cup in 1960.

    A statement on the club’s official Twitter feed confirmed the news on Friday morning.
    “We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of club legend and vice president Ron Flowers MBE at the age of 87,” it read.

    Ron Flowers dead: England 1966 World Cup winner dies aged 87 | The Independent

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    A nice obit of Sir Frank from David Tremayne.


    Sir Frank Williams, 1942-2021 – F1’s champion-maker remembered

    For a split second it seemed that there was barely a sound. Then, above the scrape of chairs and the rustle of clothing as 300 people rose as one, spontaneous applause erupted unbidden.

    It was July 11 1986, in the press room for the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch. Not a particularly salubrious place, but in that moment it hosted something very special. Just four months after the car crash on the way back from testing at Paul Ricard which had left Frank paralysed, there he was, being wheeled into the room to a heartfelt ovation. There were lumps in throats and damp eyes as everyone lauded his courageous return.

    He would cope brilliantly with the way in which that life-changing crash transformed him from a super-athlete who regularly beat the drivers in running races at Grands Prix into a wheelchair-bound man who became one of the world’s oldest quadriplegics. And he would do so with indomitable strength, dignity and a quite amazing lack of self-pity. “I deserved that, the way I used to drive,” he once said. And referring to passenger Peter Windsor, the writer and Williams team manager, he added: “I was glad it happened to me, and not to Peter. I would never have forgiven myself had he been the one to suffer.”

    Francis Owen Garbett Williams, born in South Shields and raised mainly by a maternal aunt and uncle in Jarrow, grafted his way up the slippery slopes of the sport. Whenever the word went round the paddocks in F3 in 1982 and ’83 that Frank was present, you also most stood to attention like schoolboys preparing to be inspected by the headmaster.

    I hardly knew him back then, but I knew of him. In the early days of my enthusiasm for racing, I celebrated when he bought a Brabham BT24 at the end of 1968 and had Robin Herd design an installation for a 2.5-litre Cosworth DFW, and then went off with his mate Piers Courage to compete in the Tasman Series at the beginning of 1969.

    Frank was a man who completed others. He’d failed as a racer himself, being too wild and lacking the fine judgement to go really fast. But he knew a good driver when he saw one, and was one of the first to acknowledge the talent of the emergent Jochen Rindt. He loved the Austrian’s flamboyance and pushiness. Having failed as a racing driver, he dealt in racing cars, and travelled Europe with the nomadic F3 circus selling spares. He had a rather uncomplimentary nickname back then, but now things were about to change.

    Piers was at a career crossroads, having won F3 races but been turned down in favour of the smoother Chris Irwin for F1 drives with BRM. Like Frank, Piers crashed too often. But that Tasman series was the making of both men. In the beautifully prepared car Piers took a third, a second and a fourth before victory at Teretonga cemented his third place overall behind champion Chris Amon and Jochen.

    Frank and he then stepped into F1 with a Cosworth DFV-powered Brabham BT26, and in a wonderful season Piers finished second to Graham Hill at Monaco and repeated the feat after ousting the works Brabhams in the lucrative US GP at Watkins Glen, where he joined his great friend and racewinner Jochen on the podium.

    The following year Gianpaolo Dallara created the de Tomaso 505/38 for Frank to run for Piers, and there was one poignant moment at Monaco, as they had begun to make some progress, when Frank watched Piers and his young wife Sally celebrating with Jochen and Nina Rindt, thinking to himself how young they all were and how it was all too good to be true. Then Piers was killed in the Dutch GP in June, and for a devastated Frank some things were never the same again.

    He soldiered on, running Marches in 1971 and ‘72, then building his own cars. First there was the ill-fated Len Bailey-designed Politoys, then a series of Isos built with money from the Italian car company and Marlboro. It was hand-to-mouth stuff, but Jacques Laffite helmed one of his cars to second place in the 1975 German GP. Buying the Hesketh 308Cs for 1976 seemed like a good idea at the time, but the season was a disaster and at the end of it sponsor Walter Wolf took control of Frank’s team.

    Frank was meant to stay on as his assistant, but playing second fiddle was never his forte. Ironically, the Wolf won the opening race of 1977 in Argentina, but Frank wasn’t there to witness it and was making plans to set up Williams Grand Prix Engineering.

    Though he was a completer of men, Frank himself needed somebody to complete him. That man was Patrick Head, who brought the pragmatic engineering skills that Frank sorely needed. They started with an updated March 761 for Belgian Patrick Neve, but Patrick had completed the design of the neat and conventional FW06 for 1978. The two partners had signed Austrian GP winner Alan Jones, and the no-nonsense Aussie was exactly their type of driver, a guy who called a spade a spade and might even have used the utensil to fend off critics.

    In 1979, in Patrick’s FW07, which was effectively a much better engineered version of the ground-effect Lotus 79 concept, Jones took Williams to the forefront. Ironically, it was Clay Regazzoni who scored Frank’s first victory, in the British GP at Silverstone, but only unreliability prevented Jones from becoming world champion that year. That was rectified in 1980 when driver and team scooped both titles, and they took the 1981 constructors’ title too after Carlos Reutemann wavered in the final race and Nelson Piquet pipped him by a point.

    Williams went on to ‘complete’ other racers by turning them into racewinners and world champions: Keke Rosberg in 1982; Nelson Piquet in 1987; Nigel Mansell in 1992; Alain Prost in 1993; Damon Hill in 1996; Jacques Villeneuve in 1997. There was a dip when Honda decamped to McLaren in 1988, but the new partnership with Renault restored the winning ability in 1989, and along the way the team fought honourably against great names such as Ferrari, McLaren, Lotus and Brabham. Altogether they won 114 races and nine constructors’ World Championships too.

    And yet, Frank remained a cautious man to whom the next race was the one that mattered most. I remember interviewing him at the end of 1996 when his car had been dominant, and being shocked when he said, “Yes, but we could fall flat on our faces next year.” After the season they’d just had? It seemed impossible, but he was all too aware of the strength and wealth of the Ferrari/Michael Schumacher alliance, and always had massive respect for the way, as he would put it, that Ron Dennis “could always see five years into the future whereas I’m lucky if I can predict what will happen in two.”

    And it turned out he was only a year out in his pessimistic prediction. Williams fell from grace in 1998 after Renault had pulled out, and struggled thereafter until a fresh alliance with BMW took them back to a position to challenge for the 2003 title with Juan Pablo Montoya. It said much of Frank’s wicked sense of honour that, when BMW representatives came over to sign the contract, he waited until his friend, racing driver Robs Lamplough, flew his Spitfire over the factory…

    When BMW went to Sauber for 2006 life got harder for the team, but racing was Frank’s life and he never gave up. It was wonderful to see him and his family – wife Ginny and children Jonathan, Claire and Jaime – all together in Barcelona in 2012, when the tempestuous Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado scored a sensational and, as it transpired, final victory for the team.

    Frank was not an easy man at times, and he never mollycoddled his drivers. In 1983 he halved Jacques Laffite’s salary; in 1992 he refused to offer Nigel Mansell a better deal, and was quite happy to lose Alain Prost if it meant getting Ayrton Senna for 1994; in 1997 he let Damon go in favour of Heinz-Harald Frentzen. In 1991 I was disinvited from some function, after writing a critical editorial in Motoring News after the way in which he had messed our mate Al Unser Jnr round in a test. Frank made me stay behind after a media get-together at Monza, to administer the metaphorical caning for cheekiness. But the froideur never lasted long.

    Two years earlier at the same venue, I had glimpsed the inner Frank Williams. A friend had been paralysed in a car accident, and I asked him to give me a 101 lesson in the subject. Three months later I was with that friend in Stoke Mandeville and he was radiant.

    “Guess who came to see me yesterday?”

    It had been Frank. He didn’t know my friend, but they shared the same consultant and Frank had paid a visit just to offer this young man advice and encouragement. Frank’s thoughtful kindness meant the world to him.

    Daughter Claire would eventually take over running the team with Mike Driscoll until the Dorilton buy-out in 2020. The last time I saw Frank was at Spa in 2019 when I had lunch with Jonathan at Williams just as Anthoine Hubert’s accident occurred. We had a good talk, mainly about old times and people and family, and it remains a treasured memory.

    Sir Frank Williams CBE LH was a motorsport giant, without question one of the most valiant and committed men our sport has ever produced.

    Sir Frank Williams: 1942-2021



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    Lost points for ruining a Monty Python sketch.

    Got loads and loads for turning over the tiny totts at Wemberlee.

    Houchen's header. Gary Mabbutt's knee scoring the winner.


    Coventry’s FA Cup-winning manager John Sillett dies aged 85

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    JOHN SILLETT, who steered Coventry to FA Cup glory in 1987, has died at the age of 85.


    Sillett managed Coventry between 1986 and 1990 and masterminded a memorable 3-2 Wembley final win over Tottenham.


    A statement from the Sillett family read: “Obviously the family are really saddened by Dad’s passing but we are all so proud of him and what he achieved.”


    The statement added: “His ability to spot things tactically, change them during a game and enhance the abilities of players was top class, the respect he had from top people in the game and the kind words we have already received underline the high regard in which he was held by the football world.


    “Dad will be remembered for his FA Cup win but he also guided Coventry and Hereford to their highest League positions as well as taking Coventry to a League Cup semi-final. He had the ability to galvanise and gel teams – a skill quite rare.”


    Southampton-born Sillett was a full-back who began his career at Chelsea in 1954 and went on to play over 100 games for the Blues.


    Sillett later played for Coventry and Plymouth before moving into management at Hereford.


    He returned to Hereford for a second spell between 1991 and 1992 after leading Coventry to the only major honour in their 138-year history.


    Coventry posted a full tribute on their website.


    It read: “Coventry City Football Club are devastated to learn of the death of Sky Blues icon John Sillett.


    “’Snoz’ will forever be loved and remembered by Sky Blues fans and all who met him, who will remember a larger-than-life character who loved football and Coventry City.


    “A hugely respected and loved figure in the game, John Sillett’s name is indelibly etched into Coventry City’s history, and the thoughts and condolences of everyone at Coventry City Football Club and of the whole Sky Blue community are with John’s family and friends at this very sad time.”


    Men’s Football Coventry’s FA Cup-winning manager John Sillett dies aged 85 | Morning Star




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    And Ray Kennedy. Who can forget his contribution to the famous Arsenal double, and winning it at the pub team up the road. Deepest of deep joy.


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    The footballer Ray Kennedy, who has died aged 70, spent eight years with Liverpool at the height of the club’s powers in the late 1970s and early 80s. Having arrived at Anfield in 1974 from Arsenal, where he had been part of the FA Cup and league double winning side of 1971, he went on to claim a hatful of further honours on Merseyside, winning three European Cups and five First Division league titles under the manager Bob Paisley, who regarded him as “one of Liverpool’s greatest players and probably the most underrated”.
    Revered at both clubs, Kennedy was a powerful left-sided midfielder with tremendous vision and anticipation, allied to an unusually good first touch and a knack for scoring goals. He won every domestic trophy on offer and still has one of the highest hauls of medals of any English player, although he won only 17 international caps, a circumstance best explained by the presence of West Ham’s Trevor Brooking, who proved to be more popular with England managers.
    Kennedy was best known in later years for his commitment to spreading awareness of Parkinson’s disease, a condition he was diagnosed with shortly after his playing career ended. As a high-profile public face of the Parkinson’s Disease Society (now Parkinson’s UK), he co-wrote a revealing autobiography, Ray of Hope (1993), with Andrew Lees, a neurologist who had helped to treat him.

    Ray Kennedy obituary | Football | The Guardian

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    Might not be of great interest on TD, but...

    Yesterday a nice person, positive, friendly fellow passed away, taken by cancer.

    He wasn't my friend, but always came to say hello, if he saw me; invited me to join him and his friends(other danish national footballers at one time)for beers and fodder.

    He'll be remembered

    Lars Høgh

    Goalkeeper and nice guy



    He had our back in this match

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