The R.I.P. Thread

[Kenny]

three points for a sin

Love that typo/auto correct error.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Sorry, doing it off my i pad.

 

[Tony Towner]

Touching interview with his wife from a month ago

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...Bryony-Hill-wife-English-football-legend.html

 

[thehistorymakers]

R.I.P. Jimmy Hill.

 

[arklowolf]

R.I.P. Jimmy Hill.

+1. Was never his biggest fan but believe he always had the best interests of 'the game' at heart.

 

[machin05]

Today's footballers have a lot to thank Jimmy Hill for. He was one of the pioneers behind the abolition of the minimum wage. Not to mention he advocated all seater stadiums and three points for a win long before they were implicated.

R.I.P. Jimmy Hill.

Was it not a maximum wage?

 

[Parkins left foot]

Was it not a maximum wage?

Yes correct - think it was set at £20 per week at that time

 

[machin05]

Just had a short piece on the BBC news about him. Amazing just how many modern day mainstays he pioneered.

 

[Kenny]

Another member of the football family passes away - Don Howe dies aged 80

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35171937

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Another member of the football family passes away - Don Howe dies aged 80

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35171937

I have just heard this. Very sad news.

 

[Bit on the shaggies]

I have just heard this. Very sad news.

My Dad once met Don Howe and was lucky enough to have a good long chat with him. I remember him telling me how absolutely dumbstruck he was by Howe's knowledge of football, not just stats and things like that but how he could read, and more importantly, how he could explain things clearly. He reckons that he's never met anyone even remotely like him and that he would have happily sat and listened to him talking about football all night long.

R.I.P Don.

 

[darlowolf64]

Former Wolves forward Roy Swinbourne has passed away, aged 86. Condolences to his family. RIP

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Another of our great team of the fiftieshas passed away.

R.I.P. Roy Swinbourne.

 

[Parkins left foot]

RIP Roy

Not someone I ever saw play, but his record speaks for itself.

Wolves - 211 games, 107 goals

 

[FrankMunro-371]

RIP Roy

Not someone I ever saw play, but his record speaks for itself.

Wolves - 211 games, 107 goals

Unfortunately I did not have the pleasure of seeing him play either. But I recall my Father saying what a good player was. But so was every player in that greatest of Wolves teams.

 

[thehistorymakers]

RIP Roy and my condelences to his family. A true legend who graced the old gold and black of the pioneers of Europe.

 

[VanWolfie]

Another of our great team of the seventies has passed away.

R.I.P. Roy Swinbourne.

Frank,

Roy Swinbourne played in the great team of the fifties!!! I saw him play lots. He was phenomenal.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Frank,

Roy Swinbourne played in the great team of the fifties!!! I saw him play lots. He was phenomenal.

My apologies, I meant fifties. Was he really that good. I know my Father thought he was one of the best players in a great team.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Very sad news to hear of the passing of Motorheads Lemmy.

R.I.P.

 

[Paul]

Shit