June 15, 20241 yr Former Arsenal and Everton star Kevin Campbell dies aged 54 The much-admired player and answer to a famous football trivia question was a title winner with the Gunners and a hero at Goodison Park after saving the Toffees from relegation in 1999. https://news.sky.com/story/former-arsenal-a...ged-54-13153423 :(:cry:
June 15, 20241 yr Author Matija Sarkic, Montenegro international and Millwall goalkeeper has passed away at 26.
June 15, 20241 yr I remember Kevin Campbell scoring about 60 goals in one season for the Arsenal youth team. He never quite fulfilled that early promise but had a good career. RIP
August 1, 2024Aug 1 Author Former Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare has died at the age of 60, his family has announced. Shakespeare was undergoing treatment for cancer back in October 2023. He also worked for West Brom, Hull, Everton, Watford, Aston Villa and Norwich and had a spell as England assistant boss in 2016. A statement released on behalf of his family via the League Managers' Association said Shakespeare "passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family".
August 5, 2024Aug 5 Author Former England and Surrey batter Graham Thorpe has died aged 55, it has been announced. Thorpe played 100 Tests for England between 1993 and 2005, as well as 82 one-day internationals. A stylish left-handed batter, he scored 6,744 Test runs for England, including 16 centuries, at an average of 44.66.
August 6, 2024Aug 6 I mostly remember him batting alongside Graeme Hick back in the day. R.I.P. Graham Thorpe.
August 26, 2024Aug 26 Definitely a sad loss to the football world today. Sven-Göran Eriksson RIP. :( I wonder if this one will make an appearance today; rh6-dcpEHas Though for me, I'm more fond of the iconic lyric from Ant & Dec; Send an SOS, a country's in need Sven's the man, he's got a plan, we've found a super Swede A nation re-united and England comes alive Golden balls is captain and Heskey makes it five
August 26, 2024Aug 26 R.I.P Sven. I've known this was coming ever since he said a few months ago he had terminal cancer and "a year at best to live". He will forever be remembered in English football history.
August 31, 2024Aug 31 Author Sol Bamba, the former Leeds United, Leicester City, Cardiff City and Hibernian defender, has died at the age of 39. The centre-back, who began his career with Paris St-Germain and also played for Dunfermline and Middlesbrough, was part of the Cardiff side that won promotion to the Premier League in 2018. The Ivory Coast international, who overcame non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2021 during his playing days at Cardiff, had been working at Turkish club Adanaspor who announced the news on Saturday night.
September 16, 2024Sep 16 RIP Gary Shaw who was part of the Aston Villa team that won the league in 1981 and then the European Cup the following year.
September 27, 2024Sep 27 Author Renowned snooker commentator Clive Everton has died at the age of 87. Everton worked for BBC TV for more than 30 years from the 1970s onwards and was a respected broadcaster and journalist. He was founder of the Snooker Scene magazine and edited the publication for 51 years. A statement from the World Snooker Tour (WST) said he was "one of snooker's greatest ever commentators and voice of the sport". It added: "Everton devoted his life to snooker and covered some of the sport's most historic moments as a broadcaster and journalist." Players at the British Open in Cheltenham this week are competing for the Clive Everton Trophy, which was named in his honour two years ago, and a minute's silence was held before Friday afternoon's session.
September 27, 2024Sep 27 Author Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer has died after suffering a serious head injury at the Road and Para-cycling World Championships in Switzerland. The 18-year-old crashed during the junior road race on Thursday and was taken to hospital by emergency helicopter. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) said in a statement following the "tragic" news: “With the passing of Muriel Furrer, the international cycling community loses a rider with a bright future ahead of her. "The UCI and the Organising Committee of the 2024 UCI Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships offer their sincere condolences to Muriel Furrer's family, friends and her Federation Swiss Cycling.
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