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OwlsFan
20/06/2023, 10:58 AM
Wrong thread
NeverFeltBetter
22/06/2023, 2:01 PM
Joe Delaney: https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2023/0622/1390613-former-fai-honorary-treasurer-joe-delaney-dies-aged-82/
SkStu
26/06/2023, 2:43 PM
Craig Brown, former Scotland manager and seemingly decent chap passes away aged 82.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65956495
OwlsFan
08/07/2023, 10:19 AM
Just noticed this a few days ago, Roly Meates who used to be the coach of the Irish rugby team back in the day https://extra.ie/2023/07/06/sport/rugby/roly-meates-passing
Crosby87
21/07/2023, 2:18 PM
Tony Bennett at 96
Eminence Grise
24/07/2023, 1:52 PM
BBC breaking news that Trevor Francis (https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66287307) has died, aged 69.
Eminence Grise
24/07/2023, 1:56 PM
Tony Bennett at 96

Caught the tail end of his MTV Unplugged from '94 last night. Smooth - effortlessly smooth. Last of the Great American Songbook greats.
CraftyToePoke
25/07/2023, 12:20 AM
Chris Bart - Williams. 49.
CraftyToePoke
25/07/2023, 12:27 AM
George Alagiah. 67
BBC News presenter.
OwlsFan
25/07/2023, 9:56 AM
BBC breaking news that Trevor Francis (https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66287307) has died, aged 69.


Chris Bart - Williams. 49.

Both Wednesday players from the halcyon days of the early 1990s. Francis invited Cantona over but he went to Leeds instead who won the league. Wednesday came third. Not much imagination required to think what would have happed if he went to Wednesday :(
the 12 th man
25/07/2023, 3:35 PM
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1zwYYYXgAE-L6w?format=jpg&name=small




Trevor Francis on the left,Bob Latchford on the right with Mick Mills beside him.

Can anybody identify the guy 3rd from the right talking to Mick Mills?


(The groom looks like Jeff Lynne from ELO):D
CraftyToePoke
25/07/2023, 7:47 PM
Both Wednesday players from the halcyon days of the early 1990s. Francis invited Cantona over but he went to Leeds instead who won the league. Wednesday came third. Not much imagination required to think what would have happed if he went to Wednesday :(

Think he offered Cantona a trial no ?
You can imagine the face Eric pulled if that's true. Probably joined Leeds because of it in fact.

I wouldn't dwell on it, you'd have found a way to finish fourth probably ;)
CraftyToePoke
25/07/2023, 7:48 PM
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1zwYYYXgAE-L6w?format=jpg&name=small




Trevor Francis on the left,Bob Latchford on the right with Mick Mills beside him.

Can anybody identify the guy 3rd from the right talking to Mick Mills?


(The groom looks like Jeff Lynne from ELO):D

Why is Barry McGuigan in your picture ?
tetsujin1979
26/07/2023, 8:54 AM
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1zwYYYXgAE-L6w?format=jpg&name=small




Trevor Francis on the left,Bob Latchford on the right with Mick Mills beside him.

Can anybody identify the guy 3rd from the right talking to Mick Mills?


(The groom looks like Jeff Lynne from ELO):D

Plugged it into Google Images, and it actually is Jeff Lynne! According to this - https://www.mediastorehouse.co.uk/memory-lane-prints/mirror/1400to1499-01400/jeff-lynne-wedding-day-11th-april-1972-21874033.html?prodid=80405 - both he and his bride are big Birmingham City fans.

Pictured left to right are Trevor Francis, Dave Latchford (obscured behind the bride), George Smith, Ray Martin and Bob Latchford.
seanfhear
26/07/2023, 11:07 AM
BBC breaking news that Trevor Francis (https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66287307) has died, aged 69.
Great Player ~ I reckon he had already developed an ankle problem ( I think it was an ankle problem ) even before he signed for Forest ~ He didn't really totally live up to the highest levels expected of him after leaving Birmingham but did go on to do well in Italy / For England ~ I think that Ankle injury held him back a good bit from being the player he could have been ~ He looked an unbelievable prospect when playing for Birmingham as a young player.

RIP.
joey B
26/07/2023, 5:54 PM
Sinead O'Connor passes away at the age of 56,desperately young that...
SkStu
27/07/2023, 1:02 PM
Sinead O'Connor passes away at the age of 56,desperately young that...

this one is hitting me hard. She was an absolute genius and had some really tough, tough times in her life. Her and Dolores gone way too soon. Irish legends.
Crosby87
31/07/2023, 7:12 PM
Pee Wee Herman at 70
OwlsFan
05/08/2023, 11:17 AM
John Gosling, keyboardist for the Kinks
OwlsFan
05/08/2023, 11:20 AM
Mark Margolis who played Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad https://metro.co.uk/2023/08/04/mark-margolis-dead-actor-breaking-bad-better-call-saul-19272501/?ico=trending-module_tag_us-tv-news_item-0
the 12 th man
07/08/2023, 6:25 PM
William Friedkin, Director Of The Exorcist, Dead At 87.
nigel-harps1954
10/08/2023, 8:57 PM
Robbie Robertson, of The Band, and also guitarist for Bob Dylan for a time, aged 80. Wrote some of my favourite stuff with The Band, and a hugely influential guitarist and vocalist.
Eminence Grise
11/09/2023, 7:57 PM
Ian Wilmut (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/11/dolly-the-sheep-scientist-sir-ian-wilmut-dies-at-79), scientist who cloned Dolly the Sheep.

We'll never see his like again. Well, unless of course....
John83
11/09/2023, 10:27 PM
Ian Wilmut (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/11/dolly-the-sheep-scientist-sir-ian-wilmut-dies-at-79), scientist who cloned Dolly the Sheep.

We'll never see his like again. Well, unless of course....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlpxkA8ZrEo
OwlsFan
19/09/2023, 6:01 PM
Singer Roger Whittaker who didn't believe in if: https://www.msn.com/en-ie/entertainment/music/folk-singer-roger-whittaker-dies-aged-87/ar-AA1gUmFD?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=769dad39d21747e7b1b3aad195b424f8&ei=18
OwlsFan
27/09/2023, 7:26 PM
David McCallum aka Illya Kuryakin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illya_Kuryakin McCallum apparently got more fan mail from women for any star up to that point in Hollywood history.
seanfhear
27/09/2023, 7:48 PM
David McCallum aka Illya Kuryakin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illya_Kuryakin McCallum apparently got more fan mail from women for any star up to that point in Hollywood history.
In some very successful TV series ~ The Man From Uncle ~ NCIS ~

I liked the show ~ The Invisible Man ~ Though that was not so successful.

A long and highly successful career ~ A lot of it in America.
the 12 th man
27/09/2023, 8:19 PM
David McCallum aka Illya Kuryakin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illya_Kuryakin McCallum apparently got more fan mail from women for any star up to that point in Hollywood history.

https://www.thesun.ie/tv/11399157/ncis-fans-david-mccallum-hip-hop-sample-next-episode/

Supposed to have written the riff for Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg's "Next Episode" although I've seen it written somewhere else that it was another person.
tetsujin1979
28/09/2023, 12:10 AM
No, it was McCallum
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Eminence Grise
28/09/2023, 12:32 PM
Michael Gambon, 82.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0928/1407843-breaking-news-actor-michael-gambon-has-died-aged-82/
OwlsFan
16/10/2023, 10:26 AM
Gerry Ryan of Ireland (18 caps), Brighton, Bohs and Derby https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/11496159/gerry-ryan-dead-brighton-fa-cup/
seanfhear
16/10/2023, 10:39 AM
Gerry Ryan of Ireland (18 caps), Brighton, Bohs and Derby https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/11496159/gerry-ryan-dead-brighton-fa-cup/
Only 18 caps for a player of his ability ~ Ok, I know that we didn't play so many games back then but 18 caps for a player of Gerry Ryan's ability is very very low all the same, especially when you consider the number of caps players of very limited ability are getting these days.

RIP to Gerry Ryan.
OwlsFan
19/10/2023, 2:55 PM
Actor Burt Young: had a small part in the Sopranos as a hitman despite having galloping chest rot https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/1019/1411678-burt-young/
pineapple stu
21/10/2023, 3:16 PM
Bobby Charlton, aged 86. Was suffering from dementia like his brother Jack.
OwlsFan
22/10/2023, 3:51 PM
Any idea why they fell out ?
seanfhear
22/10/2023, 3:55 PM
Any idea why they fell out ?
Was it something to do with Wives not getting on ~ ~ Footballers had wives and girlfriends back in the old days as well.
NeverFeltBetter
23/10/2023, 10:09 AM
I've read that it was that their mother didn't like Bobby's wife, and Jack took his mothers side, and made some public statements about Bobby's wife that were a bit unpleasant.
SkStu
23/10/2023, 1:13 PM
I've read that it was that their mother didn't like Bobby's wife, and Jack took his mothers side, and made some public statements about Bobby's wife that were a bit unpleasant.

Yeah, that’s more or less it as I recall. I read Jacks autobiography and it was mammy politics.
CraftyToePoke
24/10/2023, 1:15 PM
Massive Attack confirm death of Bristol-born Angelo Bruschini
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-67205202

The soundtrack band to many an afterparty & wind down sesh back in the day for many of us of a certain age on here I reckon.
nigel-harps1954
24/10/2023, 9:56 PM
Still enjoy listening to Massive Attack too. Great band.
SkStu
29/10/2023, 1:33 AM
Matthew Perry (Chandler from Friends)… 54 years old, drowned in his hot tub.
OwlsFan
30/10/2023, 12:06 PM
Never watched an episode of Friends. Frequently channel surfed on to one but never watched a whole episode. Must have been good though to have been so long running. A bit like that current one with egg head students whose name doesn't come to me.
the 12 th man
30/10/2023, 2:21 PM
Never watched an episode of Friends. Frequently channel surfed on to one but never watched a whole episode. Must have been good though to have been so long running. A bit like that current one with egg head students whose name doesn't come to me.



Ditto,American sitcoms just don't do it for me,the reaction therefore way over my head but sad for anybody to go out a such a young age,money and fame wasn't all it was cracked up to be for this guy anyhow.
pineapple stu
30/10/2023, 3:12 PM
Never watched an episode of Friends. Frequently channel surfed on to one but never watched a whole episode. Must have been good though to have been so long running. A bit like that current one with egg head students whose name doesn't come to me.

Big Bang Theory?

There's clips on YouTube without the laughter track and it's painful. The show seems to be "Here's a science thing" Hahahaha! *Viewer laughs too to show they got the joke, which has to be clever cos, you know, science is clever*

Never got into Friends back in the day either. Am thankful we don't have doctors on commission for prescribing addictive drugs here though (which I think is what happened Perry ultimately).
OwlsFan
31/10/2023, 10:34 AM
Charlie Aitken, Aston Villa's all time record appearance holder https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67264523
Eminence Grise
26/11/2023, 11:24 AM
Manchester Evening News (https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/terry-venables-dead-england-manager-28177196#source=breaking-news) reporting that Terry Venables has died.
seanfhear
26/11/2023, 11:37 AM
Manchester Evening News (https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/terry-venables-dead-england-manager-28177196#source=breaking-news) reporting that Terry Venables has died.
Interesting career as a player and a manager while always having a bit of a London Wide-Boy about him.
tetsujin1979
27/11/2023, 10:44 PM
Owned a bar in London called Scribes that was frequented by football journalists. Always felt he got an easy ride from the press.
SkStu
30/11/2023, 2:31 AM
Henry Kissinger, 100 years old. Did a lot of good, ignored a lot of bad.
seanfhear
30/11/2023, 2:53 AM
Henry Kissinger, 100 years old. Did a lot of good, ignored a lot of bad.One of the Devil's Own !