Alan MacDonald RIP
Ex QPR and NI captain Alan McDonald collapsed and died while playing golf this morning. He was 48.
Condolences to his family, the NI supporters and the QPR supporters. He was a very decent bloke.
I remember Niall Quinn saying he came into the dressing room after the 1993 game at Windsor Park and wished the team well in the US encouraging them to go out there and make a good case for Irish football.
Last edited by Lionel Ritchie; 24/06/2012 at 12:37 PM. Reason: misspelt McDonald. If a mod could correct it in thread title that'd be nice. cheers
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Yeah, a real rock of a leader on the pitch. I'm sure he was well loved by Not Brazil and the NI contingent on here and my condolensces for a great loss to NI and indeeed AI football.
Wembley 0-0 (85?) was a rearguaurd action by Jennings and MacDonald as good as any I've ever seen, though memory is a bit fizzy.
Terrible news - I had just come in from my round of golf yesterday to be told of Alan's sudden, and premature, death.Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
He always gave 100% for his country, and played with pride and passion.
He had a great sense of humour also - a few years ago I was in Armenia following Northern Ireland. Our Under 21's had a game in rural Armenia the day before the Senior International. It was bitterly cold, and the pitch was covered in snow. As the players were training, they were jogging towards the small group of Northern Ireland fans when suddenly they all started throwing snowballs at us. Alan, their coach, was in stiches that they had carried out his instructions.
I was also at the 1985 game at Wembley - Alan was superb that night.
He will be sorely missed.
Thanks for happy memories.
Rest in peace Big Mac.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14NUb...layer_embedded
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
Very sad news.
I thought you were off the drink Ronnie?
"No, I drink to help me mind my own business....can I get you one? (c) Ronnie Drew
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