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    Probably covered elsewhere last week but just seen it now: Peter Thomas, goalkeeper of that great Waterford side of the late 60s and early 70s. Hated by some Rovers fans because he was English, along with Johnny Matthews (died 2019) and Peter Bryan (who died in 2021), his was the team which denied Rovers titles during that era, but not FAI Cups. He became an Irish citizen and even got a couple of caps.
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    Raquel Welch : hard to believe that she was 82 when she died.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OwlsFan View Post
    Raquel Welch : hard to believe that she was 82 when she died.
    Beautiful Woman ~ Adult Human Female.

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    World of Sport presenter Dickie Davies https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-64700358

    World of Sport was ITV's answer to BBC sports Saturday afternoon programme Grandstand but because BBC had all the sports covered, World of Sport was stuck with wresting, horseracing and darts and go-karts and many other minority sports.
    Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.

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    John Motson passed away at the age of 77.commentated on almost 2,500 televised games during his 50-year career with the BBC.
    Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.

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    Quote Originally Posted by joey B View Post
    John Motson passed away at the age of 77.commentated on almost 2,500 televised games during his 50-year career with the BBC.
    That's sad news , he was brilliant.

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    Had literally just listened to a podcast talking about his "commentary" over some kind of Subbeteo advertisement, where everyone was stunned at how well he just applied his style to ridiculous situations: "What's this? A giant hand had just come into the stadium and picked up one of the players!"
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    Quote Originally Posted by D24Saint View Post
    That's sad news , he was brilliant.
    Great Commentator. One of the best if not the best. I reckon I would first have heard him commentating from about 1974.

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    Just Fontaine, who scored 13 goals in the 1958 world cup.

    His overall statistics were amazing really :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Fontaine

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    I remember I had a book - must be going back to the late 80's, early 90's - that went through each world cup since inception, summarizing the qualifying background, the groups and how they played out and all of the knock out games in each one. Had a load of stats for each one too. At the end of each "chapter" they focused on a few key players, their player of the tournament, top goal scorers and such. Great little book - and it was the first time I heard/read about Just Fontaine and his performance in 1958. It was an incredible feat (13 goals in 6 games) and i think he scored in every game that France played? I have kind of checked up on him since then and was always surprised that he never got mentioned along with some other greats of the game. RIP.

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    Wasn't helped by having his career ended by injury at 26. Another World Cup with those stats and he'd be far better known. People give out about soft fouls today - "He got the ball" stuff when it's the dangerous tackle that's the issue - and to see a career like Fontaine's ended like that reminds you why the rules tightened. I think the challenge is on YouTube somewhere; certainly it's on UEFA's Euro history DVD

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    Yeah, definitely. I was going to comment on his early retirement and the fact that players were absolutely butchered back then. Again, from recollection, there were stories of players playing on with broken limbs and head injuries due to the fact that no subs were allowed up until... I'm guessing here... sometime in the 60s? I think i read somewhere that Beckenbauer played with a dislocated shoulder. Crazy stuff looking back on it now.

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    Yeah, the 1970 World Cup semi-final. Though that was because they'd used their two subs by then.

    Bert Trautmann played the 58 (?) FA Cup final with a broken neck.

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    Last remaining original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gary Rossington, dead at 71 years of age. No cause of death given.

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    https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.

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    Famous psychic Mystic Meg but it was no surprise to her.

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    Paul O'Grady aka Lily Savage

    Have recently been watching a few of the old Blankety Blanks Savage hosted back around 2002 and they're great craic. Some character

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    Dick Fosbury, of Fosbury Flop high-jumping fame, age 76.

    Got to admit, he's one of those I hadn't even realised was still about.

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    Jerry Springer

    I can imagine God and all the lads chanting "Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!" as he walks through the pearly gates.

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    Tune in to S28 E01 - 'My dad is my son - and he 's a ghost!'
    Hello, hello? What's going on? What's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here!
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