Celebrity Deaths 2023

Things
932

Yes.
Johnny Matthews and Peter Thomas there as well.

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933

He couldn’t handle being at a big club.

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934

Has hated United ever since Busby sent him packing.

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935

Sir Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer will be paying tribute on sports report after the full times

936

Was that during the frank davis era?

937

If you were pick all-time association football teams for a Dead v Alive match, who would have the stronger team on paper? A few years back the Alive team would have looked much stronger than its opponents but the Dead team have gone on a relentless signing spree recently and you’d have to say the balance between the teams is just about even at the moment, with the strong likelihood that the balance of power will permanently shift as the years go on.

Dead:
Banks
Moore
Scirea
Facchetti
Garrincha
Charlton
Puskas
Di Stefano
Pele
Maradona
Cruyff

Subs: Yashin, Charlton, McNeill, Best, Greaves, Seeler, Socrates, Muller, Rossi

Alive:
Buffon
Cafu
Baresi
Beckenbauer
Maldini
Modric
Iniesta
Ronaldinho
Messi
Ronaldo
Ronaldo

Subs: Schmeichel, Van Basten, Zidane, Baggio, Platini, Cannavaro, Dalglish, Xavi

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938

The Dead team would win unless the sending off steeled the Alive team together.

939

Forgot the second Ronaldo. :grin:

940

I think Joe Delaney was the Chairman who brought Charlton over.

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941

I read Giles’s book.

He wasn’t a huge fan of Bobby as he told John to fuck off when playing in a match with him after John had a go for not tracking back or something.

There was a realisation though that he was so good that he shouldn’t be bothering himself with such orders.

942

Those who’ve won the holy trinity of World Cup, European Cup & Ballon D’or.

Lionel Messi
Gerd Muller
Zinedine Zidane
Bobby Charlton
Franz Beckenbauer
Ronaldinho
Rivaldo
Paolo Rossi
Kaka

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943

Paulo Rossi signed for the dead team? Shit, I missed that one. RIP.

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944

Came off the bench in 2003 CL final.

945

I had forgotten Pele was gone

946

What era of rules would this game be played in?
RIP Bobby Charlton
He were Jack’s brutha

947

He played for Milan? Didn’t know that

948

You know ball, stick Kyle Walker in there at right back and you have it, plus M’Bappe has to bench, Xavi and Iniesta is very marginal; Xavi took on a lot more, but Iniesta did it at tighter angles…very very tight…gun to head, I’d put them together and leave Modric bro…

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949

Bill Gates.

@glenshane will be delighted.

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951

The great Indian spin bowler Bishan Singh Bedi.

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