Celebrity Deaths 2023

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922

Must have been tough after Munich air disaster.

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923

He nearly died! Mental stuff.

924

Played in the FA Cup final 3 months later!

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925

It is just beyond comprehension how United went on to win the European Cup a decade later. To have what could have been United’s greatest ever team decimated like that but recover against all adversity.

Definitely one of the greatest to ever play the game. RIP.

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926

I’m not a Man Utd fan but that whole period was just legendary really.

Throw Best into the mix then later on.

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927

The legendary Syd Wallace also in that photo.

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928

Charlton looking unfit for the Irish climate.

929

Funnily enough Johnny Giles was only on the radio Thursday night saying he was a football genius but thick as a ditch. You got the impression Giles hadn’t much time for him as a person

930

Al Finucane there in the front?

931

Gilesey wasn’t wanted at United

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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.