lovejoy Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 real shame, he always spoke so highly of everyone. sorry. r.i.p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 RIP, real shock and shame Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 RIP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 dont think anyone has cottoned on to my 'joke' yet. he always spoke so highly of everyone. boom boom. (im going to burn in hell) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes1986 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 RIP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 dont think anyone has cottoned on to my 'joke' yet. he always spoke so highly of everyone. boom boom. (im going to burn in hell) No no. I got there first with a far worse one than that. I burn first. You'll probably just get slightly sindged Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kenton Magpie Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 God bless the wee man R.I.P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 RIP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 A great footballer who played because he loved the game, not because of what he could take out of it. RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 3-1 NYD Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 RIP to one of the boys of '66, I have a distant memory of him playing for the Arse @ SJP on a sunny autumn day in the early 70's. I think that Barnett was in goal for them instead of Bob Wilson and that we won 2-0. Anyone able to clarify this for me? Gannin' to Glasters this year? Aye! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkwdavis2001 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 All the best mate; you've done something the current or future crop of England players will probably never achieve; Rest In Peace Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 yesterday he was ginger,today he is flame haired(bbc news). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 An old episode of Bobby Charlton's Football Scrapbook with Ball on is on SS1 now showing an old Arsenal-Man U match. Didn't realise Mick Martin played for Man Utd! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Just reading this good piece on BBC Sport: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A22059461 I'd never realised he was that good, I only ever knew him as the squeaky voiced fella who was a bit of a rubbish manager. RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alan Shearer 9 Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 shocking, didn't hear this. RIP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE5 Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 RIP. A key part of the greatest occasion in English football. Incidentally, how many of the World Cup winning team/squad have died now ? Are Bally and Bobby Moore the only 2 ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 RIP. A key part of the greatest occasion in English football. Incidentally, how many of the World Cup winning team/squad have died now ? Are Bally and Bobby Moore the only 2 ? Yeah I think Ball was only the second off that team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE5 Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 RIP. A key part of the greatest occasion in English football. Incidentally, how many of the World Cup winning team/squad have died now ? Are Bally and Bobby Moore the only 2 ? Yeah I think Ball was only the second off that team. And if I'm not mistaken, he was the youngest player in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Yep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Just reading this good piece on BBC Sport: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A22059461 I'd never realised he was that good, I only ever knew him as the squeaky voiced fella who was a bit of a rubbish manager. RIP. By the standards of his time, he was a good player. His work rate was phenomenal. I think he'd have struggled with the more technical demands of the Premiership though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1878 Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Just reading this good piece on BBC Sport: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A22059461 I'd never realised he was that good, I only ever knew him as the squeaky voiced fella who was a bit of a rubbish manager. RIP. By the standards of his time, he was a good player. His work rate was phenomenal. I think he'd have struggled with the more technical demands of the Premiership though. He was more than just good, one of the best of his generation. He wasn't just about workrate either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gemmill Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 Don't know if anyone else heard it, but Lawrie McMenemy was on the radio yesterday being interviewed at the funeral, when he came out with this gem: "It's been an emotional day. I've seen men that would never shy away from a tackle sob their hearts out today. Men like Tommy Smith who wasn't afraid to cry.....like Alan....Alan wasn't afraid to cry either. Or to kiss a man on the lips and tell him he loved him." Fuck me, I bet that's how he would want to be remembered, Lawrie. Nice one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 I remember Ball as another Craig bellamy TBH - always whining, pretty dirty, not one of the wrolds greatest............ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 I remember Ball as another Craig bellamy TBH - always whining, pretty dirty, not one of the wrolds greatest............ Harsh but true. Perhaps I wasn't right to say he would struggle in today's Premiership, but he wouldn't make the top four clubs or the England side. Alan wasn't afraid to cry either. Or to kiss a man on the lips and tell him he loved him." Which would explain the squeaky voice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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