Ray Wilkins - RIP
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Pellshek
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Mail reporting Ray Wilkins has died.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sp...-aged-61-hospital-suffering-heart-attack.html
RIP Butch.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sp...-aged-61-hospital-suffering-heart-attack.html
RIP Butch.
Cavehillspur
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Terrible, very sad news.
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What a shock. I was listening to him last week going on about Chelsea on Talksport and getting mad at his Chelsea bias then a week later he's gone.
Terribly sad.
He was obviously a decent man and well liked by all that knew him.
Terribly sad.
He was obviously a decent man and well liked by all that knew him.
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But that's a debate for another thread.....
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I think that's what is most sad or hard to really take on board is that he was on talksport so recently. Yeah for sure he drove me mad a bit when he was being pro Chelsea but I will miss hearing him. I was re-watching Do I Not Like That, the documentary about Graham Taylor's reign as England manager last night and what struck me the most was what a really decent gentleman he was and I think that Ray Wilkins will be remembered the same.
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Very sad. Seemed like a top bloke and nobody had a bad word to say against him
Sideways football will never quite be the same again
RIP
Sideways football will never quite be the same again
RIP
Cavehillspur
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Loved his argument with that prick from the Sun earlier this season, Neil Custus (or was it Sean?) heard it live on Talksport at the time, really wound Custis up he was so rude to Wilkins too and he just remained calm. Seemed an absolute gent, will really miss him.
Edit: it was 11 months ago, crikey!
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...oal-manchester-united-free-kick-a7718946.html
Edit: it was 11 months ago, crikey!
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...oal-manchester-united-free-kick-a7718946.html
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He got sent off in a World Cup match against Morocco at the 1986 finals for throwing the ball at the referee, the first England player to ever be sent off in a World Cup match.
If that had happened these days there would have been ructions.
IIRC he was nicknamed 'the crab' because of his sideways passing but again, today he'd be ranked alongside Pirlo or something. He was a very very good player. I particularly enjoyed watching him play for QPR where his quality really stood out. RIP Ray
If that had happened these days there would have been ructions.
IIRC he was nicknamed 'the crab' because of his sideways passing but again, today he'd be ranked alongside Pirlo or something. He was a very very good player. I particularly enjoyed watching him play for QPR where his quality really stood out. RIP Ray
