R.I.P Terry Venables

[kmk]

He has Alzheimer’s according to this tweet. ?

 

[Tucker]

It’s such a shame, it’s a horrible condition.

 

[Delboy75]

That’s a massive shame one of my favourite ever characters in football. Fantastically stereotypical wideboy.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Awful disease, such a shame.

 

[qqq1]

It's a horrible disease that ends up affecting the whole family. Best wishes to Terry and his family.

 

[WannaDanceWithUdogie]

I did wonder why he was absent from the whole Euro-96 nostalgia fest during the summer, what a shame. Too young to have watched him be involved in the club but he seemed a top man

 

[ShelfWatcher]

Sad news, remember Terry well as a player, part of our 67 cup winners

 

[Nice One Cyril]

My sister in law, contracted alzheimers in her fifties... When she died she didn't recognise any of her 4 children or that her husband had died. Tragic disease, in so many ways. Love to Terry and his family.

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

Not going to repeat what others have said. Was great for us, was great for England, was great full stop!

We've seen Greavsie literally wilt away before our eyes & now this.

Seems life has a way of making the best people end up with the worst things possible.

I fucking hate this world sometimes.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

I won’t link as it’s the Sun and I don’t want you to all feel as dirty as I now do, but these comments are from him in worker regarding the Beeb paying out on account of Martin Bashir being a whelp, so unless it’s a PR company on his behalf, hopefully he’s not too far gone with this horrible disease:


Venables said: “I am delighted that the BBC are reaching settlements with various injured parties – that’s the very least they can do.

“It begs the question of who else has suffered from the duplicitous journalistic tactics that appear to have been commonplace then.”

 

[southlondonyiddo]

I won’t link as it’s the Sun and I don’t want you to all feel as dirty as I now do, but these comments are from him in worker regarding the Been paying out on account of Martin Bashir being a whelp, so unless it’s a PR company on his behalf, hopefully he’s not too far gone with this horrible disease:


Venables said: “I am delighted that the BBC are reaching settlements with various injured parties – that’s the very least they can do.

“It begs the question of who else has suffered from the duplicitous journalistic tactics that appear to have been commonplace then.”

Sounds like Norman knows his onions

El Tel was larger than life for years and years, then pretty much fell off the face of the earth

Top player, manager & a really sharp character

Terrible disease

 

[Nice One Cyril]

Not going to repeat what others have said. Was great for us, was great for England, was great full stop!

We've seen Greavsie literally wilt away before our eyes & now this.

Seems life has a way of making the best people end up with the worst things possible.

I fucking hate this world sometimes.

I think we all feel this way sometimes... Good to have space to express it... SC at its best.

 

[Spurslove]

Sounds like Norman knows his onions

El Tel was larger than life for years and years, then pretty much fell off the face of the earth

Top player, manager & a really sharp character

Terrible disease

Absolutely, and so many of the players he coached in his career would say he was the greatest coach they'd ever worked under. Alzheimers, what a bastard.

 

[danielneeds]

A fantastic manager, by all accounts a lovely guy, but also had a fondness for dodgy dealings and putting his hand in the till while at the club. Alzheimer’s is the saddest of all diseases and I feel for his family as much as him.

 

[gavspur]

The last manager to win us the FA Cup. Still one of my fave Spurs memories, if not the actual final, then certainly the actual cup run that year. ? Tel.

 

[Metalhead]

He has Alzheimer’s according to this tweet. ?

That's sad. Seems to be getting quite common amongst a certain generation of footballers. Obviously Joe Kinnear was recently diagnosed.

 

[dondo]

That's sad. Seems to be getting quite common amongst a certain generation of footballers. Obviously Joe Kinnear was recently diagnosed.

Sad if true. The guy who tweeted this doesn’t seem to have much of a clue about Alzheimer’s though. TV would probably remember most memories from years ago but not remember what happened 5 minutes ago

 

[wizgell]

Sad if true. The guy who tweeted this doesn’t seem to have much of a clue about Alzheimer’s though. TV would probably remember most memories from years ago but not remember what happened 5 minutes ago

Normal Giller is quite well linked to players from that era I believe, so I guess he would know how TV is.

 

[Led's Zeppelin]

Sad if true. The guy who tweeted this doesn’t seem to have much of a clue about Alzheimer’s though. TV would probably remember most memories from years ago but not remember what happened 5 minutes ago

Horrible,, awful thing. It really does depend on how advanced the condition is. If it is severe, there's every chance he wouldn't remember much from years back. My Dad couldn't remember whether he had a brother or not despite having been close all their long lives. It wrecks everything.

I hope I'm wrong in Terry's case.

 

[ernie78]

This is sad, I’ve had quite a few family members affected by this over the last few years. A very cruel disease.

Terry’s is one of the first autographs I ever got. My Dad and I used to get down to WHL early to try and get autographs before a game. I was extremely shy about approaching Terry but he spotted me, came over and said something along the lines of “Well I’ll have to come over to you then won’t I?” He then had a brief chat with my Dad before encouraging me to go and go and see some of the players who had just arrived in the car park, pointing to them, shouting their name and gesturing for them to sign my book.
I think the fact he was so friendly made my Dad’s day as much as it did mine.