Portuguese legend Eusebio.
RIP.
Legend for sure.
"His 9 goals in the World Cup of 1966 made him famous around the world. Inter Milan tried to buy him, offering to pay 40 times his salary at Benfica and getting Eusebio's wife to sign a contract as his proxy. The deal was scotched however by Portugal's ruler, Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, who forbade him from playing abroad.
In 715 games with Benfica over 15 years Eusebio scored 727 goals and won 11 league titles."
- UK Telegraph.
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
1996 World Cup?
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
Pete Seeger folk singer.
Wrote/sung Where have all the Flowers gone, Turn Turn Turn, Good Night Irene and others
This is one for the older generation to remember.
RIP Pete
Luis Aragones..
Brilliant manager who oversaw the start of unprecedented success from the Spanish national team.
Three for me, and two for them.
Maximilian Schell - Guys of a certain age on here will know this actor because he was always the civilized German in many films, he gave a different perspective on the usual Stero-type of the German soldier, he gave them humanity. You always felt he wanted to be lying on a beach or with his family rather than fighting the "damn war', but he was a professional. He was in some great films but the best are for me:
Cross of Iron
A Bridge too Far
I got you Schell you always added depth to a role. Ahh I can see you causally waving around a Luger or grabbing a Schmeisser facing certain death in a bunker with dust in your hair and blood on your cheek.
Edit - it was always best watching a 'war" movie when the baddies were proper "Germans".
Maximilian Schell - Guys of a certain age on here will know this actor because he was always the civilized German in many films, he gave a different perspective on the usual Stero-type of the German soldier, he gave them humanity. You always felt he wanted to be lying on a beach or with his family rather than fighting the "damn war', but he was a professional. He was in some great films but the best are for me:
Cross of Iron
A Bridge too Far
I got you Schell you always added depth to a role. Ahh I can see you causally waving around a Luger or grabbing a Schmeisser facing certain death in a bunker with dust in your hair and blood on your cheek.
Edit - it was always best watching a 'war" movie when the baddies were proper "Germans".
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
+1 A Bridge Too Far.
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
Tony Hateley RIP
A top striker.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
Effing brilliant as Truman Capote. 46. Waste.
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
He looked lived in. Thought he was well over 46.
Yeah was surprised to hear he was 46.
Loved Before the Devil Knows You're Dead! Some amazing supporting roles too, Lebowski, Mr Ripley, Boogie Nights and Almost Famous.
RIP
Tony Hateley RIP
A top striker.
Playing career:
| Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Notts County | 131 | (77) |
| Aston Villa | 127 | (68) |
| Chelsea | 27 | (6) |
| Liverpool | 56 | (28) |
| Coventry City | 17 | (4) |
| Birmingham City | 28 | (6) |
| Notts County | 57 | (32) |
| Oldham Athletic | 5 | (1) |
| Boston Minutemen | 3 | (0) |
| Bromsgrove Rovers |
Shirley Temple caught the good ship lollipop to heaven today. Aged 85
Shirley Temple caught the good ship lollipop to heaven today. Aged 85
Wasn't she also the US ambassador to the UN for a while?
Shirley Temple caught the good ship lollipop to heaven today. Aged 85
Lived most of her life in the States, but I think she was British by birth, could be corrected on that.
RIP Shirley
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
Tony Hateley RIP
A top striker.
Trolling thru just noticed this, but, and I think my memory serves me correctly, Hateley was the first player player ever to be transfered for one hundred thousand pounds, not sure what club bought him but Chelsea seems to ring a bell.
By todays standards I dont know how that compares.
Was your typical old fashioned centre foward from what I remember.
Anyway RIP Tony
Very effective in the air, not so good on the ground. After suffering a head injury, Liverpool's physio told manager Bill Shankly, "He doesn't know who he is," to which Shankly responded "Tell him he's Pele."
And after being sold to Chelsea, new manager Tommy Docherty said to Shankly "You've got to admit, Bill, he was good in the air." To which Shankly again responded "So was Douglas Bader. And he had a wooden leg."
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
Tom Finney RIP
He was a legend.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
Tom Finney RIP
He was a legend.
More than a legend more an "Immortal"
RIP Tom
'The Preston plumber' .... Preston NE - "A plumber and ten drips."
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
Bob Casale - founding member of Devo.
Those in the know know that Devo had a lot more aces up their sleeve than just "Whip It".
Bob Casale - founding member of Devo.
Those in the know know that Devo had a lot more aces up their sleeve than just "Whip It".
Poor man's Body Electric ?
(That is for banter purposes, not denigrate the greatness that was Devo).
Bob Casale - founding member of Devo.
Those in the know know that Devo had a lot more aces up their sleeve than just "Whip It".
Poor man's Body Electric ?
(That is for banter purposes, not denigrate the greatness that was Devo).
Hmmm, yes. The Body Electric vs Devo. Let me think about that for a millisecond.
(That is for banter purposes, not to denigrate the greatness that was The Body Electric - "electrodes, electrodes"!)
Ah, the Bee Hive hats!
Certainly, Groundhog Day is one of my favourites.
Tony Benn - Great speaker, writer, statesman, anti-war activist, a real politician who stood by what he believed. Used to see him at a few CND marches back in the early 80's.
RIP Frank Oliver, great servant to Manawatu & New Zealand rugby.
RIP Frank.
A huge loss.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
Regarding Frank. I was drinking in the same bar as he was about 10 years ago in Palmerston North, on leaving and walking up the road we got talking about him . My friend was totally in awe of Frank, being a true Rugby-Head, but being drunk and foolish I said something like "He don't look that tough to me, I'll go and give him a kiss" and off I ran.
Luckily I got heldback/restrained before I could carry out my intentions. In hindsight I don't think my affection was what Frank wanted that night and he would no doubt have made that very clear.
RIP Frank Oliver
Mickey Duff, aged 84, UK boxing promoter. Frank Bruno his star act.
"In 1964, in partnership with entrepreneur Jarvis Astaire (some name that!), he opened the Anglo-American Sporting Club at the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane, topping the bill with Sugar Ray Robinson. The Kray twins demanded seats to the bout, and after Duff refused, his wife received a package containing a dead rat."
- UK Telegraph.
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
