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AD2100 Lewis Dunk RIP. 850 appearances and 2 PL titles with the Albion, not forgetting 37 own goals. With medical advances, I hope to make the send off at the Amex Nou, our 82,500 facility.

Because the best English and Scottish club players were special. Technically good, but with a mentality unmatched on the continent. Add in some of the greatest managers in the history of the game - Stein, Busby, Shankly, Clough, Paisley. With other european trophies picked by high quality...

Kevin Beattie deserves the acolades and farewells. A great Ipswich and England player, from an era of players still close to their adoring fans.

There's a similar story where some thugs were about to beat up an Arsenal player, it might've been Ray Parlour, when Steve Bould appeared. Back in the day a menacing presence, he made mince meat of the instigators.

BBC reported that he lived in a council owned bungalow, where he'd always cared for his wife who had MS. What a contrast to today's millionaires, living in garish mansions in Cheshire and the Home Counties.

Same here. Our secondary school used to take a couple of coach loads up for midweek England matches in the late 70's. This was my first and Beattie was in the team, against the brilliant Dutch. Beattie was worthy of his place. I see the brilliant Paul Madeley is in there, who also passed...

A quality player in that brilliant Bobby Robson team, who for many seasons were far better than a large clutch of buy-success clubs. Capped for England too. RIP. Taken too young.