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[Football] Jim Smith - The bald eagle RIP
- Thread starter Paris
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One of the good guys
Normal Rob
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Part of my football childhood. As said previously, one of the good guys. RIP.
Stumpy Tim
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That makes me a little sad
Miami Seagull
Grandad
Along with Ron Saunders in the same week. Very sad, stalwarts of football back in the day. RIP to them both.
mikeyjh
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Sad sad day - Such a fantastic bloke and architect of a great Derby team in my formative years. Taken by that b*****d of a disease that I've mentioned elsewhere. Shite day.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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RIP The Bald Eagle, one of the enduring characters of football management for 30-odd years.
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
I always remember at the end of the 1992 season, Portsmouth played at Hastings in a testimonial. Barring Darren Anderton, who was predictably injured, Jim Smith brought the entire Portsmouth 1st team squad along who'd lost in the FA Cup semi final replay at Villa Park on penalties to Liverpool a few weeks before, including Guy Butters and Warren Aspinall. There were no airs and graces and everyone, including him, signed autographs for everyone who wanted one. A top guy. RIP.
(I've still got the programme and the match finished Sussex 5-2 Hampshire)
(I've still got the programme and the match finished Sussex 5-2 Hampshire)
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Exactly...as someone said with Ron S going too....and then on the bbc website you have news of an England Women’s international rugby league player dieing suddenly at the young age of 29 ..leaving a young daughter
Mr Putdown
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Hampshire?
atfc village
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A great Shots man RIP
Good manager - RIP
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AmexRuislip
Trainee Spy 🕵️♂️
I was there at that match.
I used to play football with Steve Willard and Terry White, both had very good left feet
John Byrnes Mullet
Global Circumnavigator
Great Manager and very good friend of Harry Redknapp. RIP Jim Smith
Perfidious Albion
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A genuine football man and a real old fashioned manager, before the era of fancy foreign coaches.
RIP Jim, you gave us a lot
RIP Jim, you gave us a lot
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
This. A great football guy was Jim.
SK1NT
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over a decade later i still have the Harry and Jim chant in my head sung by the pompey fans from the brighton portsmouth games.... back in the early mid 2000s
RIP
RIP
