[NSC] 10yrs tomorrow since Gary Speed passed

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dale jasper football guru

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Jan 14, 2008

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Windsor ontario

• Nov 26, 2021

• #1

Tomorrows game marks 10yrs since Gary Speed passed …..sure we can join the Leeds fans in remembering a great player and what seemed to be and even better person . Puts it all into perspective and how quickly did that time pass

RIP Gary Speed ️

 

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GREASED WEASEL

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Dec 10, 2017

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• Nov 26, 2021

• #2

Yes,indeed

There's a piece on the BBC website

 

B-right-on

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Shoreham Beaaaach

• Nov 26, 2021

• #3

Blimey. Still clearly remember the shock of the news.

I remember when I was a kid my grandparents saying that the older you get, the quicker time goes by.

So true.

 

vegster

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May 5, 2008

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• Nov 26, 2021

• #4

Absolutely tragic,so sad that he could not cope and, so sad he could not reach out for help. RIP

 

Pavilionaire

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• Nov 26, 2021

• #5

What a super player he was. 10 years on and he is still missed.

 

Poojah

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• Nov 26, 2021

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vegster said:

Absolutely tragic,so sad that he could not cope and, so sad he could not reach out for help. RIP

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I think one of the saddest things about his death is that it was considered likely that he was not genuinely suicidal and had not really intended to take his own life. One mooted possibility was that he placed a ligature around his neck for dramatic effect expecting his wife to find him, then drunkenly fell asleep when she failed to do so (having fallen asleep herself).

The never really knowing must be agony in itself for his family. RIP.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/jan/30/gary-speed-taking-life-inquest

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gary-speed-hanged-himself-accident-658905