The DA Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 6 hours ago, The_Kincardine said: Did many pine for him? Now that he's dead and cone? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 (edited) Week 23 update Sobering football deaths from differing points in the professional's life. In addition to the 49 year old Justin Edinburgh mentioned above, this week saw the death of former UEFA president Lennart Johansson: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jun/06/lennart-johansson-obituary Quote Lennart Johansson, who has died aged 89, was president of Uefa, the European football association, for 17 years, from 1990 to 2007, during which time he oversaw its growth from an organisation with seven employees and a tiny annual turnover into one that employed 200 people and controlled vast riches. He regarded his greatest achievement there as being the transformation of the European Cup – which previously involved just the champions of each European league – into the Champions League, which took in many more of the top teams and generated far greater revenue. He was also at the helm when Uefa had to deal with the 1995 Bosman ruling, which belatedly brought freedom of contract into football. Widely seen as a man who wanted to keep football close to its grass roots, even though he was responsible for bringing huge amounts of money into the game, he complained after Bosman that players’ salaries had spiralled out of control, and regretted the fact that big European clubs had switched to buying ready-made stars rather than developing their own youngsters. Johansson’s period at Uefa was regarded as sound and honest, and as a respected and trusted figure in European football he was the clear favourite to become president of world football’s governing body, Fifa, when he stood for election in 1998. However, to general surprise and some consternation, he was beaten by Sepp Blatter, at that point Fifa’s general secretary. I find it interesting reading about someone who was focused on grass roots football and was by all accounts a typical Swede - quiet, understated and grounded - was also responsible for the creation of the Champions League. Even with that in mind, it's interesting to think where football would be now if Sepp Blatter hadn't beaten him to FIFA president in 1998. Either way, he was picked twice, by @choirbairn and @Ziggy. He died at 89 for 36 Base Points, which when added to the Deadly Duo bonus of 25 gives 61 points. The standings now look like this: 1. alta-pete 448 2. Oooooft 411 3. Ned Nederlander 3974. sparky88 3285. DBA 2826. chomp my root 2217. Bishop Briggs 207 8. Lex 1869. Once a Rover always a Rover 15110. cdisaaccie, peasy23, The Naitch 140 11. Savage Henry 137 12. ICTJohnboy 118 13. Musketeer Gripweed 10614. gingette, Ziggy 105 15. JustOneCornetto 101 16. Ben Twilly 93 17. wellinwigan 92 18. ICTJohnboy 91 19. Sweaty Morph 89 20. Miguel Sanchez 84 21. 10menwent2mow 8222. LoonsYouthTeam 78 23. HI HAT 76 24. Karpaty 7325. Indale Winton, lichtgilphead, qos_75 70 26. Bold Rover, Ross. 69 27. Melanius Mullarkey 65 28. choirbairn 61 29. Lofarl 54 30. Blootoon87, Sergeant Wilson 49 31. JamieStevenson, killiefan27, psv_killie, RadgerTheBadger, Willie adie 46 32. The DA 44 33. Arabdownunder, Bert Raccoon, Eedned, Fuctifano, ToBeSomeone 36 34. atfccfc, cambozpar, mathematics, MixuFixit, statts1976uk 2735. Everyone else 0 The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NlaNlT-7ZGlQGqszGFfBb49tVzFpWITUAR7BUjApJUc/edit?usp=sharing Edited June 12, 2019 by Miguel Sanchez 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 9 hours ago, The_Kincardine said: Did many pine for him? I wouldn't know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 9 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Week 23 update l and was by all accounts a typical Swede Not that you're one to generalise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 13 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: land was by all accounts a typical Swede - well, that's a turnip for the books... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 On 09/06/2019 at 01:28, tamthebam said: Didn't he have a nickname like "Newcraighall" or something? Wasn't that Craig Millar? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) Potential drama as one of Oooooft's picks, racing car designer Robin Herd, died last week: https://www.goodwood.com/grr/race/historic/2019/6/march-co-founder-robin-herd-dies/ No national obituary yet, and it looks like there won't be one. I'll still be keeping an eye out, though. Edited June 11, 2019 by Miguel Sanchez 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Potential drama as one of Oooooft's picks, racing car designer Robin Herd, died last week: https://www.goodwood.com/grr/race/historic/2019/6/march-co-founder-robin-herd-dies/ No national obituary yet, and it looks like there won't be one. I'll still be keeping and eye out, though.Minor celebrities should be banned. The hypocrisy of the Guardian is ridiculous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 One of my solo picks from last year, Gabriele Grunewald has passed away at only 32 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/48605951. RIP. I left her off this year's list at the last minute. She would have been worth 143 points! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sureiknow Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Philomena Lynott Mother of Phil Lynott dead aged 88. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, sureiknow said: Philomena Lynott Mother of Phil Lynott dead aged 88. Is there a Killer on the Loose? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 She didn't have far to go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 Someone's changed the title of the thread. @Cardinal Richelieu? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 7 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Someone's changed the title of the thread. @Cardinal Richelieu? Well it wasn't me! Why don't you change it back? If you get me to do it, I'll only change it to something "hilarious". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 21 hours ago, sureiknow said: Philomena Lynott Mother of Phil Lynott dead aged 88. More than just Whisky in the Jar soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 George Alagiah is back for more cancer treatment: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48625899 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 On 6/12/2019 at 21:23, sureiknow said: Philomena Lynott Mother of Phil Lynott dead aged 88. Sad about this one. I've been across to Dublin a few times over the years for the memorial gig they do annually for Phil Lynott and met her a couple of times - cracking old woman who genuinely seemed to see her son's fans as an extended family. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee_62 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Britain’s oldest person dies...again. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-48631418 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 FFS, that's no age. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Last August Grace Jones. Some name. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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