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Week 51 update

One death this week, former West Ham, Spurs and Norwich midfielder, Martin Peters: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42371814

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Peters, like another West Ham legend of later years Sir Trevor Brooking, exerted his influence through speed of thought and natural ability as opposed to physical presence. He became known as 'The Ghost' for his ability to arrive undetected among heavy traffic in the penalty area to score.

He made his debut on Good Friday 1962 in a 4-1 win against Cardiff City and his first goal came in a 6-1 win at Manchester City the following September.

It was the start of a career that would bring him 100 goals in 364 games for West Ham as he settled into a pattern of performance and goalscoring that would define his style.

Greenwood's team was regarded as talented but fragile alongside the fierce competition offered by the likes of Manchester United, Everton, Liverpool, Leeds United and the north London giants Arsenal and Tottenham, but they still enjoyed moments of glory.

Amid that success there was disappointment for Peters, who was not included in the West Ham side that won the FA Cup final against Preston North End in 1964, victory being secured by Ronnie Boyce's last-minute winner.

There was to be consolation, of sorts, for Peters a year later when he was a key component of the team that won the European Cup Winners' Cup against 1860 Munich at Wembley, courtesy of two goals from Alan Sealey.

Peters continued to be one of the most significant members of a West Ham team that was pleasing on the eye, operating with characteristic stealth and intelligence, but short on success - his future glories were to come elsewhere.

Sounds like some player. He scored a fair amount of goals for a midfielder at each of his clubs. He had an unremarkable international career.

He died at 76, so he's worth 49 Base Points. He was a Solo Shot for @sleazy so he was worth an extra 50, plus the Deadly December bonus of extra Base Points. This makes him worth 148 all in, plus more if he ends up being the last death of the year. That Firing Squad Bonus doesn't look so bad now, does it?

As a result, the standings look like this:

1. alta-pete 760
2. Oooooft 728
3. chomp my root 601
4. sparky88 550
5. Ned Nederlander 545
6. Bishop Briggs 539
7. DBA 514
8. Once A Rover always a Rover 502
9. Indale Winton 456
10. The Naitch 455
11. JustOneCornetto 445
12. peasy23 417
13. Mark Connolly 399
14. cdisaaccie 378
15. Arabdownunder 375
=16. The DA, weirdcal 373
18. Savage Henry 371
19. Fuctifano 369
20. RadgerTheBadger 361
21. gingette 339
22. lichtgilphead 335
23. JamieStevenson 329
24. lolls 323
25. psv_killie 313
26. sleazy 312

27. Lex 309
28. Karpaty 307
29. Melanius Mullarkey 295
30. Miguel Sanchez 294

31. 10menwent2mow 276
32. Sweaty Morph 274
33. Meden89 264
34. qos_75 254
35. HI HAT 240
36. nessies long lost ghost 239
37. Ross. 233
38. Ziggy, gkneil 217
=39. Blootoon87, ICTJohnboy 213
41. Microdave 209
42. Bert Raccoon 206
=43. LoonsYouthTeam, choirbairn  201
45. statts1976uk 190
46. atfccfc 179
47. Willie adie 173
48. Arbroathlegend36-0 165

=49. Musketeer Gripweed, Sloop John B 152
51. Billy Jean King 145
52. Gareth_Glasgow 140

53. cambozpar 139
54. Ben Twilly 138
55. weejack 123
56. thisal 111
57. mathematics 109

=58. wellinwigan, BWAClyde 92
60. Lofarl 84
61. AyrTroopMajor 82
62. The Master 70

63. Bold Rover 69
64. Sergeant Wilson 49
=65.  killiefan27, Henderson to Deliver..., Kilbowie's Finest 46
68. expatowner, Aim Here 45
=69. Eednud, ToBeSomeone 36
71.  pub car king 30
72. MixuFixit 27

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ZERO POINTERS: 50/50 Winner, Consolidate, Dee_62, doulikefish, D.V.T., Flybhoy, JTS98, pawpar, RussellAnderson, Salvo Montalbano, Shotgun, shuggz, Speckled Tangerine, weemac

 

The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NlaNlT-7ZGlQGqszGFfBb49tVzFpWITUAR7BUjApJUc/edit?usp=sharing

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7 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

Week 51 update

One death this week, former West Ham, Spurs and Norwich midfielder, Martin Peters: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42371814

Sounds like some player. He scored a fair amount of goals for a midfielder at each of his clubs. He had an unremarkable international career.

 

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10 minutes ago, The Naitch said:

So many puns, so little time...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50896206

Ram Dass, spiritual guide and pioneer of the US psychedelic movement, dead at 88.

Puns aside, that's some massive facial asymmetry going on in that picture. I did a google image search and his other photographs don't have that freaky 'right side of the face is about 4 inches closer to you than the left side' effect so it's an interesting photo for the BBC News department to choose.

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46 minutes ago, The Naitch said:

So many puns, so little time...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50896206

Ram Dass, spiritual guide and pioneer of the US psychedelic movement, dead at 88.

I think one of his bad acid trips has reincarnated as vartex in '5 things u hate in hell' currently in GN.

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