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Title: Alan Ball - RIP Post by: kinboshi on April 25, 2007, 10:00:03 AM World Cup winner Alan Ball has died of a heart attack at the age of 61.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6590715.stm RIP. :( Title: Re: Alan Ball - RIP Post by: Graham C on April 25, 2007, 10:03:31 AM Been listening to some tributes on the radio this morning,
Sad news indeed Title: Re: Alan Ball - RIP Post by: Colchester Kev on April 25, 2007, 10:55:42 AM Shocking news .... very sad.
Title: Re: Alan Ball - RIP Post by: boldie on April 25, 2007, 11:35:31 AM Great player and seemed all round nice bloke RIP.
Title: Re: Alan Ball - RIP Post by: Geo the Sarge on April 25, 2007, 01:30:13 PM Great player and seemed all round nice bloke RIP. Agreed, a sad day. Whilst everyone else chose to be Georgie Best when playing football as a youngster, I always chose to be Alan Ball. Loved the way he played the game, no nonsense and with some skill. Geo Title: Re: Alan Ball - RIP Post by: BigTomatoes on April 25, 2007, 03:34:46 PM I remember years ago meeting Alan Ball in a pub in Ireland after a Pro-Am golf tournament. he was standing by our table talking to someone and my aunt said to him '' i know who you are! your that famous footballer.'' and just as his pigeon chest expanded , she said '' your Jimmy Nicholl arent you ! '' he wasnt best pleased but he was good company and in good humour after that initial introduction rotflmfao rest in peace wee fella Title: Re: Alan Ball - RIP Post by: The Baron on April 25, 2007, 05:27:02 PM Saw him give Gerrard the Player of the Year award last season and he looked very good for 60.
A terrible shock. Great player, nice guy. Title: Re: Alan Ball - RIP Post by: Indestructable on April 25, 2007, 08:19:37 PM Sad news. Have to be honest in that as a City fan I had mixed views on his time with us, but he genuinely used this story in his after dinner speeches:
"I was walking along a street near Maine Road and I saw an old lady carrying loads of shopping bags and she was struggling a bit. I went up and asked her if she could manage? She replied better than you my love!" You have to admire someone that can have a joke like this about himself. ;applause; Sad loss at only 61. Title: Re: Alan Ball - RIP Post by: Delboy on April 26, 2007, 09:41:41 PM very sad news indeed
Title: Re: Alan Ball - RIP Post by: amcgrath1uk on April 26, 2007, 10:34:23 PM Sad news. Have to be honest in that as a City fan I had mixed views on his time with us, but he genuinely used this story in his after dinner speeches: "I was walking along a street near Maine Road and I saw an old lady carrying loads of shopping bags and she was struggling a bit. I went up and asked her if she could manage? She replied better than you my love!" You have to admire someone that can have a joke like this about himself. ;applause; Sad loss at only 61. I'm in a pretty similar area to your good self about this Who's other set of fans could take one of the better songs of the 90s and insert into it a manager they didnt particularly like!! Or in fact sing Alan Ball's a football genius when 6-0 down Classic He will be sadly missed |