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Pete’s Picture Palace Forum Moderator
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 6:24 pm
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Sad news today, aged 71, the legendary Gary Sprake is no more. I guess we all have stories to tell, be it, for example, clangers dropped or left hooks thrown, but nearly 400 league games in the mix with 37 Welsh caps. He must have been a pretty good keeper!
RIP Gary and thanks for the memories. |
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Auchinleckian Forum Moderator
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 6:44 pm
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So sad, and as you say, so many memories - not least of which was the Kop singing out the song "Careless hands" after another well documented error led to a Liverpool goal in the 1960s. A very athletic keeper, he was error prone, but his good qualities obviously outweighed the odd slip up. |
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Westwardprogs
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 6:55 pm
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Did you realise that Gary came from the same village in South Wales as Jack Kelsey?
Winch Wen, on the western outskirts of Swansea.
That is some coincidence - such a small community producing two such good international keepers! |
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goonerboy
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 10:07 pm
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One of those iconic players when I was growing up.
Later on didn't he spill the beans on Revie's bribery antics ? |
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derby1884 Forum Moderator
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:37 pm
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Just read this.
Gary Sprake, Bowie, Prince Buster, Paul Kantner, Gene Wilder, Ronnie Corbett, Terry Wogan etc etc. All names I grew up with.
I don't know about the rest of you but it certainly brings it home to me how bloody short life is.
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Cantona93
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:15 am
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You forgot to include Hilda Ogden in that list |
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Five and In
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 7:45 am
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Part of that Leeds side that everybody hated, but admired at the same time.
It's a pity that the only footage Sky dug out was a clip of him walking up his garden path and not a great save.
It's been a terrible year for losing legends and this is another one.
RIP Gary. |
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NWM Football
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:56 am
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Of course Sky wouldn't have any actual footage of him playing.
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Jim LFC
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:08 am
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NWM Football wrote: |
Didn't you know that they were solely responsible for inventing football as recently as 1992 and anything before that was irrelevant ? |
I'm often reminded of this when discussing European Cups and First Division Championships with my learned local rivals.....
RIP Gary |
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