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Sir Bobby Robson has died

inspector_monkfish
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ntg to do with economics - but very sad news.

brings back fond memories of Italia '90
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  • chucky
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    very sad news, he was a good man - RIP
  • Browntoa
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    looked very frail last week at the Bobby Robson Charity

    http://www.sportinglife.com/football/international/england/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/09/07/26/SOCCER_Robson_Nightlead.html&TEAMHD=england

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  • greggymagic
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    Sad news

    One of the best England Managers of the last 30 years!
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  • koexelek
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    Regardless of who they support, no football fans ever have a bad word to say about him. That is a mark of the man.

    A true gent, and one of the last great football men.
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  • mr.broderick
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    Yes not many people gain the respect of alex ferguson but I always felt Fergie respected him more than anyone else.
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    mr.broderick wrote: »
    Yes not many people gain the respect of alex ferguson but I always felt Fergie respected him more than anyone else.

    And as a Scot, the fact that there is no living Englishman to have managed a champions league team must please him.
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  • mr.broderick
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    Manchester United manager Fergusonspacer.gif said in a statement released by the League Managers' Association: "I was never too big or proud to ask him for advice which he gave freely and unconditionally. And I'm sure I am speaking for a lot of people when I say that.
    "In my 23 years working in England there is not a person I would put an inch above Bobby Robson. I mourn the passing of a great friend; a wonderful individual; a tremendous football man and somebody with passion and knowledge of the game that was unsurpassed.
    "His character was hewn out of the coal face; developed by the Durham County mining background that he came from.
    "His parents instilled in him the discipline and standards which forged the character of a genuinely colossal human being. He added his own qualities to that which then he passed on to his sons.
    "The strength and courage he showed over the past couple of years when battling against his fifth bout of cancer was indescribable. Always a smile; always a friendly word with never a mention of his own problems.
    "The world, not just the football world, will miss him. Let's hope it won't be long before another like him turns up because we could never get enough of them."
  • prowla
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    I remember when the press turned against him at the end of his England reign; I could never understand that, as I though he'd done a pretty good job.
  • ad9898_3
    ad9898_3 Posts: 3,858 Forumite
    mr.broderick wrote: »
    Yes not many people gain the respect of alex ferguson but I always felt Fergie respected him more than anyone else.

    It shows what Fergie thought of him when he presented him with the award on Sports Personality of the Year in 2007, Fergie won't even talk to the BBC, yet he came along that night to present the award, a great man and not just in football, Italia 90 was edge of your seat stuff.
  • cyclingyorkie
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    a sad day for football - he was a gentle man who had time for everyone!
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