RIP Alan Ball

[RedJedi]

I know he was a blue but he was a legend

RIP

YNWA

[lfc4ever]

Fukkin hell, such enthusiasm for the game, squeeky voiced little geezer too.

Shocked, a great no doubt, will be sadly missed.

RIP, and may he play many more games with the great Sir Alf & Bobby Moore.

[Rocket]

why can't i find this story anywhere?

[Eth]

why can't i find this story anywhere?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6590715.stm

World Cup winner Alan Ball has died of a heart attack at the age of 61.
Ball was a key member of the England side that won the World Cup in 1966 and went on to win 72 caps for his country.

He started his career at Blackpool and went on to play for Everton, Arsenal and Southampton before a playing spell in the United States of America.

He also managed seven clubs over a 19-year period, including two spells with Portsmouth as well as Southampton and Manchester City.


RIP

[Fagan]

R.I.P Alan, Had a lot of time and respect for you as Exeter city manager.

[Guest]

I was quite shocked when I saw that. He was still young at 61.

RIP

[Slim]

Only 61. That's no age these days.

RIP Alan.

[Parm]

Rip

[ronan]

only 61?
RIP
great great man.

[mick the click]

Bit of a shock to the system that. Horrible. Respect.

[redheart]

So farewell then....
ginger warrior of 1966 and all that.

You will be sadly missed.

[KK07]

RIP :handshake:

[AFII]

Rest In Peace

[jonesie]

RIP Alan Ball. I'm too young to have ever seen him play but you could tell how enthusiastic he was about the game.

[Shaggy]

RIP Squeaky.

[animal magic]

RIP Alan Ball

[JRG]

RIP Alan Ball

[Howard_lfc]

A real football man who never lost touch with the man in the street.

Will be sadly missed.

RIP Bally.

[PTP]

Shocked -

RIP Alan Ball - Legend :rock:

[JRG]

Didn't like the Alan Ball boots though. (a comment for the more mature posters on the site)

RIP

[Gaz]

Rip

Ynwa

[Mumsafan]

RIP Alan - YNWA

[Tee]

Sad news. RIP.

[Helios Creed]

I saw him once in a pub in Chandlers Ford (where's Neil Young?).. or rather I heard him first.

There's not many of the '66 team left are there?

[Mumsafan]

Just the annoying ones mainly

[maverick]

I hope the minutes silence tonight is respected

[Maestro]

Rip. :(

[Mumsafan]

I hope the minutes silence tonight is respected

I did worry that the section of our fans who sing "we're not english we are scouse " all the time might disrupt it

[Maestro]

There's not many of the '66 team left are there?

According to the BBC article, he's only the second one to go, after Bobby Moore.

[Mumsafan]

Ramsay

[Los Rojos]

That's a shock.

I always liked Alan Ball - didn't see much of him as a player (I think he was coming to the end at Southampton when I started to get interested as a nipper), but I liked his honesty and integrity when talking about the game in the media.

RIP Alan- YNWA.

[Dhav]

For some reason I just remember him as the man who handed Steven Gerrard the PFA trophy and in doing so acclaimed him as the best midfielder in Europe.

Top man, sorry to seem him go at quite a young age.

[leftpeg]

Rest In Peace, Alan.

[cobain]

Rip

[Red_Polo]

We gave him a warm round of applause at the game tonight.

[Revo]

fucking loved sqeekie as a player. very sad for his family and im sad for the old school bluenoses who worshiped him. a true blue legend thats for sure

[wavydavy]

Heard him telling a great Shanks story on the radio today. The day he left Everton for Arsenal he was having a meal with his wife at a pub in Lancashire somewhere. The waiter comes over and says he's wanted on the phone. A mystified AB goes to the phone wondering who it can be. It was Bill Shankly who had tracked him down to the pub via friends and family. He thanked Bally for his contribution to football on Merseyside and then said "I knew they'd sold you today son. I felt as though a thorn had been pulled from my side!" Alan sounded a bit choked and emotional telling the story. It's difficult to see something like this happening today isn't it?

[SouthAfricaRed]

Bill Shankly To Alan Ball after he'd signed for Everton:
'Never mind Alan, at least you'll be able to play next to a great team'

Shanks knew everything :respect:

RIP