Seems that as the media expands more and more people become “famous”.
It’s a shame people die, and we all will, but I guess it gives more people immortality by having a record stored prominently online - is it too early to say that about Eric?
Is it too early to say about Ray, as great a footballer as he was and was an alcoholic, he was regularly stopped drink driving near me in Cobham (google it) - if he’d killed someone he’d have been vilified…just sayin
Just Googled ‘Eric Bristow apologises’. Just for no reason.
I’m sure his family are sad though.
Eric Bristow is a wimp for dying of a heart attack.
He’s gone to the three in bed in the sky
On an earlier note I met Ray Wilkins through work and he was a really nice bloke
Same here but you wouldn’t have wanted to be walking or driving down Fairmile Lane after closing time - though to be fair there were / are plenty of “clebs” who still do…drive that is…
Wouldn’t catch rugby players dying of a heart atack.
Of a manly man reason instead?
I’m pretty sure he didn’t drive down Fairmile Lane. He had his problems, he captained his country and was genuinelly loved by his peers.
Yes he would. But he lived in an era when drink driving was something a great many people did, especially footballers. In the 70’sand 80’s it wasn’t a big deal for the members of the public. I am not saying it wasn’t wrong. I did it myself though as did all of my mates. It doesn’t make him a bad human being.
He had at least 2 convictions for drink driving. Most recently a year ago.
He’d did. And for the other points, that’s no doubt true. The poin t is that drinking and driving isn’t and was never clever. Am only saying it from someone who has seek a family devastated by it. Made worse by the fact I also knew the driver.
seek = seen btw
Again, I am not condoning drinking and driving but also again, there was a big drinking culture amongst footballers in the 60s 70s and 80s which led to many of the players having alchohol problems later when they hung up their boots. He was very open about his battle with alcoholism. It can’t be much fun. Look what it did to George Best. Jimmy Greaves suffered with it. It could well have prompted Wilkins’ early demise. Any form of addiction is not healthy but it doesn’t make someone a bad person.
Dale Winton … just 62 !
Dale Winton has pushed his last shopping trolly, painted himself orange for the last time and is no longer in it to win it.
RIP.
I feel bad for never having heard of him. Was he any good?
