Diego Maradona 1960-2020

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  • jayne lee wilson
    Banned
    • Jul 2011
    • 10711

    Diego Maradona 1960-2020

    A wildly talented, spectacular, sad and often misled, triumphant yet tragic existence..... England fans have a special, darker place in their hearts for him (perhaps understood better now re his streetfighter, street football background), but how much pleasure he gave, so often....

    Argentina legend Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time, dies at the age of 60.


    In so many painful and beautiful ways the South American George Best....
  • johncorrigan
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 10409

    #2
    Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
    A wildly talented, spectacular, sad and often misled, triumphant yet tragic existence..... England fans have a special, darker place in their hearts for him (perhaps understood better now), but how much pleasure he gave, so often....

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54810392
    A troubled man, a glorious footballer, jayne. In Dalry Road, just along from Tynecastle in Edinburgh, there's a great Italian Restaurant called 'Piizzeria 1926', named after the founding of Napoli Football Club. The place is covered in Maradona items - strips, posters...a true hero of their fans. They will be in mourning this evening. Sad to see him go.

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    • Joseph K
      Banned
      • Oct 2017
      • 7765

      #3
      RIP

      I named my first and only gerbil after him. (Before I lost interest in football around the age of 14).

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      • teamsaint
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        • Nov 2010
        • 25225

        #4
        Seeing the best players play live has always been one of the joys of football for me. Of the players that I would put in his class, of whom there are very few, a handful at most , Best is the only one I ever saw live, and I was too young to really appreciate him properly.Would have loved to see him play.
        One can only imagine the reaction in Naples, and elsewhere.

        I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

        I am not a number, I am a free man.

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        • AmpH
          Guest
          • Feb 2012
          • 1318

          #5
          Originally posted by Joseph K View Post
          RIP

          I named my first and only gerbil after him. (Before I lost interest in football around the age of 14).
          A most apposite name for a small rodent

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          • Bert
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            • Apr 2020
            • 327

            #6
            The best footballer to have ever walked on this planet. RIP.

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            • Edgy 2
              Guest
              • Jan 2019
              • 2035

              #7
              Best player ever
              I've been to Naples a couple of times,he is god there

              RIP
              “Music is the best means we have of digesting time." — Igor Stravinsky

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              • cloughie
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                • Dec 2011
                • 22181

                #8
                Originally posted by Edgy 2 View Post
                Best player ever
                I've been to Naples a couple of times,he is god there

                RIP
                Well he did borrow his hand!

                RIP

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                • Joseph K
                  Banned
                  • Oct 2017
                  • 7765

                  #9
                  Originally posted by AmpH View Post
                  A most apposite name for a small rodent
                  A quick and nimble, not to mention cute creature indeed.

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