compo 6,108 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 A grand player in his time at Ipswich sadly died of a heart attack at 64 older fans will remember him , career cut short due to injury part of a great Ipswich side back in the 70s . 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,135 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 John Wark, George Burley in the same team? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 4,808 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 17 minutes ago, Scott7 said: John Wark, George Burley in the same team? Sad news. Robson as manager.........Butcher, the Dutch pair, Mariner, Brazil, Mills etc....great team. Their European exploits were what I remember most. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg_Mcnoleg 50 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 On 16/09/2018 at 21:51, buster. said: Sad news. Robson as manager.........Butcher, the Dutch pair, Mariner, Brazil, Mills etc....great team. Their European exploits were what I remember most. Mick Mills was a fine player but apparently not the sharpest tool in the box. Seems he and a couple of team mates got stuck in a hotel left. When they were rescued a wee while later, they were all stripped down to their pants. Seems Mills, their captain, had convinced everyone that they might die from overheating and instructed them to remove their clothes. Or so they all said... Sad to hear about Beattie. Wee bit young to remember a lot about him but remember that terrific team of his well. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSocksRedTops 3,473 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 It was a long time ago but I seem to recall there was a great Kevin Beattie tale from Terry Butchers autobiography from years ago. Ipswich were playing in sub zero conditions somewhere in Eastern Europe (old Soviet Union I think) and all the players were wearing gloves, long sleeves, tights etc. Beattie just laughed at them and ran onto the surface in shorts and a short sleeved top and played a blinder. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Great player and a fantastic Ipswich team at that time. Unfortunately death is the one certainty common to all of us. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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