Kevin Beattie RIP

HantsAddick

Very sad news, 64 is far too young. R.I.P. Kevin.

Simonsen

Pretty sure he played for Middlesbrough the day Simonsen made his debut at The Valley in 1982.

Brendan_O_Connell

RIP

Vincenzo

Sorry to hear that. Loved him for Ipswich and England.

SporadicAddick

lordromford said:

Very sad. R.I.P. very good player.
Just as an aside, was he one of the Ipswich players who appeared in Escape to Victory? I know Russell Osman and John Wark did, amongst others, but I can’t remember if Beattie had a role.

No - perhaps thinking of Kevin O'Callaghan?

ShootersHillGuru

RIP

Broadstairs_Red

one of the best defenders i've seen - a bit like our own Peter Reeves or to a lesser degree Alan Dugdale (who remembers him ?)

pettgra

At the time I think he was likened to Duncan Edwards.Thats some comparison.RIP

Rob

Very sad. A very good player. RIP

lordromford

SporadicAddick said:

lordromford said:

Very sad. R.I.P. very good player.
Just as an aside, was he one of the Ipswich players who appeared in Escape to Victory? I know Russell Osman and John Wark did, amongst others, but I can’t remember if Beattie had a role.

No - perhaps thinking of Kevin O'Callaghan?

Yeah, maybe.
Apologies all for going off track. No disrespect intended.

RIP

Nug

When I was a kid he took a training session with my team. I remember he had a broken arm at the time. I've got a photo with me next to him somewhere, I'll have to have a look for it. I remember him teaching us how to head a ball and he had someone knocking in crosses and we were all mesmerised by how hard he was heading the ball into the net, it was as hard as a shot. Nice man too. RIP.

NorthumberlandAddick

Tore us apart (1st half) when playing for Middlesbrough and it was the debut for Allan Simonsen in 1982.