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Kevin Keegan RIP
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RIP Kevin Keegan. Very sad news - I’d read he had stage 4 cancer. A great player and a great man.At Charlton, my dad (who looked after the players’ bar back in 1984) said that KK delayed the Newcastle coach by 45 minutes until he signed every little kid’s autograph. The expression ‘Man of the People’ is grossly misused these days, but Kevin Keegan fitted that description perfectly.I do remember just after he’d signed for Southampton, going to watch him at Arsenal on a Tuesday night after the opening Saturday, only to find that it was a sell out - different times. The idea of buying a ticket in advance for the North Bank never occurred to us.An outstanding player for England and such a shame that he wasn’t properly fit in 1982.
He revitalised Fulham and Newcastle United as a manager and was brutally honest when he felt he was unable to take England any further.An absolute top man - RIP.5 -
RIP Kevin.KK’s grandad worked in the same coal mine as mine in Arigna, Ireland before he he emigrated to Newcastle.2
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Small wonder that KK had such a great work ethic.guinnessaddick said:RIP Kevin.KK’s grandad worked in the same coal mine as mine in Arigna, Ireland before he he emigrated to Newcastle.
Nearer home, it reminds me of Dean Kelly going out to work with his dad on the roads in Coventry at 6am.
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yes i remember now cheers.DaveMehmet said:
That was the year before when we had Simmo and KK couldn’t play due to injury. His last game in London was when they beat us 3 1 the year afterthickandthin63 said:I stand to be corrected,but when he played at the Valley for Newcastle,was this match billed as a clash between two former European players of the year,with us having Simonsen in our side(Although in the end he didnt play)0 -
Bedsaddick said:
has died aged 75 . My footballing hero when I was a kid. I was at The Valley when he played his last ever game in London for Newcastle
1984. Possibly the first Charlton game I remember a bit about, I would have been 7 and being there and being told what a wonderful player he was.
RIP Kevin, a really charismatic chap and footballing legend.0 -
He was absolutely incredible at the afore mentioned BTTV dinner and it was one of the greatest privileges in my life to sit beside him. Said not to worry about dinner, he'll just have pudding so he could spend more time chatting to people, signing autographs and having pictures taken. The after dinner speech was amazing but the highlight for me - and I hope that James and family will see the funny side of this - it was the night the Jimmy Seed bust was presented to the club by the late Richard Redden who reeled off a comprehensive list of others that should be commemorated. KK turned around and asked me who he was. Told him Richard had written the club's history. Totally deadpan, KK asked "is he going to read all of it out?" Had to try and stop laughing before he nudged me in the chest, grinned and said there's plenty more where that came from. There were, absolute honour. RIP.13
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Just come home from a night out and saw all the headlines re KK and was absolutely gutted to read he had died.
RIP's get thrown about on here such as Seb, Norm and random celebs and deservedly so, but this one has hit a nerve.
King Kev was an absolute legend, I grew up wishing I could be half the bloke Keegan was even trying to replicate his perm with very little hair to work with let alone wishing I could play the game anywhere near the class he was.
He was a Scunthorpe, Liverpool and Hamburg legend and even though I was Charlton, I always admired the bloke.
And who can forget his superstars bike crash, ripped to shreds but just got on with it,
RIP King Kev or Mighty Mouse and thanks for such wonderful memories during my childhood and introduction to football.
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Fantastic to read the personal stories of those of you that were privileged to meet the great man.
Just go to show that even though he was a Superstar in all senses of the word, he was a man of the people and derived pleasure from mixing with fans of any team, not just his own.0 -
RIP Kevin0
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RIP a true great
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He reminded me of Terry Venables in that he was never afraid to try something different, make a move and invariably make a success of it. A rare talent indeed, coupled with a supreme sense of decency.
RIP Kevin.0 -
Boyhood idol ....remember the last London match ... we walked over to the east Terrace to get a closer look ! RIP.
Remember the famous graffiti
Jesus Saves! (but Keegan scores the rebound)0 -
I've been reading some great stories on line from people who met him and whose lives he touched in a positive way. A real class person both on and off the pitch and a loss for football, and for everyone who knew him.
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Lovely to hear all the positive stories of KK the Mighty Mouse. I remember there was a story we'd tried to sign him in the summer of 82 but he went to Newcastle instead, bad career move that. Of course we signed Simmonson later that year. For anyone born in 64 he was the first football superstar we grew up with. Very sad news and choked up listening to Lee Clarke talk wonderfully about him on 5 live.
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Didn’t he also donate his fees to the Disabled coach fund raising?Rock Spectacle said:He was absolutely incredible at the afore mentioned BTTV dinner and it was one of the greatest privileges in my life to sit beside him. Said not to worry about dinner, he'll just have pudding so he could spend more time chatting to people, signing autographs and having pictures taken. The after dinner speech was amazing but the highlight for me - and I hope that James and family will see the funny side of this - it was the night the Jimmy Seed bust was presented to the club by the late Richard Redden who reeled off a comprehensive list of others that should be commemorated. KK turned around and asked me who he was. Told him Richard had written the club's history. Totally deadpan, KK asked "is he going to read all of it out?" Had to try and stop laughing before he nudged me in the chest, grinned and said there's plenty more where that came from. There were, absolute honour. RIP.0 -
Every time I open this thread I end up earworming myself with the Superstars theme tune. I think because there was so much less football on TV back then, that's my first real memory of him, rather than on the pitch. It's been lovely to see all the stories of him going out of his way to help people since his death was announced - he was obviously a great bloke.RIP Kevin1
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Yes he didguinnessaddick said:
Didn’t he also donate his fees to the Disabled coach fund raising?Rock Spectacle said:He was absolutely incredible at the afore mentioned BTTV dinner and it was one of the greatest privileges in my life to sit beside him. Said not to worry about dinner, he'll just have pudding so he could spend more time chatting to people, signing autographs and having pictures taken. The after dinner speech was amazing but the highlight for me - and I hope that James and family will see the funny side of this - it was the night the Jimmy Seed bust was presented to the club by the late Richard Redden who reeled off a comprehensive list of others that should be commemorated. KK turned around and asked me who he was. Told him Richard had written the club's history. Totally deadpan, KK asked "is he going to read all of it out?" Had to try and stop laughing before he nudged me in the chest, grinned and said there's plenty more where that came from. There were, absolute honour. RIP.0 -
He was great, but not that great.aliwibble said:Every time I open this thread I end up earworming myself with the Superstars theme tune. I think because there was so much less football on TV back then, that's my first real memory of him, rather than on the pitch. It's been lovely to see all the stories of him going out of his way to help people since his death was announced - he was obviously a great bloke.RIP Kevin
RIP KK0 -
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RIP Kevin, You were a class act on and off of the pitch.0
