Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: johnny from donny on March 30, 2018, 10:50:54 PM
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In an induced coma after suffering a heart attack.
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God bless Ray. Was always a respectful man. Hope he pulls through.
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Terrible news. Was listening to him earlier this week on radio. Get well soon Ray.
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Bless you Ray, more to life than football. Get well.
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In an induced coma after suffering a heart attack.
it was only yesterday i was watching footage of him manage QPR at Villa in 1996. All the best, Ray.
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Only heard him on the radio the other day, always seems like a decent, respectful man, get well soon.
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Well liked in the game hope you pull through
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Prayers for you hoping for a speedy recovery.
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Thoughts are with him and his family. Seems a total gent and his love for this game of ours is unquestionable.
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Life is so very fragile - I echo the sentiments above.......always comes across as a gentleman and a person devoted to the game.
My thoughts go out to him and his family
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A mate of mine met him when he was here and said he was an extremely nice bloke. Hope he pulls through.
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Not a fan of his short spell here or his punditry on his radio but terrible for his family so hope he pulls through.
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I heard the news late last night or early morning (I think I was dozing with Talksport on). I think they used the term 'massive heart attack' unless I imagined that bit. Like many others I heard him on Talksport only the other day. He seems decent, genuine and knowledgable and I wish him a full recovery. Wasn't it BFR who nicknamed him 'The Crab' for his sideways passing habit?
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Sincere best wishes to Ray and his family
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Best wishes to the Wilkins family. Sad to hear.
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Thoughts are with Ray and his family. He's always come across as a thoroughly decent man.
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Thoughts go out to the family, very sad to hear.
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Hopefully that's all the posts gone.
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Hopefully that's all the posts gone.
There's still a couple appearing on this page (2).
Best wishes to Ray & his family. Here's hoping he pulls through & gets back to full health soon.
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That should be all of them now. Hopefully.
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That should be all of them now. Hopefully.
Good man.
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Just removed one more. GWS Ray Wilkins.
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One of those guys you never hear a bad word against. My thoughts are with Ray and his family at this difficult time.
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When he was QPR player/manager I remember he tried to stop the ref sending Lee Hendrie off on his debut.
A gentleman and sportsman in the truest sense. GWS.
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One of those guys you never hear a bad word against. My thoughts are with Ray and his family at this difficult time.
Apart from the reaction on here when he tipped us to go down after being sacked by Sherwood!
Anyway that's irrelevant to his current plight.
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An absolute gentleman and great sport. I hope he recovers soon.
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Just confirmed he has died, aged 61. RIP Ray.
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Very sad news. Humble, decent and a very nice man.
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Sad loss to life and the football world
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Really sad news. RIP Ray.
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Sad news indeed - puts worrying about football results into perspective
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Always came across as a very decent man, RIP.
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Shit. That is awful, awful news. RIP Ray.
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RIP Ray.
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Awful news, so sad.
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RIP Ray.
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RIP Ray.
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RIP Ray. As others have said a gentleman and a sportsman.
Jack Grealish has tweeted about how Ray still occasionally rang him to offer advice and encouragement. A true measure of the man.
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RIP Ray, I always thought he came across as one of footballs gentlemen. Captain of Chelsea at the age of 18, 84 caps for England and a football man through and through.
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Never forget that goal he scored in the 83 FA Cup Final for Man United, great player and sounds like he was a proper gent as well.
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Such sad news. Condolences to loved ones and friends during this awful time.
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'Very saddened to hear of Ray's untimely passing. May he rest peacefully now.
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Very sad, 61 is no age at all.
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RIP Ray - 61 is too young to die. Condolences to his family and all who knew him.
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"I don't find being considerate - and trying to help people - a weakness" Ray Wilkins on Sporting Greats in 1999.
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so sad . always seemed such a gentlemen and talked a great game. RIP Butch
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"I'd like to be known has someone who could keep the ball"
RIP Butch.
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RIP Ray. Born two days after me, gone far too soon.
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Lucky to have spoke with him a few times. Always had time for anyone who wanted to speak to him. As others have said a real gentleman that a lot of the modern players could have done a lot worse to have learned from.
Sad loss to the world of football
Rip "Butch"
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RIP - but, please, the nickname "Butch" makes me cringe as much today as it did in circa 1978.
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RIP. A very good footballer and a thoroughly decent guy.
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RIP - but, please, the nickname "Butch" makes me cringe as much today as it did in circa 1978.
It made Ray Wilkins cringe as well, he hated it.
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RIP Ray, a very decent guy and football man.
Did well for us too, a thoroughly likeable individual and a tidy player too, gone way too soon.
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Hopefully this link to a video on Facebook will work (for those of you on it!) - not sure how else to link the content but if someone more tech minded can, that'd be great.
https://www.facebook.com/talkSPORT/videos/10156481041659101/?hc_ref=ARRvYRPp9i6-PxssdecoaSCHezXbPREpAqVkjB1MGIo6OfWThjDtmksJxROvqBEX6Ag
(https://www.facebook.com/talkSPORT/videos/10156481041659101/?hc_ref=ARRvYRPp9i6-PxssdecoaSCHezXbPREpAqVkjB1MGIo6OfWThjDtmksJxROvqBEX6Ag)
It's a caller to TalkSport who for a time was homeless and is recounting Ray Wilkins taking the time to go over to him and sit and chat to him, and the effect he had on him. A really nice story and by all accounts a really decent bloke.
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Hopefully this link to a video on Facebook will work (for those of you on it!) - not sure how else to link the content but if someone more tech minded can, that'd be great.
https://www.facebook.com/talkSPORT/videos/10156481041659101/?hc_ref=ARRvYRPp9i6-PxssdecoaSCHezXbPREpAqVkjB1MGIo6OfWThjDtmksJxROvqBEX6Ag
(https://www.facebook.com/talkSPORT/videos/10156481041659101/?hc_ref=ARRvYRPp9i6-PxssdecoaSCHezXbPREpAqVkjB1MGIo6OfWThjDtmksJxROvqBEX6Ag)
It's a caller to TalkSport who for a time was homeless and is recounting Ray Wilkins taking the time to go over to him and sit and chat to him, and the effect he had on him. A really nice story and by all accounts a really decent bloke.
That was ace...made me cry a bit.
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Hopefully this link to a video on Facebook will work (for those of you on it!) - not sure how else to link the content but if someone more tech minded can, that'd be great.
https://www.facebook.com/talkSPORT/videos/10156481041659101/?hc_ref=ARRvYRPp9i6-PxssdecoaSCHezXbPREpAqVkjB1MGIo6OfWThjDtmksJxROvqBEX6Ag
(https://www.facebook.com/talkSPORT/videos/10156481041659101/?hc_ref=ARRvYRPp9i6-PxssdecoaSCHezXbPREpAqVkjB1MGIo6OfWThjDtmksJxROvqBEX6Ag)
It's a caller to TalkSport who for a time was homeless and is recounting Ray Wilkins taking the time to go over to him and sit and chat to him, and the effect he had on him. A really nice story and by all accounts a really decent bloke.
That was ace...made me cry a bit.
I heard it as it was broadcast and I was getting a bit tearful too.
Nice interview with John Terry too about how Ray Wilkins always made the youngsters feel special by showing them the same respect he did to the senior pros.
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I always saw him as one of lives nice guys.
Like everyone had his challenges, but as a "face" his became public.
The story about the homeless guy is humbling.
Same age as me, with his fitness Vs mine, time to take stock.
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Hopefully this link to a video on Facebook will work (for those of you on it!) - not sure how else to link the content but if someone more tech minded can, that'd be great.
https://www.facebook.com/talkSPORT/videos/10156481041659101/?hc_ref=ARRvYRPp9i6-PxssdecoaSCHezXbPREpAqVkjB1MGIo6OfWThjDtmksJxROvqBEX6Ag
(https://www.facebook.com/talkSPORT/videos/10156481041659101/?hc_ref=ARRvYRPp9i6-PxssdecoaSCHezXbPREpAqVkjB1MGIo6OfWThjDtmksJxROvqBEX6Ag)
It's a caller to TalkSport who for a time was homeless and is recounting Ray Wilkins taking the time to go over to him and sit and chat to him, and the effect he had on him. A really nice story and by all accounts a really decent bloke.
That was ace...made me cry a bit.
Me too. Very dusty in here.
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Fucking hell. That's amazing.
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Blimey. It’s always, always the little things that make the biggest difference. Ray could have walked by like millions have. I know I have. But that one conversation from someone he recognized meant so much to this fella. Good for him for getting his life back in order. Another reason why Ray Wilkins will be missed.
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That is amazing. It just shows what a lovely and caring person Ray Wilkins was.
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It sure does. Wonderful story.
My abiding memory of Ray Wilkins is slightly different, I think it was when he captained England against Egypt in Cairo in a friendly on 29 January 1986 or Israel, 26 February 1986. The BBC were showing the game live, the ball went out of play for a throw in and Wilkins, who must have been close to a pitch side microphone shouts out to the ball boy, as clear as day, "Give me that feckin' ball!".
Absolute silence from the BBC commentators.
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It sure does. Wonderful story.
My abiding memory of Ray Wilkins is slightly different, I think it was when he captained England against Egypt in Cairo in a friendly on 29 January 1986 or Israel, 26 February 1986. The BBC were showing the game live, the ball went out of play for a throw in and Wilkins, who must have been close to a pitch side microphone shouts out to the ball boy, as clear as day, "Give me that feckin' ball!".
Absolute silence from the BBC commentators.
I have it in my mind that it was against Yugoslavia away, in the mid-80s. That said, I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday.
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It sure does. Wonderful story.
My abiding memory of Ray Wilkins is slightly different, I think it was when he captained England against Egypt in Cairo in a friendly on 29 January 1986 or Israel, 26 February 1986. The BBC were showing the game live, the ball went out of play for a throw in and Wilkins, who must have been close to a pitch side microphone shouts out to the ball boy, as clear as day, "Give me that feckin' ball!".
Absolute silence from the BBC commentators.
I have it in my mind that it was against Yugoslavia away, in the mid-80s. That said, I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday.
I just remember it being somewhere extremely hot and dry. The Israel game makes more sense as England only scored the winner in the final minutes but I'd prefer it to be the Egypt game as Sid played and scored.
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My three main memories of his playing career are his goal against Belgium in 'the tear gas game' in 1980, his FA cup final goal in 1983 and his sending off in Mexico in 1986.
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My three main memories of his playing career are his goal against Belgium in 'the tear gas game' in 1980, his FA cup final goal in 1983 and his sending off in Mexico in 1986.
In a footballing sense its that FA Cup goal for United. His playing days at QPR (I remember him being in their side in the 96' season maybe and just knowing that we would score more than them because we had Yorkie and Savo!! and the fact that he never, ever seemed to give the bloody ball away!
And the sending off in Mexico of course.
But the guy did seem an absolute gent and I too listened to the Talksport Jim White show with that call from the once homeless guy and was emotionally moved by what I heard.
Rest in Peace sir.
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I liked his quirkiness. A lot of his Talksport colleagues have spoken about his replies to being asked how he was. "I'm frighteningly well fella" or "I'm frighteningly good" were some of his phrases.
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Worth remembering that he was caught drink driving on three separate occasions (I believe). For all his nice stories (and I actually quite liked him) this is terrible and he could have been another Lee Hughes quite easily.
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Blimey. It’s always, always the little things that make the biggest difference. Ray could have walked by like millions have. I know I have. But that one conversation from someone he recognized meant so much to this fella. Good for him for getting his life back in order. Another reason why Ray Wilkins will be missed.
It was around the time the Premier League and we had Spurs at home. The cameras interviewed Gascoigne on the way into the ground. He wouldn't do the interview unless they bunged him twenty quid. I was a kid back then and he promptly wandered over to the fence and handed me the money. I am sure there must be loads of good stories about people you wouldn't expect to be so gracious in football.