Atalanta midfielder Andrea Rinaldi has died aged 19 after suffering a brain aneurysm on Friday while training at home during the coronavirus lockdown. Rinaldi was part of the youth system at Atalanta and had been on loan at Serie D side Legnano this season. "Always available and positive, he knew how to make himself well-liked by everyone," said an Atalanta statement. Legnano described Rinaldi's death as "a sudden and shocking tragedy, impossible even to imagine". RIP
Former Manchester City defender Glyn Pardoe - the club's youngest ever debutant - has died at the age of 73. Pardoe made his City debut in April 1962 at the age of 15 years and 341 days old and spent his entire playing career with the club. He was part of the 1968 league-winning side and scored the winning goal in the 1970 League Cup final. RIP
Didn’t realise that his career was cut short by a leg break courtesy of a ‘horrific’ tackle (allegedly) by George Best. Also didn’t realise that fellow defender in that City team - Alan Oakes - was Pardoe’s cousin
Must be Matt. Looks 50:50 to me as well. It was a Man City post that used the word ‘horrific’ - hence my use of the word allegedly
Morecambe defender Christian Mbulu has died, aged 23. London-born Mbulu started his professional career at Millwall and also represented Braintree and Crewe, scoring once in 22 career games. He moved to the Shrimps in January, having left Crewe, and made three appearances this season. "He was only 23 and the news of his sudden and untimely passing has been a shock to us all," the Morecambe statement said. "Christian came to the club in January and proved to be an extremely popular member of the squad. "His loss will be painfully felt by all who had the pleasure of knowing him." RIP
Bests touch was poor taking the ball away from him but I don’t think there was intent, he was 10 stone soaking wet when he was playing
Former Gloucestershire captain, chairman and president Tony Brown has died, aged 83. Bristol-born Brown skippered the county from 1968 to 1976 and made 489 first-class appearances in total. His greatest success came at Lord's in 1973 when they won the Gillette Cup. Brown took 1,223 first-class wickets, scored 12,681 runs, and his seven catches in a single innings against Nottinghamshire at Nottingham in 1966 remains a joint-record for the sport. He later managed the England team on a successful tour to India and Australia in 1984-85. RIP
