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Alf Wood

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  1. Blendondigger

    Blendondigger Member

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    Great player for Lions in the 70's.

    Sadly, very ill with what may be dementia but may have been caused by heading hard footballs - like WBA's Geoff Astle.

    Great player in his day.

    Nice pictures of him in Lions kit in the gallery of photos.

    http://bit.ly/1kzIJ7q
     
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    Blendondigger, Jun 2, 2014
  2. Millwallsteve

    Millwallsteve Waterloo's Finest
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    Before my time digger but sad nonetheless having read the report and surely it's no coincidence after what happen to Jeff Astle? :emoticon-0101-sadsm
     
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  3. Infidel

    Infidel Well-Known Member

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    What a sad story, must admit i had never heard of him, but wish him well all the same.
     
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  4. MFC_Lion

    MFC_Lion Well-Known Member

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    Very sad story, must be other ex footballers with a similar issue.
     
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  5. MIGHTY

    MIGHTY Del-Boy

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    Loved the bloke gave everything he had whilst wearing the Wall shirt <ok>
     
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  6. Ringo Lion

    Ringo Lion Pumpkin

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    Alf Wood was my first 'favorite' Millwall player when i started going in 1973, very sad to hear of his condition as i bet he has many stories that people would be interested in.
     
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  7. EIO

    EIO Well-Known Member

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    Great header of a ball...and fearless

    such a shame

    would be nice for Millwall to take the initiative and raise some money towards his care home costs

    might shame some of the so called 'big' clubs to do the same for footballers of this era, who did not earn the obscene amounts of money that modern players do
     
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  8. Resurgam

    Resurgam Top Analyst
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    Norwich did that for one of our ex players, Duncan Forbes.
    It is indeed sad when players you worshipped as kids suffer this horrible illness.
     
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  9. Millwallsteve

    Millwallsteve Waterloo's Finest
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    Well said EIO <applause>
     
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