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Dave Mackay has died, aged 80

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  1. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    BrAdY Well-Known Member

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    wow

    british football legend

    rip
     
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  3. Montysoptician

    Montysoptician Well-Known Member

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    RIP
    A great footballer, can't believe he was 80
     
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    Saw him a few times and can best describe him as a skilfully wholehearted player that every team needs. What you saw is what you got with him not like little Bremner who would sneak some afters into a tackle hence the photograph. Banged a great goal in against us in a cup replay in 1961 at WHL.
     
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  5. Blunham Mackem

    Blunham Mackem Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    They dont make them like that anymore!

    RIP to one of the great names of my youth.

    As BLT says above, a football legend!!!
     
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    Blunham Mackem, Mar 3, 2015
  6. LAMackem

    LAMackem Well-Known Member

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    Hard as nails....and could take a good free kick...RIP
     
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    Washysafc Well-Known Member

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    and never sent off, just heard that on the radio and I was surprised. If he played today I doubt he would get through a season with out at least one red card.

    The difference between him and other hard men of that era, is that is also had a lot of ability and knew how to use it as well as a hard but fair tackle. He would have been able to adapt to todays game others would not.

    RIP
     
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  8. C19RK73

    C19RK73 Red & White army!

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    Before my time but his plaudits are speaking very highly of him - RIP
     
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  9. monty987

    monty987 Well-Known Member

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    Barton would not have squared up to Dave ! he would have been flattened, as with Billy bremner.
     
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  10. Blind Corner

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    Great player, just the type that we need at the minute.
    If I remember correctly he was one of Cloughies first signings when he went to Derby and he built the team around him and ended up winning the league.
    I was surprised to hear that he'd never been sent off because he was a hard man in the stamp of Tommy Smith and Graeme Souness, great footballers and hard as nails, every team needs a one.
     
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  11. MrRAWhite

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    Tommy Smith!! Jesus..You wouldn't have wanted to bump into him down a back lane..He looked as hard as nails..
     
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