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RIP Cruyff

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  1. CFC: Champs £launderx17

    CFC: Champs £launderx17 Captain Ahab

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    My first international football idol.

    Was gutted when he pulled out of 78 World Cup.

    RIP
     
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    The RDBD Well-Known Member

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    Very sad. A truly great player, in a national team who played the "beautiful game" .
    His real legacy IMHO is in the Barca academy, and the fruits of that production line.
     
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    NSIS Well-Known Member

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    Very sad. One of the all time greats.
     
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  4. Stan

    Stan Stalker

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    Fantastic player. RIP.
     
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    HRH Custard VC National Car Park Attendant

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    One of the very Best

    R,I,P.
     
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    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Massive influence on the sport.
     
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    Spurlock Homeboy Forum Moderator

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    A football purist, legend RIP.....and thanks for the Cruyff turn sir.
     
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    Spurlock Homeboy Forum Moderator

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    NSIS Well-Known Member

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    I remember watching that live. He just left the full back for dead. I'd never seen anything like it and had trouble interpretating exactly how he'd done it!..
     
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  10. PINKIE

    PINKIE Wurzel Gummidge

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    Gutted. One of the very best. Condolences to his family
    <rose>
     
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  11. Treble

    Treble Keyser Söze

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    I take it you were dutch that year?

    Great player. RIP
     
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    PINKIE Wurzel Gummidge

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    <laugh>
     
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  13. CFC: Champs £launderx17

    CFC: Champs £launderx17 Captain Ahab

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    England DNQ that year so I went Brazilian.

    Saw the genius play at SB later that year.

    cruyff.jpg
     
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    Treble Keyser Söze

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    Yeh I remember, but waxing your balls seems a bit extreme!

    Must have been good seeing him play live, very lucky <ok>
     
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    CFC: Champs £launderx17 Captain Ahab

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    And JC was lucky to play against the likes of Gary Locke Chopper Harris and Kenny Swain! ;)

    All kidding apart I was very lucky.

    Saw Best (and Moore) play for Fulham against Chelsea as well.

    And Maradona at Wembley too. All in my primary school years
     
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  16. I was lucky enough to see Greavsie play for Spurs when he was still at Chelsea, and I wasn't even born, then.
     
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    PINKIE Wurzel Gummidge

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    Just one of your many Walter Mitty moments exposed on here.
    I thought you were supposed to be at the Gun club showing all the posh ladies your shooting skills ?
     
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  18. I put in a hour on the range, setting up the scope on a new rifle.
     
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    PINKIE Wurzel Gummidge

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    Do you walk like John Wayne ?
     
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  20. Why? Would it help your homo-erotic fantasies if I told you that I did walk like John Wayne?
     
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