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Topic: Theo Foley

Posted By: Double Maxim
Subject: Theo Foley
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2020 at 4:37pm

Theo has passed away.

RIP.

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Posted By: longford claret
Date Posted: 27 Jun 2020 at 12:15am

RIP Theo. Never realised before that Burnley was his first club in England.

Posted By: sid waddell
Date Posted: 27 Jun 2020 at 1:51am

I was just reading through his Twitter there, he seemed like a lovely man and a great character, Arsenal players of the time have huge regard for him. George Graham apparently got rid of him in 1991 because he was "too close to the players". Arsenal were never the same afterwards. His book sounds like a decent read. His son Paul wrote the book while suffering from brain cancer, he played for Maidstone, but he sadly died a few months ago too.

This is a nice article by Larry Ryan from a couple of years ago:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/soccer/anfield-89-hero-theo-foley-and-the-love-story-of-a-modest-football-man-875504.html" rel="nofollow - https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/soccer/anfield-89-hero-theo-foley-and-the-love-story-of-a-modest-football-man-875504.html

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Edited by Trigboy 10 at 10:03pm

Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 27 Jun 2020 at 7:58am

sid waddell wrote:

I was just reading through his Twitter there, he seemed like a lovely man and a great character, Arsenal players of the time have huge regard for him. George Graham apparently got rid of him in 1991 because he was "too close to the players". Arsenal were never the same afterwards. His book sounds like a decent read. His son Paul wrote the book while suffering from brain cancer, he played for Maidstone, but he sadly died a few months ago too.

This is a nice article by Larry Ryan from a couple of years ago:

Cracking piece Sid good on you for posting it.

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Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 27 Jun 2020 at 8:54am

Another good article on Theo.

https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/obituary-theo-foley-the-proud-dubliner-who-dared-to-dream-big-39319693.html" rel="nofollow - https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/obituary-theo-foley-the-proud-dubliner-who-dared-to-dream-big-39319693.html

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Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2020 at 11:41am

Gary Linkear was saying Theo died of covid-19.

I hadn't seen this in any newspaper reports?

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