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Dave Mackay has died.

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  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,794
    RIP Dave. What a player you were. I feel very sad. :-(
  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,329
    Proper hard man who could play football R.I.P.
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,020
    The word legend gets banded around far too often these days but thats what he was.

    Another one of the '61 double team to pass :(

    RIP Dave.
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,108
    Hard as nails. They don't make 'em like Dave McKay these days. RIP
  • dancafc
    dancafc Posts: 1,009
    I am to young to have seen him play but the footage I have seen cracking player and a proper player that didn't throw himself on the floor screaming (I. E Bradley Johnson Norwich ) r.i.p big dave
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,227
    RIP
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,033
    RIP.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,026

    RIP

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  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    edited March 2015
    Dave owned a shop a few mins from Rd the back of my house, when I first moved here in was intrigued by the fact this little shop called dave Mackay club ties

    On several occasions I'd see the great man go in there or be leaving there

    I finally got the courage to say hello and have a bit of small talk about the football

    Is hadn't seen great fella for a while and didn't feel acquainted enough to pop in and ask in the shop and before you know it ten yrs have passed

    God bless mr mackay it was a pleasure to meet you and share some time in the presence of a football legend, I will lay a flower there this evening


    RIP a football legend
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,823
    Now there is a player that can be called a legend...
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  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    He deserves to be called a legend. R.I.P. Dave.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,813
    edited March 2015
    RIP

    looks like he's grabbing a young Graham Stuart in that photo ;)
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,127
    I'm not old enough to remember him as a player or manager but from what I've heard and read about his achievements with Spurs and Derby and what a good player and manager he was, there's no doubt he was a legend of British football. RIP.
  • Granpa
    Granpa Posts: 2,995
    No, that was Billy Bremner, as hard as Mackay but nothing like the Gentleman that Dave was. Every team would have benefited from having him, it was great to watch him. RIP my friend.
  • dickplumb
    dickplumb Posts: 4,835
    I had a real soft spot for Spurs in the Sixties. They played Football the way it should be played. RIP Dave Mackay you will never be forgotten.
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    One tough footballer, hard as nails but could play .
    RIP
  • cafc999
    cafc999 Posts: 4,967
    edited March 2015
    He hated that photo because he thought it made him look like a bully, which in his own words "He wasn't"

    RIP Dave
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,006
    well respected player by supporters of most clubs RIP
  • It's on display in his shop that photo
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  • pettgra
    pettgra Posts: 1,572
    Terrific footballer.
    Went to a "evening with Jimmy Greaves" event where Dave was a guest.
    Jim relayed the story when England beat Scotland 9-3. Frank Haffey was in goal who subsequently emigrated to NZ to which Dave replied and even that is not f.....g far enough.
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    What a great shame.....hard as nails - yes!....play football - without doubt!.......gentleman of the old school variety - absolutely!!!!!

    RIP Sir. a very sad day.
  • Thinking back on the times I met him the thing that sits in the memory bank is his fine firm hand shake a proper man's greet
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    One of the first players I vividly remember seeing play on TV prior to my first trip to watch Charlton as a child.

    A hard man who could play too as exemplified later by his role in Clough's Derby side when he was considered to be at the veteran stage in the eyes of most.

    RIP
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167

    Thinking back on the times I met him the thing that sits in the memory bank is his fine firm hand shake a proper man's greet

    Unlike the ridiculous hugging that goes on these days.
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836
    I was privileged to see Dave Mackay playing for and captaining Brian Clough's Derby side at the Valley in 1969, the year they won the old second division and we finished third (behind Palace, SPIT!). We beat them that day in front of a packed Valley crowd with one of the goals a superb long range shot from Ray Treacy. Mackay was towards the end of his career and, having suffered two broken legs, had moved back from left half (a kind of defensive left midfielder to you youngsters) to centre half alongside Roy McFarland but was still superb. A lion of a captain, a ferocious tackler, great reading of the game and positional sense, great passing skills. One of those all too rare players that had the complete respect of the opposing team and their fans. I was about 14 then and there was almost a sense of awe at seeing him - like when I saw George Best, Bobby Moore, Jimmy Greaves, Colin Bell and later the likes of Maradona, Rumenigge and Socrates. One of the true greats. RIP Dave Mackay and condolences to his family as well as all the supporters of Hearts, Spurs and Derby, who have lost one of their own.
  • SE7toSG3
    SE7toSG3 Posts: 3,140
    Very sad news he was a great player, proper hard-man/gent and a real loss. Rest in peace
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,355
    Old school. RIP and condolences to his nearest and dearest.
  • Considered by at least one of his ex team mates as the main addition that turned Spurs into the double winning side in the early sixties.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,355
    A Terrific player from a 'golden era' for Scottish footballers.
    My last memory of seeing him live was for Derby against us at the Valley .. Harry Gregory, Alan Campbell and Graham Moore ran the aging legend ragged but he just never gave up. RIP