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Kevin Beattie RIP

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  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    Very sad news, 64 is far too young. R.I.P. Kevin.
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,503
    Pretty sure he played for Middlesbrough the day Simonsen made his debut at The Valley in 1982.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • Vincenzo
    Vincenzo Posts: 2,911
    Sorry to hear that. Loved him for Ipswich and England.
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,855
    lordromford said:

    Very sad. R.I.P. very good player.
    Just as an aside, was he one of the Ipswich players who appeared in Escape to Victory? I know Russell Osman and John Wark did, amongst others, but I can’t remember if Beattie had a role.

    No - perhaps thinking of Kevin O'Callaghan?
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    RIP
  • Broadstairs_Red
    Broadstairs_Red Posts: 361
    one of the best defenders i've seen - a bit like our own Peter Reeves or to a lesser degree Alan Dugdale (who remembers him ?)
  • pettgra
    pettgra Posts: 1,572
    At the time I think he was likened to Duncan Edwards.Thats some comparison.RIP
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,786
    Very sad. A very good player. RIP
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,783
    SporadicAddick said:

    lordromford said:

    Very sad. R.I.P. very good player.
    Just as an aside, was he one of the Ipswich players who appeared in Escape to Victory? I know Russell Osman and John Wark did, amongst others, but I can’t remember if Beattie had a role.

    No - perhaps thinking of Kevin O'Callaghan?
    Yeah, maybe.
    Apologies all for going off track. No disrespect intended.

    RIP
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  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,623
    When I was a kid he took a training session with my team. I remember he had a broken arm at the time. I've got a photo with me next to him somewhere, I'll have to have a look for it. I remember him teaching us how to head a ball and he had someone knocking in crosses and we were all mesmerised by how hard he was heading the ball into the net, it was as hard as a shot. Nice man too. RIP.
  • NorthumberlandAddick
    NorthumberlandAddick Posts: 300
    Tore us apart (1st half) when playing for Middlesbrough and it was the debut for Allan Simonsen in 1982.

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