Ric Flair Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4763024.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Random Burglar Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 and only 59..." R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 Shocking RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4763024.stm Wow, that's a shock, many a time I've watched him at Stamford Bridge in the 60's when I used to visit relatives down there, Chelsea being my place of birth and second team - What a team they used to have then Ron 'Chopper' Harris, Peter Bonetti, Bobby Tambling, Eddie McCreadie Peter Osgood, Alan Hudson, Ian Hutchinson, Charlie Cooke and Terry Venables Not a great fan of Chelsea these days but RIP Peter Osgood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 R.I.P Legend. He died at a family funeral service of all places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 1 March 2006 Author Share Posted 1 March 2006 Apparently he died suddenly whilst attending a funeral I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 Apparently he died suddenly whilst attending a funeral I think? From Sky. Former Chelsea favourite Peter Osgood has passed away after collapsing at a crematorium in Slough. The 59-year-old former England international collapsed at a Slough crematorium, where he was attending a funeral. Osgood was rushed to hospital, where a family member later confirmed he had passed away. "We can confirm at 11am a man who was attending a funeral service collapsed in the chapel at Slough crematorium,'' said a spokesman at Slough crematorium. "The ambulance service was called and he was taken to Wexham Park Hospital." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shum Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh1884 Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 Tragic. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCFC-IAN Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets Be having You Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 Very Sad News,he Passed away today,was a great player,saw him a few times at Filbo RIP great Loss to the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesta fox Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 Wow, that sounds like a weird way of dying. Unbelieveable and tragic. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westmidsfox Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 Terrible news. My sympathy to the family. Peter was part of a tremendous team at Chelsea and I can remember his fantastic skill and poise on the ball. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Rule! Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 Terrific player in a terrific team. I was friends with Tony Green who was assistant secretary and later secretary of Chelsea during that period (Tony ran a team called Kings Athletic in Loughborough up to the time of his big break) and Chelsea had an array of entertaining players during that era like Charlie Cooke, Bobby Tambling, Alan Hudson, Jimmy Greaves, if memory serves me and, of course, Chopper Harris. Osgood was a tall, elegant striker who seemed to glide past players without any great effort. They also had a centre-forward called Bill Garner who I played with in the Midland League (I might even have laid on his last or near last non-league goal against Scunhorpe or Grimsby Reserves, I can't ever remember which although I do remember that some of us somehow got locked in the ground afterwards). Anyway, Garner quickly moved on to Southend and had a corking game against Chelsea before joining them for £100,000, and being thrilled to be turning out alongside players considered to be among the most entertaining in the land. see below. Garner, who was born in Leicester, had a fairly reasonable career at Chelsea but did little of note anywhere else. Osgood and many other players of that great team get a mention in this biogaphy and doubtless there's a full biography of Osgood at the same source. From Football-Heroes.net. So impressive was the form of Southend United's Bill Garner when he lined up against Chelsea in a League Cup tie in September 1972 that just three days later - and at a cost of £100, 000 to the London club - he was making his top-flight debut for the Blues, appearing as an early substitute for the injured Alan Hudson in a defeat by West Ham. A burly, traditional centre-forward who was at his best when attacking the ball in the air, Garner made his first start in a visit to Coventry at the end of the month and was amongst the scorers in a 3-1 victory. His first season was dogged by injuries - the inevitable consequence of his rugged playing style - but seven goals from 21 league appearances were supplemented by three goals in four FA Cup games, a fine brace to beat Bobby Robson's Ipswich side and a further strike which was quickly followed by a sending-off as Chelsea triumphed over Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough. A viral infection further hindered Bill's progress during the Blues' troubled 1973/74 season, although he managed a further seven goals - the highlight being a brace of headers in a 3-3 draw with QPR - but the club were in crisis and the acrimonious mid-season departures of Peter Osgood and Alan Hudson left a huge burden on replacement players, Garner included, who were not blessed with the same ability as their illustrious predecessors. Chelsea ended that season in 17th spot but a year later were relegated, Bill failing to capitalise on a fine start to the campaign when he scored three goals in the first four games and was called-up by new England manager Don Revie as part of a mammoth 84-man squad of players who Revie had earmarked as potential international material. Sadly for Bill, just three more goals followed after his initial burst and he was no more prolific in Division Two, scoring just six times as Chelsea finished in mid-table in 1975/76 before missing the entire 1976/77 campaign through both injury and lack of form, as the Blues clinched promotion at the second attempt. Having found the net just once prior to Christmas in 1977/78 - scoring the only goal of the game after just two minutes against Manchester United at Old Trafford - Bill hit a fine run of form just after the festive season with three goals in consecutive matches against West Ham, Birmingham (a 5-4 win!) and West Bromwich Albion. He was also instrumental in a famous 4-2 FA Cup triumph over European champions Liverpool at the beginning of January. However, only one more goal was to follow - a consolation strike in a 3-1 defeat at West Ham - and it would prove to be his last in a Chelsea shirt. The Blues maintained their position in the top-flight that season but were destined to finish bottom at the end of 1978/79, and were relegated by Easter. However, by that time Bill Garner had left the club. An appearance in an early-season defeat at Derby was his last for Chelsea and in November 1978 he joined Cambridge United on a free-transfer. (Kelvin Barker) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajax Treesdown Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 R.I.P. A Legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northants Fox Posted 1 March 2006 Share Posted 1 March 2006 R.I.P. A Legend. My thoughts exatly R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra Posted 2 March 2006 Share Posted 2 March 2006 R.I.P He came up here with Southampton only the other week. I imagine Birch will be well gutted.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securedfox Posted 6 March 2006 Share Posted 6 March 2006 Came into an era of football that had some great charactors, great footballers and great entertaining teams. Never forget you. Goodbye peter and godbless R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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