Dean Richards RIP

s-p · 26 Feb 2011 at 13:43

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9408254.stm

Greenlizard0 · 26 Feb 2011 at 13:45

Very young, it doesn't say how he died.

RIP.

Silent-Lucidity · 26 Feb 2011 at 13:46

Just heard on SSN, so young. RIP

pendy · 26 Feb 2011 at 13:48

Gutted, always seemed like a nice guy. Cant seem to find what was the cause, but I remember him having vision problems before he retired; ? brain tumour

R.I.P. big deano.

cm1179 · 26 Feb 2011 at 13:55

never delivered at spurs but this is tragic

R.I.P.

FrankJH · 26 Feb 2011 at 14:17

Really sorry that he died (and so young) - but is this really headline news? Wasnt really much of a player by all accounts

cm1179 · 26 Feb 2011 at 14:28

FrankJH said:
Really sorry that he died (and so young) - but is this really headline news? Wasnt really much of a player by all accounts

yeah thanks for that :rolleyes:

Ampeg · 26 Feb 2011 at 14:44

Always liked him as a player, remember hoping Villa would take him when he left Wolves. The articles I read all mention a long battle with illness but dont offer any more than that.

Anyway, RIP Dean

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Andybtsn · 26 Feb 2011 at 14:52

FrankJH said:
Really sorry that he died (and so young) - but is this really headline news? Wasnt really much of a player by all accounts

There are other teams outside the top four you know. :rolleyes:

Spending 8m on a player in 2001 probably does mean he was a pretty big player yeah. I remember him well, was quality at Southampton.

peterattheboro · 26 Feb 2011 at 14:55

FrankJH said:
Really sorry that he died (and so young) - but is this really headline news? Wasnt really much of a player by all accounts

Yeah he's died so what. He wasn't that good of a player :rolleyes:

RIP anyway. Sad to see someone who are in a great physical condition and then this happens.

Stag · 26 Feb 2011 at 15:41

Should we only mourn superstars? Have some respect.

Deano was a great player and very unlucky through no fault of his own.

RIP, tragic to die so young.

FrankJH · 26 Feb 2011 at 16:57

There is no way BBC announce every (even English) ex top league player that dies - thats all

Never mentioned or even suggested anything about top 4 so dont start on that score

Jokester · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:01

To be honest, they do when they die young and most people still remember them.

I assume it was something to do with the problem that made him hang up his boots.

evanswolves82 · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:23

Such a shame, was a wonderful player for us (wolves), always remember his goals at the old Baseball Ground to make it 3-3

G|mp · 26 Feb 2011 at 19:07

Gutted, I met him a couple of times and the Wolves fans sung a few songs for him today which was nice.

R.I.P. Deano

G|mp · 26 Feb 2011 at 19:08

FrankJH said:
Really sorry that he died (and so young) - but is this really headline news? Wasnt really much of a player by all accounts

That's bang out of order tbh Frank, a young man and a footballer has just died and you come out with that ****.

lokiss · 26 Feb 2011 at 19:18

Thats the thing, just any other guy... but as football fans we invest so much of our time and thoughts with players, it's not hard to feel great sorrow when those we've grown up with pass away.

My memories of him as a player come as a figure of strengh and comittment, and im sure that resonates with the fans of the clubs he served, most certainly so wolverhampton supporters.

Im sure everybody involved in the coming tributes will be be deep in heavy thought for the player and his young family.

stulid · 26 Feb 2011 at 20:07

G|mp said:
That's bang out of order tbh Frank, a young man and a footballer has just died and you come out with that ****.

Well thats out of order also, because he's a footballer he gets headlines about his death over say a young girl killed by a drunk hit and run driver, which barely makes page 3 of the local rag, and no other medium.

G|mp · 26 Feb 2011 at 20:12

stulid said:
Well thats out of order also, because he's a footballer he gets headlines about his death over say a young girl killed by a drunk hit and run driver, which barely makes page 3 of the local rag, and no other medium.

Don't be a *****.

This is a football forum, a footballer has just dies at a very young age, to come out with crap about "is it news worthy" is crass.

Yes it is news worthy, in the footballing world. I don't expect it to be on the 10 o'clock news but I expect a fellow football fan to have some sympathy.

stulid · 26 Feb 2011 at 20:15

G|mp said:
Don't be a *****.

This is a football forum, a footballer has just dies at a very young age, to come out with crap about "is it news worthy" is crass.

Yes it is news worthy, in the footballing world. I don't expect it to be on the 10 o'clock news but I expect a fellow football fan to have some sympathy.

Your comment about him being a footballer in some way that makes him important over a person in a different profession is bang out of order.