Peter Osgood has died

cruiserweight

As the title says

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4763024.stm

Kingp35

Jesus he collapsed while at a family funeral. Thats not right.

Terrific player and will be missed.

R.I.P.

mike65

Sad and I supect most (not all) of the Chelsea fanbase will be going 'who?'

Mike.

Big Nelly

R.i.p

growler

mike65 wrote:

Sad and I supect most (not all) of the Chelsea fanbase will be going 'who?'

Mike.

can't help but get a dig in can you ? :rolleyes:

Chelsea Legend RIP

kensutz

Spent some time at Norwich. RIP

mike65

growler wrote:

can't help but get a dig in can you ? :rolleyes:

Chelsea Legend RIP

Its a bit like any 'pool fans of recent vintage who proberly never heard of Roger Hunt. Was'nt a dig just an observation.

Mike.

Chong

FFS a legend has died, R.I.P Peter.

iregk

Peter Osgood what a hell of a player. The only player in England who could touch him at the time was Best. 1 year, two legends down. Sad time for footie, he will be missed.

The Muppet

Great Player . R.I.P.

SCULLY

A true Chelsea legend

mike65 wrote:

Its a bit like any 'pool fans of recent vintage who proberly never heard of Roger Hunt. Was'nt a dig just an observation.

Mike.

Perhaps this is not the best time for such an obsevation.

iregk

Well said Scully and true.

Pal

As a 10 year old, my bedroom was decorated with Chelsea stuff.

My poster of Osgood was the best thing.

he was fantastic.

kensutz

Quote from Norwich

Chelsea legend Peter Osgood, who joined the Canaries for a short period, has died aged 59.

Osgood died suddenly while attending a family funeral this morning.

Osgood played three games for Norwich in 1976 - but according to then assistant manager Ken Brown, the Canaries never saw the best of him.

Osgood hadn't found the back of the net but as the team travelled up to Everton on a wet November day for what was due to be the final appearance of his month-long loan deal from Southampton, he made a promise.

“We were going up there and he said, 'You're going to see a performance from me today like you have never seen before',” recalled Brown.

“I told him I'd be happy enough for him to play as he had done in the three previous games and he said, 'No, I'm telling you, I am so glad to be here and for you giving me this break'.

“Well, we got all the way to Everton and you wouldn't believe it, the match was postponed because of the rain.

“He literally cried and said, 'I can't tell you how much I wanted to play today'.”

That was the end of Osgood's brief stint under Brown and manager John Bond, although they did try, unsuccessfully, to get him back on loan again to team up with the likes of Phil Boyer and Martin Peters.

“When I asked Lawrie McMenemy he said, 'No way, my chairman nearly throttled me when I told him you'd got him in the first place',” added Brown.

Brown said he was stunned to hear of Osgood's death, but said he had great memories of the former Chelsea great.

“He was great for us at the time and he played ever so well, but he wasn't as good for us as he wanted to be” said Brown. “He thought he didn't really do himself justice but in training he was fantastic, unbelievable - he never missed the target. He was a joy to work with and to be with.

“He'd been injured at Southampton and he probably wasn't quite fit enough. But at that time I needed him badly because we were very short at the time and everything about our game was geared to attacking football.”

Osgood had a larger than life personality which made him an instant hit among fans.

“He was a tremendous person,” said Brown. “I used to see him quite often when I was on England duty and without fail he'd come up and have a chat.

“It is a big loss, I can hardly believe it.”

Pigman II

I remember the first time I heard of Osgood it was only because John Byrne was on the road to becoming the first play to equal his record of scoring in every FA cup round from 3 to Final. Never happened tho

Has it even happened since?

redspider

Sad to hear of Osgood's early death. He was a typical 'english style' centre forward, typically scoring in games with his head or in around the box where there were about 30 crosses. He was a tough guy too.

His and other early deaths perhaps raise a point. Are footballers who play and train proessionally liable to early deaths if they dont look after themselves after their playing days are over? I know it doesnt happen to everyone, but there have been quite a few.

redspider

ps: definitely know of Roger Hunt

CrowdedHouse

Another Great from the bubble gum cards of my childhood.

RIP

Gileadi

its terrible to go when you yourself are at a funeral, have they said what he died of exactly?

one of the clubs finest ever players and will be missed i suspect:(