Joe Kinnear

[Rizla]

RIP Joe - he had a good side at Wimbledon. I remember the 1-3 loss to them at Roker Park in 96/97, made famous by Reid's weak as piss comments.

 

[JohnKay]

Cracking fella, couldn't dislike him even when managing that lot. RIP Joe, a canny player and proper old school bloke.

 

[Foreigner]

RIP

 

[Cyprus]

He was certainly one of footballs characters, something that is sadly lacking in the modern game and did a great job at Wimbledon. I hope he's remembered more for that than his ill-fated spell at Newcastle. RIP 🕊

 

[SKP130]

Just reading that in 2021 it was mentioned he'd been living with dementia since 2015. Is it possible getting the names wrong and other stuff was the very early warnings of his dementia.

Yes, sadly I think you are correct.

 

[Two million voices]

Proper old school football character. That wasn’t a bad Wimbledon team he had either, I know they were renowned for being bruisers but there was some skill in that team and they never recovered when he left.

 

[Agent Dick Merkin]

RIP Joe.

I'm getting old.

Vascular dementia is how father in law died. Long horrible illness

It's a cruel disease and leaves much pain on those that love the one suffering. I know first hand.

Rest in peace Joe. Thoughts to the family.

 

[Boro_Fan]

Fashanu's warm up was a load of kung fu moves while staring out our players.

Think he ended up elbowing Ball or Rae, possibly both.

Is that genuine? That’s hilarious.

 

[Geppetto]

Is that genuine? That’s hilarious.

Yep, 100% true. Looked like he was doing a kata, but he studied a form of kung fu so must have been something else.

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

RIP Joe, a true character

 

[Boro_Fan]

Yep, 100% true. Looked like he was doing a kata, but he studied a form of kung fu so must have been something else.

That’s class

 

[PrisonBroken]

Seemed like a man with few regrets. I'd just like to say on his behalf, You're a ****.

 

[HerculesNdlovuAffair]

RIP Joe. His first press conference at Newcastle was absolute gold:

'I have had a million pages of crap written about me. I'm ridiculed for no reason. I'm defenceless' | Newcastle United | The Guardian

Joe Kinnear launched an extraordinary tirade against North East reporters during a press conference

amp.theguardian.com

 

[Dinsdale]

Ah he seemed a decent sort of chap, and I loved him calling out Simon Bird. RIP Joe

 

[70s traveller]

RIP Joe, definitely one of the game's characters.

 

[Geppetto]

That’s class

It wasn't this, but gives you an idea of what he was like:

He looked mental before the game and just bullied us to fuck throughout. Our players just seemed to bounce off him and he was well up for it.

I must have been thinking of a different game though as didn't play in the home fixture.

 

[Bear]

RIP Joe another proper old school footy bloke gone

 

[redandwhiterob]

Fashanu was a proper nasty bastard. Theres that famous one where he fucked Gary Mabbutt over but sure he done the same to a Sheffield Wednesday player where its documented he elbowed him, stayed down himself, got stretchered off, got off said stretcher in the dressing room and said thanks lads

 

[johnny kayo]

Fashanu was a proper nasty bastard. Theres that famous one where he fucked Gary Mabbutt over but sure he done the same to a Sheffield Wednesday player where its documented he elbowed him, stayed down himself, got stretchered off, got off said stretcher in the dressing room and said thanks lads

But coined the Awooga catchphrase so not all bad.

 

[redandwhiterob]

But coined the Awooga catchphrase so not all bad.

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