A project to restore, tidy or mark the graves of former Linfield FC players
Northern Ireland
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Today we remember Gerry Burrell who passed away on 25th October 2014.
Gerry was a schoolboy international in 1938 and soon signed for Belfast Celtic. Locally he also played for Ards, Dundela & Portadown while his performances earned him a move across the water where he.... 1/3
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...played for St Mirren, Dundee, Huddersfield &Chesterfield.
In 1976 he was appointed Scout by Linfield - A position he held for decades!
Gerry only got to pull on the Linfield shirt the once. In 1948 he guested for the Blues in their friendly match against Man United.
Talking to the badge man about another delivery. Unfortunately it will be 5 weeks, so end of Nov/start of Dec. This obviously means it will be AFTER Remembrance Day.
Would there still be an interest in buying them?
Please either comment or send me a PM so I can judge.
Many Thanks as always to those that bought badges tonight
The demand was unprecedented and we were sold out before 7 o'clock!
Apologies to those that missed out - we seriously miscalculated the demand. 200 were done but we could have sold at least double that. With so many....
Our Remembrance badges have just arrived, so hopefully they will be available on Friday night at Portadown.
Usual drill.. £3 each
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Today we remember David Foy who passed away on 20th October 1920.
David was one of the main driving forces behind Linfield in its early years
He was Linfield Chairman as well as Chairman & Treasurer of the IFA.
Sadly, just like his good friend, Linfield club President.. 1/3
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...Robert Gibson, David lost his son on the 1st day of the Battle of the Somme.
David Foy jr is buried in Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval.
His other 2 sons also served in the war.
David Foy is buried in Knockbreda Cemetery
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Today we also remember John Warwick who passed away on 19th October 1937
John was President of Linfield for over 30 years, right up until his death
He is photo'd in the clubs iconic photo from 1890 when Linfield won both their first Irish Cup and Irish League Championship 1/3
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He also overseen the historic 7 trophy season of 1921/22 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
John was also a leading official within the IFA and was linesman in at least one International match. A newspaper report, shortly after his death states that the family donated the special linesmans..
Today we also remember Fred McKee who passed away on 19th October 1956.
Goalkeeper Fred, who had already won the Irish League & Cup twice with Cliftonville joined Linfield in 1914. He played with the Blues until 1923, a period when they lifted 25 trophies!
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Today we remember Sammy Smyth who passed away on 19th October 2016 in The Cayman Islands
Sammy played for Linfield between 1944 & 1947, a period in which the Blues won the League & Cup double in both 1944/45 & 45/46
In 1947 he signed for Wolves and helped them lift the FA.. 1/3
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..Cup in 1949. Sammy scored against the holders Manchester United in the semi final in a 1-1 draw. In the replay Sammy scored the only goal of the match to take Wolverhampton Wanderers to Wembley. In the final he scored a wonder goal to help clinch the FA Cup.
Today we remember Bobby Wallace who passed away on 16th October 1970.
Bobby was captain of the historic Linfield 1921/22 Seven trophy winning team 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Born in Scotland, Bobby Wallace joined the Blues in 1914. His time was disrupted by the outbreak of the war.... 1/4
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Returning from the war Bobby became Linfield captain and guided them to the historic clean sweep in 1921/22
At the conclusion of the 1922/23 season Nottingham Forest were delighted to sign Bobby as their Captain. He went on to play 8 seasons with Forest. At Forest...
