RIP Gary Speed - Mod Note 292

starviewadams

Jesus that is terrible news,condolences to his wife and children,very tough thing to deal with,especially at this time of the year.

R.I.P.

Professional Griefer

Awful story to wake up to today. Can't believe it.

RIP

homolumo

Vanbis wrote: »

WTF

My thoughts exactly. Awful shame. RIP.

barone

as above i only watched the man on tv yesterday with gary mac,shocked


RIP gary

Fizman

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

SSN have just reported the cause of death is not known now,

After earlier reporting he had been found hanged from a Chesire Police statement,

That statement has now had the hanged bit cut off it.

They are however saying that there are no suspicious circumstances suspected. That usually means only one thing. I think they just took away the hanged part to be a little less callous. Can't be nice having friends and family hear the word repeatedly.

El Weirdo

Great player. Shocking stuff.

RIP.

efb

He was on Football Focus yesterday.

Great player- doing good job with Wales.

Terrible the demons people have to battle on their own.

RIP Gary Speed

A genuinely shocking piece of news.

God knows what torments the guy was going through.

Always seemed likeable, one of those softly spoken guys who never hogged the headlines but was universally respected.

RIP

Hammer Archer

Jesus that is shocking
RIP.

Fromthetrees

barone wrote: »

as above i only watched the man on tv yesterday with gary mac,shocked


RIP gary

the same, he looked in good form, such a shame
RIP

Fozzie Bear

thomasm wrote: »

As a Leeds fan he was a hero of mine growing up. Speed, Batty, Mcallister and Strachan one of the best midfields ever in the premiership. RIP

Same as that. So many happy memories of him in the Leeds shirt during the early 90's and that huge mop of curls he had for a few seasons.

Shocked does not come close to describing it.

RIP

DirkVoodoo

RIP. A class act and a true professional.

McGrath5

RIP

fred funk }{

Terrible news. I'm totally shocked.

banie01

RIP Gary Speed!
A player who's name I never enjoyed seeing on the opposing team sheet, because you always knew he was going to give 110%!
One of the most consistent and hardest working midfielders of his generation and the 1st player to hit 500 premiership appearances
And on the way to becoming a great manager.
A big loss!
My condolences to his family and friends!

steelcityblues

Shocking to hear.

Fine midfielder, and looked liked he knew what he was doing with Wales.

Will be very hard for the likes of Bellamy and Allen to play today.

Mayo Exile

Fozzie Bear wrote: »

Same as that. So many happy memories of him in the Leeds shirt during the early 90's and that huge mop of curls he had for a few seasons.

Shocked does not come close to describing it.

RIP

Yes. RIP. A core part of that 1992 league winning side. Just before 1pm Sky News were running a video clip of him and Gary McAllister shaking hands on the sideline just before a Wales v Scotland match. The friendliness between the two was clear to see.

eugeneious

A really true pro. A player everyone respected regardless of what team they supported. RIP.

James Forde

Puts everything in perspective really

A true pro, a great of the premier league era

RIP

Iang87

Xabi Alonso on twitter just nailed it

"RIP Gary Speed. My first PL game was against him, he showed in that game what british football is about"

G.K.

Utterly devastated.

Watching us under him in the last 4-5 months or so made me more proud to be a Welsh football fan than I've ever been watching my nation - we'd got something special coming on.

Legend for the club too. Thoughts go out to every family member, fan and collegue.

MOT. RIP.

Sad news and like any suicide, a great tragedy.

Very good player in his day.

Rhys Essien

RIP.

Alex McLeish just interviewed there on Sky saying that Shay Given is distraught because he was very good friends with Gary from their Newcastle days.

This would be awful if it tips the likes of Gazza,Stan Collymore over the edge.

Mushy

banie01 wrote: »

RIP Gary Speed!
A player who's name I never enjoyed seeing on the opposing team sheet, because you always knew he was going to give 110%!
One of the most consistent and hardest working midfielders of his generation and the 1st player to hit 500 premiership appearances
And on the way to becoming a great manager.
A big loss!
My condolences to his family and friends!

Exactly this. Although luckily he played for a team I follow too.

RIP Gary, you will be missed

GT_TDI_150

Sad sad 'news'!


One of the best midfielders i can remember at newcastle!

RIP

JerryHandbag

Totally stunned. Wales were becoming a real team under him.

RIP

rebel girl 15

Dan Walker on twitter

Gary was full of life yesterday talking about his kids, bright future with Wales, twitter, golf. Can't get my head round it. So sad.

kfallon

RIP

The best tribute i can prob give him is that in his long career I can't recall him having a bad game!

eurokev

gutted, one of my favourite ever players. Seemed such a nice guy. completely shocked and shattered. RIP Gary

iMuse

Horrible news RIP

The_Kew_Tour

RIP

Gutted really am.

He seemed like an absolute gentleman.

As I person who has had problems in past made me realise how fortunate I am.

Gary Speed was a true great.

_blank_

Depression is as bad as cancer, in fact, it's worse in my opinion.

It's a hidden disease, people don't understand it, don't want to understand it, tell people to "get over" it.

No. There's a bad day, we all have them, and there's a disease.

Rest In Peace Gary Speed.

Xavi6

Chants of "There's only one Gary Speed" at the Swansea v Villa game.

Vurnon San Benito

Absolutely terrible news. RIP.

Kiera

Such sad news

The_Kew_Tour

Des wrote: »

Depression is as bad as cancer, in fact, it's worse in my opinion.

It's a hidden disease, people don't understand it, don't want to understand it, tell people to "get over" it.

No. There's a bad day, we all have them, and there's a disease.

Rest In Peace Gary Speed.

Well said.

kerash

R.I.P Gary Speed.

*If anyone is struggling with life please try to get help, speak to someone*

steelcityblues

Well done Swansea.

Nuri Sahin

Tragic news.

RIP Gary Speed.

JerryHandbag

Shay Given in tears at Swansea game

Peyton Manning

Hugely upsetting news. I often hear or read about celebrities passing away, and while I know it's always sad news, it doesn't affect me hugely other than acknowledging such. But this has genuinely upset me. For as long as I've watched football Gary Speed was just always there, he was one of the constants of the Premier League - as sure as there was football on Saturday, Gary Speed would be playing. He seemed just a normal, down-to-earth bloke who loved the game. When you saw Gary Speed, you didn't see a big contract, a flashy car, a supermodel wife or anything you think of with some modern footballers. You just saw a guy doing what he loved and happy to have a platform to do it on. This doesn't change that, it's just what makes it particularly harrowing. Very upset over this, RIP Gary

markie29

Shay Given in tears just before kick off

overshoot

sad news, wales were really starting to show signs of life under him
RIP

Big Nelly

Shocking news, was just about to flick on tv for Super Sunday and caught it on the web. He was a class player, couldn't believe it when I read it was suicide. Started watching football when he was just starting so grew up watching him

Was just watching him yesterday on Football Focus. Can't believe it

parc

wow...just wow

it just goes to show how, even if you're successful, have talent and have no money worries something like this can get to you.

i saw it on twitter and did a double take...gary speed? can't believe it. what a dark thing depression must be, and i think i'm only scratching the surface there

RIP

Pacing Mule

Just watched live on Sky Sports News the scene before kick off a the Swansea game.

Stadium announcer announces a minutes silence.
It is not impeccably observed.
Crowd break into spontaneous applause a few seconds in.
Whole stadium begins applauding bar the players on the pitch.
Crowd chant his name again and again.
A genuine tear came to my eye.

RIP Gary

efb

Can the thread title be made a touch gentler please? Like Gary Speed Condolences thread or something?

Tks

razorblunt

RIP.


Strange how it's such a shock, seeing as I never meant the guy, but he was a consumate professional and all round nice guy and that shone through.

Depression is a disgusting horrible affliction, hopefully this might trigger others to get help, there's always someone willing to listen.

Brando_ie

RIP Gary.

My thoughts are with his family. I was just reading that tweet from Stan Collimore last night after watching the recording of Football focus and actually asked myself if there were a lot more players around football who were locked into depression. It really brings it home terribly to hear such tragic news less than 24 hours later.

RIP

adox

Shocking news. Always seemed like one of the good guys in the game, came across as hugely likable.

Only saw him play once back in the early 90s against Shels. Think it may have been his debut for Leeds.

R.I.P.