Terry Yorath - RIP (4 Viewers)

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CovFan

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• Thursday at 8:22 AM

• #1

Sad news breaking this morning.

 

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CovValleyBoy

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• Thursday at 8:29 AM

• #2

Thoroughly decent bloke & player.
Who had to deal with the tragedy of losing his boy at the age of 15.

God Bless Terry.

 

fatso

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• Thursday at 8:30 AM

• #3

Such a shame, great player for us, always gave 100% and a real leader on the pitch.

Rip skipper.

 

Danceswithhorses

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• Thursday at 8:32 AM

• #4

Just about remember him, when i first went up to Highfield Road when i was a nipper.
Sad news.

 

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play_in_skyblue_stripes

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• Thursday at 8:57 AM

• #5

Best manager we never had.

Such an important player.

Did some great things for football community overall.

Wasn't with us long but without question a legend for us.

Really really sad to hear this.

 

Robinshio

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• Thursday at 9:03 AM

• #6

Very sad , Great player, Great captain in probably our best ever team
RIP

 

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Amazonian

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• Thursday at 9:08 AM

• #7

Best captain in my 58 years of supporting the club.

Exactly the player who would compliment Grimes and drive us to promotion.

RIP Terry, always remembered.

 

clint van damme

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• Thursday at 9:09 AM

• #8

RIP skipper.

 

mrtrench

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• Thursday at 9:10 AM

• #9

I was his paper boy back in the day. Over the weekend he had every paper delivered bar the FT and The Morning Star.

Sleep well Terry.

 

Moff

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• Thursday at 9:15 AM

• #10

Great player and leader, was only young when I saw him play for us.
A good man who suffered the tragedy of losing his son.
RIP Terry

 

Hutch11

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• Thursday at 9:21 AM

• #11

Loved Terry and the team at that time
R.I.P

 

matesx

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• Thursday at 9:22 AM

• #12

RIP Legend

 

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Skyblue Bangkok

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• Thursday at 9:23 AM

• #13

Moff said:

Great player and leader, was only young when I saw him play for us.
A good man who suffered the tragedy of losing his son.
RIP Terry

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I remember him playing for us always gave maximum effort. Perhaps they can show Wright some clips of Yorath flogging his guts out for the team

 

joemercersaces

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• Thursday at 9:33 AM

• #14

Great memories of Terry leading Hutch, Fergie, Ian Wallace & Co in the mid to late 70s. Gone too soon!

 

Tealeaf

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• Thursday at 9:48 AM

• #15

What a fantastic leader of men - RIP Terry

 

The Nomad

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• Thursday at 9:55 AM

• #16

Sleep easy Terry.

 

alexccfc99

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• Thursday at 9:59 AM

• #17

You did fear the worst when Gabby was all of a sudden replaced on MOTD last night by Mark Chapman

Can't lie, I think it is poor form the club have not acknowledged the news as of yet

 

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Tile Hill Phil

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• Thursday at 10:14 AM

• #18

joemercersaces said:

Great memories of Terry leading Hutch, Fergie, Ian Wallace & Co in the mid to late 70s. Gone too soon!

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Yep that was a cracking side. I remember us playing Liverpool and Souness thought he was a hard man until he came up against Yorath. Think he lived round Cannon Park area when playing for us. Rest in peace

 

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robbiethemole

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• Thursday at 10:26 AM

• #19

RIP Terry a true legend

 

Robinshio

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• Thursday at 10:34 AM

• #20

Tile Hill Phil said:

Yep that was a cracking side. I remember us playing Liverpool and Souness thought he was a hard man until he came up against Yorath. Think he lived round Cannon Park area when playing for us. Rest in peace

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Blyth
Oakey
McDonald
Coop
Holton
Yorath
Powell
Graydon
Wallace
Ferguson
Hutchison

 

eyesee

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• Thursday at 10:41 AM

• #21

i've just seen this news. absolutely heartbreaking.
a massive part of the side i watched and loved as a kid in the 70s. what a time to be a fan of the club. for me, our greatest ever team.

 

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oneofourown

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• Thursday at 10:44 AM

• #22

Anyone around at that time, I was starting to go to Highfield Rd on-me-tod and with mates rather than the old man, that team is still the best in living memory. I still think Gordon Milne was the best manager we ever had and we could name all the team and when we make our favourite 11, 7 or 8 are always included even though it's 50 years ago.
Terry was one of my three favourite players along with Bobby Mac and Hutch and those three would get into any Div 1 club at that time and would still be an asset to our team today. I am part Welsh so always saw Terry not as the best captain City ever had but also Wales. He was lucky because he wore the most iconic strip in CCFC and WFC history so always the photos of him are legendary.
I know every generation believes their was the best but the 70s truly was for us.
I still see Gabby Logan as Terry's kid not as the star she is today, likewise I never see Alan Carr as the super-star he has become but Graham Carr ex-manager, in those days, of the proper Boro, not Middlesbro, but Nune'ton our only true rival over the years, and we nearly played them once in the cup.

 

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Liquicon

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• Thursday at 10:47 AM

• #23

alexccfc99 said:

You did fear the worst when Gabby was all of a sudden replaced on MOTD last night by Mark Chapman

Can't lie, I think it is poor form the club have not acknowledged the news as of yet

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oakey

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• Thursday at 10:50 AM

• #24

A fantastic player. One of our greatest captains too.

 

ovduk78

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• Thursday at 10:53 AM

• #25

He was a hard player in the time of real hard players, never shirked a challenge & crossed the line a few times. Shocked when we managed to buy him off Leeds and more so when he was sold to Spurs l. RIP Terry

 

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Porkchophill

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• Thursday at 10:55 AM

• #26

RIP 🩵🩵🩵

 

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oscillatewildly

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• Thursday at 10:57 AM

• #27

Just caught this now.
Very sad news.
What an (unlikely) addition to us he was when he signed.
Brief though his stay was, he was Matty Grimes (twice over) and armour plated.
RIP, skip.

 

Calista

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• Thursday at 11:09 AM

• #28

Liquicon said:

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To describe him as a "former midfielder" is completely inadequate.

Terry was a very good player, but his qualities as a captain were absolutely exceptional - you could feel his leadership even from the stands. He was at the hub of perhaps the most entertaining team in our history.

RIP Terry and sincere condolences to the family.

 

nicksar

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• Thursday at 11:33 AM

• #29

R I.P. Terry, great player and captain in (as many have already mentioned) probably the best Coventry team I have had the pleasure of watching.

 

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wingy

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• Thursday at 11:37 AM

• #30

play_in_skyblue_stripes said:

Best manager we never had.

Such an important player.

Did some great things for football community overall.

Wasn't with us long but without question a legend for us.

Really really sad to hear this.

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Was it Terry who moved in and JH vacated to get him here, think that's right?

 

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MaltaSkyBlue

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• Thursday at 11:38 AM

• #31

wingy said:

Was it Terry who moved in and JH vacated to get him here, think that's right?

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Correct, and I believe that the Yoraths got to keep JH's dog as part of the transfer.

 

Frostie

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• Thursday at 12:00 PM

• #32

Terribly sad news. RIP Terry.

Came across this story earlier which I wasn't aware of:

 

DazzleTommyDazzle

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• Thursday at 12:55 PM

• #33

When we signed Terry, we knew that we were getting a hard man who would be a great skipper. What we (well me) didn’t realise was what an exceptionally good midfielder we were getting.

Yes, a great captain. Yes, a great enforcer, but some of his passing was sublime.

RIP Skipper.

 

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Legia Sky Blue

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• Thursday at 1:01 PM

• #34

Very sad news. What a signing he was. If I remember right he signed on the same day as Ian Wallace and Bobby McDonald, so probably the best day's transfer business the club has ever done. Despite his hard man on pitch persona he only ever came across as a genuinely nice guy off it. I think he was close to becoming our manager on a couple of occasions too but it wasn't meant to be.

 

lifeskyblue

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• Thursday at 1:38 PM

• #35

RIP. A genuinely good guy liked by all who met him. Real hard man on the pitch…never shirked his role as captain and leader.