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13 years ago today, never forgotten.

From before I was an active blue, I've never seen him play
but RIP our fallen boy :(

Still like yesterday, had the day off and picked it up accidentally on Euro Sport.

Rip big fella. Always be remembered for scoring the last city goal at Maine Road

Rip MVF

Beefymcfc wrote:Still like yesterday, had the day off and picked it up accidentally on Euro Sport.

Yeah same here - I know I probably bang on about this every year, but I'll never forget or forgive The Sun for the photo splashed on the front page the day after of him lying on the stretcher facing the camera tongue out, clearly brown bread. There was no need for it, but I suppose I shouldn't have expected anything different!

He wasn't the most gifted player we ever saw, but certainly one of the best I saw during that period at City and had the potential to stick around and have a strong career for us. Some of his performances were magical (thinking Newcastle at home when he ran the show)

RIP big man

RIP Marc.

Im_Spartacus wrote:

Beefymcfc wrote:Still like yesterday, had the day off and picked it up accidentally on Euro Sport.

Yeah same here - I know I probably bang on about this every year, but I'll never forget or forgive The Sun for the photo splashed on the front page the day after of him lying on the stretcher facing the camera tongue out, clearly brown bread. There was no need for it, but I suppose I shouldn't have expected anything different!

He wasn't the most gifted player we ever saw, but certainly one of the best I saw during that period at City and had the potential to stick around and have a strong career for us. Some of his performances were magical (thinking Newcastle at home when he ran the show)

RIP big man

Said everything I was going to say.

RIP

loved Marc Vivien.

still have to make my mind on how that kind of accidents can happen, in hyper-professional, mega rich sports like football, moreso in a country of UK level of medical knowledge. perhaps it's just me that hate the word fate.

RIP

Swales4ever wrote:loved Marc Vivien.

still have to make my mind on how that kind of accidents can happen, in hyper-professional, mega rich sports like football, moreso in a country of UK level of medical knowledge. perhaps it's just me that hate the word fate.

RIP

It happened whilst he was playing for Cameroon, not in the UK?

Mase wrote:

Swales4ever wrote:loved Marc Vivien.

still have to make my mind on how that kind of accidents can happen, in hyper-professional, mega rich sports like football, moreso in a country of UK level of medical knowledge. perhaps it's just me that hate the word fate.

RIP

It happened whilst he was playing for Cameroon, not in the UK?

if bad memory serves, he died in Lyon while playing some international tournament and I seems to remermer his wife said he cared much to just play in lyon, despite having had a troubled sick night.
point was that if I have to submit a cardio clearance to just enter a stupid fitness gymnasium, just to play some fitness, WHY on hell a pro footballer is not diagnosed a genetic cardiopathy in advance? I remember Kanu was, in Italy, while at Inter milan

Swales4ever wrote:

Mase wrote:

Swales4ever wrote:loved Marc Vivien.

still have to make my mind on how that kind of accidents can happen, in hyper-professional, mega rich sports like football, moreso in a country of UK level of medical knowledge. perhaps it's just me that hate the word fate.

RIP

It happened whilst he was playing for Cameroon, not in the UK?

if bad memory serves, he died in Lyon while playing some international tournament and I seems to remermer his wife said he cared much to just play in lyon, despite having had a troubled sick night.
point was that if I have to submit a cardio clearance to just enter a stupid fitness gymnasium, just to play some fitness, WHY on hell a pro footballer is not diagnosed a genetic cardiopathy in advance? I remember Kanu was, in Italy, while at Inter milan

Think it's been happening for years mate.
Didn't Asa Hartford have a hole in his heart? I'm sure I remember my dad telling me that as a kid.

Mase wrote:

Swales4ever wrote:

Mase wrote:

Swales4ever wrote:loved Marc Vivien.

still have to make my mind on how that kind of accidents can happen, in hyper-professional, mega rich sports like football, moreso in a country of UK level of medical knowledge. perhaps it's just me that hate the word fate.

RIP

It happened whilst he was playing for Cameroon, not in the UK?

if bad memory serves, he died in Lyon while playing some international tournament and I seems to remermer his wife said he cared much to just play in lyon, despite having had a troubled sick night.
point was that if I have to submit a cardio clearance to just enter a stupid fitness gymnasium, just to play some fitness, WHY on hell a pro footballer is not diagnosed a genetic cardiopathy in advance? I remember Kanu was, in Italy, while at Inter milan

Think it's been happening for years mate.
Didn't Asa Hartford have a hole in his heart? I'm sure I remember my dad telling me that as a kid.

Yes he did mate.