Really sad news announced by Liverpool this evening. Did a brilliant job for them delivering 2 league titles in his first stint and had them punching about their weight in 23/24 season. Seemed a decent guy who was liked and respected by his players. RIP Matt Beard.
Matt Beard has passed away aged 47
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bluethrunthru
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47 ............. awful awful news - RIP with love to his family and friends.
Pubteam Lomas
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When I saw the Spurs match last night I thought their manager (Martin Ho) was actually Matt Beard, at first glance.
I thought really good appointment.
RIP Matt
I thought really good appointment.
RIP Matt
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Sad news RIP Matt.
JRockBlues
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Sad to hear the news. RIP and condolences to family and friends.
Gaz76
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Sad news that, RIP
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RIP Matt.
manimanc
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Blimey that's no age.
Was he ill?
Was he ill?
JRockBlues
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Villa vs Liverpool game postponed.
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Suicide according to his son.
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I thought that was strange when I read it. Can you remember a time where a game of football was postponed because of the death of a former manager?
manimanc
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God that's so sad.
My heart goes out to his family.
You didn't hear of him suffering with mental health but then again why would we hear about it.
So very sad.
Unusual, but he was manager there until the summer and has been manager their before. He's a big part of their women's team's history and it seems has committed suicide, so it will have had quite a devastating impact on players who he worked with every day until a couple of months ago.
I can't think of any other examples of this situation, let alone thinking about what the response of the clubs would be.
Its just very sad. Seeing posts on X by his family, it's clear he was really loved. So sad that that wasn't enough for him.
jimharri
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That's grim. It's sad when you feel there's no other way out of whatever issues you're dealing with. TALK TO SOMEONE.
Bigga
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Wow.
Pretty powerful image, that.
I really hope that others with thoughts of this in their minds understand what damage, broken hearts and souls they leave behind, for others to deal with.
RIP Mr Beard.
LangleyBlue1970
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Just on talksport about this chap now. How he had time for everyone, and maybe football didn’t treat him as well as it should have. Words of Jackie Oatley.
Very sad hearing what she’s been saying.
Very sad hearing what she’s been saying.
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Really sad loss, and terrible for the family.
I think there are some quite big misconceptions about suicide, and the suicidal. Worth a look:
Also worth saying is that of course it would be better for people feeling suicidal to talk to people, but it's also true that if you spot someone struggling then you could and should reach out and create a space for them to do that. In modern life I think we can struggle with that bit (speaking for myself and not others). If you've got 30 mins time to spare consider looking at this, it may help save someone's life:
www.zerosuicidealliance.com
I think there are some quite big misconceptions about suicide, and the suicidal. Worth a look:
Also worth saying is that of course it would be better for people feeling suicidal to talk to people, but it's also true that if you spot someone struggling then you could and should reach out and create a space for them to do that. In modern life I think we can struggle with that bit (speaking for myself and not others). If you've got 30 mins time to spare consider looking at this, it may help save someone's life:
Free online suicide awareness training from the Zero Suicide Alliance
Take the FREE online suicide awareness training from the ZSA to gain basic suicide awareness and prevention skills.
www.zerosuicidealliance.com
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Really sad loss, and terrible for the family.
I think there are some quite big misconceptions about suicide, and the suicidal. Worth a look:
Also worth saying is that of course it would be better for people feeling suicidal to talk to people, but it's also true that if you spot someone struggling then you could and should reach out and create a space for them to do that. In modern life I think we can struggle with that bit (speaking for myself and not others). If you've got 30 mins time to spare consider looking at this, it may help save someone's life:
Free online suicide awareness training from the Zero Suicide Alliance
Take the FREE online suicide awareness training from the ZSA to gain basic suicide awareness and prevention skills.
I wasn't going to comment, but I have to agree with what you've put.
It's easy to say, "just talk to someone". That person is in a pit that they can't get out of and in their mind, to them talking to someone is the worst thing possible as they likely won't want others to worry about them.
It's up to us as decent humans to check in with our friends and family, especially the ones that are always seemingly happy, as they're often the ones that hide it the best.
I've gotten into the habit of texting friends, "love you mate" randomly, just so people know I'm here and that people care about them.
And I'm not saying if a close friend or family member ends their life that it's your fault for not checking in - ultimately we can only do what we can do.
Society is on its arse at the moment, we need to be looking out for each other.
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