EL APACHE TEVEZ
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RIP Swifty
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6 February, 1958.
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FantasyIreland
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RIP all.RIP Swifty
Very moving rendition of the Flowers of Manchester just now, Frank Swift gets his own line . Tragedies happen all the time, it doesn't make the Munich disaster any less poignant, moving and right to remember all those that passed, RIP .
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RIP
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R.I.P
Football rivalries go out of the window for this.
A tragedy not just for United but the whole of Manchester.
Football rivalries go out of the window for this.
A tragedy not just for United but the whole of Manchester.
EL APACHE TEVEZ
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Well doneRIP all.
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For what?Well done
Iv been lucky to speak to Johnny williamson a few times. I once asked who was better Bert or Frank his reply was, you pick one and I’ll have the other made me smile. I never saw either live.Sorry, Alan Oakes was with City from 8 Apr 1958 until 17 July 1976, while Swift was with City from 16 Nov 1932 until 9 Sept 1949. Having said that City kept hold of Swift's registration for several years, refusing to let him sign for United when Matt Busby asked him if he'd help out the Reds.
I was supposed to be publishing a book on Swift a few years back - he has a fascinating life. I'd agreed with his daughter to do it but sadly one or two things got in the way. I ended up writing 60,000 words of a proposed 100,000 and it was to be of the same standard and quality as my Mercer biography. Unfortunately, his daughter died by the time I was to pick it up again and shortly afterwards someone else announced he was writing a book. I won't go into details about what followed but let's just say my book became shelved, and will probably never be published now. It's a shame because Swift was such an important figure that he deserves to be written about extensively but no publisher would touch it now, regardless of quality.
When players like Jesse Lingard video themselves singing "why don't City fuck off home" they need to remember days like today. RIP to all who lost their lives
The dancing moron is in trouble again. Posting tweets about playing FIFA 18 at 3:07pm... just 2 minutes after the minutes silence finished