wonderfulwednesday Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 RIP Ron The great Wednesday English International of my time watching the owls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyboy66 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 RIP Ron...just wish I could find that photo of him at Bolton or Burnley during that icy winter in 63'on a rock hard icy pitch seemingly parallel with the cross bar catching on in the top corner...greatest photo of a keeper ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAT OWL Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Would have been a top keeper in any team. A true legend and a figure from our past that should make us all feel proud to be Wednesday fans. Thank you Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Royds Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) Not too much on the British news feeds but the foreign feeds giving coverage. http://www.ojogo.pt/Internacional/interior.aspx?content_id=4776229 http://m.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Deces-de-ron-springett-gardien-anglais-champion-du-monde-en-1966/590164?xtref=https://www.google.co.uk/& Great photos from those feeds. Good looking lad with a film star profile. Edited September 13, 2015 by M Royds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howards back Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 RIP Ron. Simply the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KivoOwl Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Minute's applause on 33 minutes is a wonderful idea. Tweeted it - hopefully the club pass on the message Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincs Owl Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Ironic that our next home game is against Fulham. On September 6th 1967 our centenary match was a 1st division game against Fulham. It was a Wednesday night and we won 4-2. Before the game a huge box of blue and white balloons was in the centre circle and it was Ron who came out on to the pitch to release them. Along with Don Megson and John Ritchie, Ron was my first Hillsborough hero. RIP Ron WAWAW More ironic than you think. Ron was from Fulham and supported them as a kid. Ron was my first Owls hero as well. I started watching them in 1958, just after he'd joined us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow_Blu Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 RIP Ronnie ..... A true legend ..... not a plastic one ..... Statue time me thinks .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetherave Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 My ...... what terribly sad news. Thank goodness he did eventually get his World Cup winning medal .... at last from Gordon Brown at 10 Downing St. Ron was not only the best goal keeper we have had to my knowledge .... been going to Hillsborough since 1960, he was the best Owls player I have ever seen .... with his bare hands and just the occasional use of a flat cap when the sun was in his eyes. Most of the time the sun was behind him on the Leppings Lane end, whilst we were kicking into the Kop in the second half. He used to catch the ball ... not padding it away like nowadays. I can hear him now on the Town Hall balcony .. just after the 66 FA cup final ... when they handed him the mike, he gently spoke in his east London accent, looking down over the balcony to the massed gathering, " you all look so lovely, I could come down and kiss you all ... and next year when we win the cup, I will!" Totally emotionally memorable!!! His only indiscretion was to wear something red under his green jersey ... you could see it at the collar. I always wanted to meet him and would have asked him about that. But what a class act ... he even looked dignified picking the ball out of the net when Derek Temple's goal won the cup for Everton. I just hope he realised that every Wednesdayite who had the pleasure to see him all thought the world of that good looking London dude, who trained remotely at Loftus Road, getting the train up for home games. Filling up now .... RIP Ron . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnbloodaxe Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 RIP Ron one of our few REAL legends. Always remember you. A goalkeeper of a totally different class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelowl Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 people rave about banks' save from pele our ron would've caught it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelowl Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 fairly sure that's fantham with ron and some unknown but promising west ham player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taximark Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Wow, stunned by this news, didn't even know he was ill either. Hope the club does something for the Fulham game in tribute to one of Wednesday's best ever players, true legend. RIP Ron Springett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddogbob Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Rip Ron, A huge loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erickpottsfc Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Probably the best goalkeeper ever. As good as Banks arguably better. Gutted for him when by Gordon Banks got the nod for the '66 England team ahead of our Ron. Ron was a class act and a real Wednesday hero. I will be very dismayed if the club don't something really special as a deserved tribute to this great man. Sad, sad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F. Spiksley Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul G Wisbech Owl Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 RIP Ron. Condolences to his family. Think a minutes silence before the game and a minutes applause on 33 minutes would be a fitting tribute to this Wednesday legend. If any former Owl deserves a statue then it should be Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomtheOwl95 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I like so many others have only ever been told of his greatness, he was my dad's first hero in the 50's/60's. Fantastic servant for the football club and of course for England. Rest in Peace Ron. I hope the club can do something a little different to the normal sort of tribute for him on Saturday. He would deserve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaton_Swfc Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 RIP Massive part of the club, very sad news WAWAW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggoisgod Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Forget legends this guy was and will always be a TRUE legend...hero..rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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