alsie14 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 RIP Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Hard to believe that it has been a year since Phil's death. Shock and sadness of that day will stay with me forever. R.I.P, Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nony Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Can't believe that's been a year. Was one of the most horrid threads ever to develop on here - Bop putting stuff up as it happened. Just doesn't seem like a year already... RIP Phil, thoughts are with your family at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special aka Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 My thoughts are with his young family every day. Suppose Phil played such a major part in what was the best day of my life, back in '91, that he instantly achieved permanent hero status in my little mind. Even when he signed for the Tims I bore him no grudge. Beit a year, or ten or more down the line since that tragic December day, I will never come to terms with the loss of the man, and a fine man he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elky Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 RIP Phil O'Donnell Thanks Yabba brilliant brought the tears floading back. 10 our Hero R.I.P remember having to phone Fatcalf for clarifacation coz I couldnt take it in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazs66 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 RIP Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 RIP Uncle Phil. Taken far too soon - can't believe how quick the year has gone. My thoughts are with his family and friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellArmy_88 Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Sadly missed but will always be remembered True legend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaag Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 RIP Phil O'Donnell Thanks for that mate... I was holding it together perfectly well there until i saw faddy's celebration of him pointing to his armband with tears in his eyes. I miss Phil I love faddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelBoyd Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Excellent vid, brings it all back, as did the look on Clarksons face as he looked at the Shirt banner on saturday, im awful at these kind of things, so if anyone better at PHotoshop etc wants to alter then fair enough, but i gave this a wee go R.I.P. Uncle Phil, our Captain, Our Hero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Thanks for that mate... I was holding it together perfectly well there until i saw faddy's celebration of him pointing to his armband with tears in his eyes. I miss Phil I love faddy Really lovely tribute that video. Very emotional - and yeah when Faddy points to his armband - that's what really gets me started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Pup Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 My wee boy was born on 29-12-08 - I looked for all sort of reasons to call him Phil or O'Donnell but our memories of Uncle Phil will live on and my wee boy need not carry his fathers memoirs GB C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
always next year Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Was looking through historical e-mails from last year around this time, and wanted to share this piece from an English newspaper...Apologies if some of you have read it before.... James McFadden's tears Middlesbrough 0 Everton 2 . James McFadden elevated a mundane match into the realms of poignancy yesterday, scoring a memorable goal for Everton and then grabbing the black armband worn in honour of Phil O'Donnell and pointing to the heavens. McFadden was rising through the ranks at Motherwell when O'Donnell was in his first spell at Fir Park; amid all its bluster, football hailed one of its own. McFadden broke down at the Riverside Stadium, moved by the minute's recognition of the midfield player who died of heart failure on Saturday and then crying on his substitution in the 80th minute. In between, he scored a goal that helped to lift his club into fifth place in the table but, understandably, the Scotland international's thoughts were elsewhere. "I had a feeling I was going to get a goal today and that if I did I was going to dedicate it to Phil," McFadden said. "In the end, it was the right thing to do because I have not been able to see any of his family. I have passed on my regards to them, but I felt that this was the way I wanted to pay my respects to him. My wife is friendly with his niece and me with his nephews, and I'll see them as soon as possible. "I shed a tear when I came off towards the end. It was such an emotional occasion, with a silence that turned into applause before the game. It has been so shocking. It is difficult to get your head around that he is dead; you can't imagine what his family are going through. He was a great player and one of the nice guys of football. What's happened is a tragedy." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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