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==Deaths==
[[Noel Cantwell]], 72, was a Republic of Ireland international at left-back during the 1950s and 1960s. He also captained Manchester United to F.A Cup glory in 1963.
*[[18 October]] [[2005]], [[Johnny Haynes]], 71, former [[England national football team|England]] and [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] player.▼
[[Johnny Haynes]], 71, former [[England national football team|England]] and [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] midfielder, who became the first English footballer to be paid £100 a week, died after suffering a brain haemorrhage at the wheel of his car which resulted in a head-on collision with another vehicle.
[[George Swindin]], 90, was a former goalkeeper of [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] in the immediate postwar years. He helped them win two league titles and one F.A Cup. After hanging up his gloves, he served Arsenal as manager but was less successful.
*[[14 January]] [[2006]], [[Mark Philo]], 21, [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe]] winger.▼
[[George Best]], 59, Nothern Irish born striker who enjoyed the early and most successful years of his career [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], died as a result of multiple organ failure three years after he underwent a liver transplant, the result of more than 30 years of heavy drinking. Personal problems meant that he played his last game for United at the age of 27, but he continued at various smaller clubs - including a brief spell with the Los Angeles Aztecs in America - until the age of 37.
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[[Ron Greenwood]], 84, former [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham]] and [[England national football team|England]] manager. He managed West Ham to F.A Cup glory in 1964 and Cup Winners Cup success a year later, as well as providing the 1966 England World Cup winning team with three key players. Greenwood later managed the England team, achieving qualification for Euro 80 and the 1982 World Cup before retiring from football.
[[Peter Osgood]], 59, former [[England national football team|England]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] and [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] player, died of a heart attack while attending a family funeral. He was a key player in Chelsea's 1970 F.A Cup and 1971 Cup Winners Cup triumphs, and won another F.A Cup medal in 1976 with his next club Southampton.
[[John Lyall]], 66, former [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] and [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] manager, died of a heart attack. He completed his first season in management at West Ham with F.A Cup glory in 1975, winning the trophy again in 1980 and taking West Ham to their highest ever league position - third - in 1986. He was sacked when West Ham were relegated in 1989, but make a comeback the following year with Ipswich Town. Lyall took Ipswich into the inaugural Premier League as Second Division champions in 1992, and remained in charge for another two-and-half years before he was sacked in December 1994. Lyall never returned to management after his dismissal from Ipswich.
[[24 April]] [[2006]], [[Brian Labone]], 66, former [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] captain who played in Harry Catterick's successful 1960s side, died of a heart attack. He helped them win the F.A Cup in 1964 and 1966 as well as the league title in 1963 and 1970.
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