Sad news - Jimmy McIlroy

Jambounchained · Post by **Jambounchained** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:26 am

Incredibly sad news. RIP Jimmy Mac.

Hibsclaret · Post by **Hibsclaret** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:27 am

My Dad’s favourite player also.

Met him outside the old post office once and he was polite, unassuming and a gentleman. Today’s players could learn a lot from him in regards to humility and respect.

RIP legend

Longside4evr · Post by **Longside4evr** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:27 am

Very sad news some say a player cant be bigger than the club but in Jimmy's case he was a legend and very well respected he was a icon
When he was sold to Stork City a good percentage of fans vowed never to return thats how big a player he was for this club
RIP Jimmy a Burnley Football Club legend

Jakubs Tash · Post by **Jakubs Tash** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:28 am

Very sad news. RIP Jimmy Mac.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:29 am

Gutted. Just gutted.

RIP Jimmy Mac.

Never to be forgotten.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:30 am

I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with him a number of times. He was genial, dryly funny, charming, and sincerely self effacing in his modesty. I never saw him play, but I feel somewhat blessed to have this wonderful sportsman and human being associated forever with the football club I support.
Goodnight Jimmy.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:31 am

Heard he once turned down a move to sampdoria and a villa on the med because Burnley had everything he and his wife would ever want or need

Billy_Bumface · Post by **Billy_Bumface** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:31 am

Terrible news, a true gentleman.

RIP Jimmy

Mayoclaret · Post by **Mayoclaret** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:32 am

Very sad news indeed. The term "Legend" is used all-too-often these days but without doubt Jimmy really is a true "legend". RIP Mr Burnley.

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:35 am

My dad's hero.

We've lost a gentle man.

Rest in peace, Burnley's very best.

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:35 am

My deepest sympathy to his family and personal friends.

A true gentleman.

Burypaddy · Post by **Burypaddy** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:37 am

Never saw him play but come to learn how much he meant to the club and the town.
RIP Jimmy

derryclaret · Post by **derryclaret** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:38 am

So sad,he was the reason I started supporting Burnley, may he rest in peace.

Corky · Post by **Corky** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:38 am

Lucky enough to both watch him play and meet him outside of football. A true gentleman.

I just assumed he would go on for ever.

Sad loss.

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:38 am

Thank you and God Bless, Jimmy Mac.

RogerBest · Post by **RogerBest** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:39 am

That is very sad.

Burnley's most legendary player.

Rest in peace Jimmy.

Foulthrow · Post by **Foulthrow** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:39 am

If they ever invent time travel seeing him play for Burnley would be the first journey I'd book.

RIP Jimmy Mc.

Also, if they decide to have a minute's applause (and I hope they don't) I will be standing in respectful silence.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:39 am

I'm sure hundreds if not more will line Harry Potts way and beyhond.

clansman · Post by **clansman** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:40 am

As many others on here i was privileged to see him play and he was a true great in every sense of the word.
Magnificent footballer , a great representative of Northern Ireland and a lovely man. If ever i bumped into him in Sainsbury's in Burnley he always had a smile and a kind word.
Very sad this morning.We have lost a legendary figure.

edison · Post by **edison** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:43 am

I never saw him play. My granda would tell me about him, having watched him for Northern Ireland. I did have the privilege of meeting him just the once, at the Oval in 2008. He was a gentleman. I often wondered how he was doing, most recently just last week when I was out walking my dog and walked past Danny Blanchflower's house on Grace Avenue. I looked up to read the blue plaque and thought of Jimmy and that 58 squad.

Damo · Post by **Damo** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:46 am

RIP Jimmy. Too young to see him play but remember my granddads tales about him fondly

BFCmaj · Post by **BFCmaj** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:47 am

Sad news. I’m too young to have seen him play but he was my Dad’s hero. A true Burnley legend.

BurnleyFC · Post by **BurnleyFC** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:48 am

The absolute worst possible news to have to read.

RIP, Jimmy. Legend.

Walkerpool · Post by **Walkerpool** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:49 am

Very sad news. RIP

quoonbeatz · Post by **quoonbeatz** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:49 am

wonderful footballer; wonderful man.

RIP Jimmy McIlroy.

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:56 am

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jedi_master · Post by **jedi_master** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:00 am

Obviously, at 31 I never had the privilege to see him play, but the stories you hear and the clips you can see are what will keep his legend alive long past any of us.

RIP Jimmy

Bullabill · Post by **Bullabill** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:02 am

Jimmy, - Thankyou.

Paranoid · Post by **Paranoid** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:03 am

Sad news, RIP Jimmy Mac.

Guich · Post by **Guich** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:04 am

My Mum's favourite player and the best ever in Claret and Blue.

I love just watching him on the old tapes - 'Rhapsody in C&B' and 'When we were Kings'

JimmyMac fest and a bene&hot for me this eve.

RIP Jimmy

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:07 am

Never saw him play. But told about him.

Legends never die

AndrewJB · Post by **AndrewJB** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:08 am

RIP, to a gentleman and a great footballer.

jdrobbo · Post by **jdrobbo** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:10 am

The Greatest. Sad news. A true Legend of football.

Cooperclaret · Post by **Cooperclaret** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:12 am

Bryan Douglas told me that he was the best player he ever played against. High praise indeed

A legend, a gentleman and a fantastic person and a CLARET.

RIP Jimmy

Silkyskills1 · Post by **Silkyskills1** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:14 am

My footballing hero. He mesmerised me and the opposition. Oozed class. ' Give it to Mc', my dad would shout. RIP Jimmy Mc., a true legend who gave so much joy to so many people.

Andingle · Post by **Andingle** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:15 am

R. I. P Jimmy Mac, top notch footballer and first rate human being UTC

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:16 am

Again, too young to have seen him in Claret and Blue ....
Met him several times in his later days, always had a twinkle in his eye, and a ready smile... lovely man

I remember reading Sir Stanley Matthews' Autobiography, and a chapter relating to players he'd played with and against. Of Jimmy McIlroy, he wrote .." they say some players can make the ball talk, McIlroy could make it recite Shakespeare ! "

God Bless, Jimmy !!

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:16 am

Really sad news

Obviously I never saw him play but my Liverpool supporting grandad always said he was one of the greats

RIP Jimmy

GrahamBranchsPerm · Post by **GrahamBranchsPerm** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:18 am

RIP Jimmy, really really sad.

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cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:20 am

claretblue wrote:https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football ... n-13108686

The headlines a bit abrupt

Stalbansclaret · Post by **Stalbansclaret** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:25 am

My dad's favourite player too....he has dementia now but mention Jimmy McIlroy and his face lights up and he will say "By goff 'e were a good 'un !". Imagine having the ability to leave that kind of impression on thousands of people.....fantastic.

A very sad day for all us Clarets of whatever age.

Inchy · Post by **Inchy** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:25 am

Very sad news.

I noticed against the Turks that the Jimmy Mac sign at the back of the stand has been removed. Surely it will be replaced

Houseclaret · Post by **Houseclaret** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:26 am

A great footballer and a lovely bloke.. RIP Jimmy..

Blackrod · Post by **Blackrod** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:29 am

A very sad day for the club. Wish I had seen him play.

Better Call Saul · Post by **Better Call Saul** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:30 am

Our greatest ever player in our greatest ever team.
A true Clarets legend.
RIP Jimmy

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:31 am

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elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:34 am

RIP Jimmy Mac. My thoughts are with his family on this sad, sad day for all of us. Every club has its ultimate hero Jimmy was ours. Even like me if you never got to see him play.... we had parents that did. I have been privileged to meet Jimmy several times over my years following Burnley and like many others was struck by the genuine warmth and humility he had. Just a lovely lovely man. It is no secret he has suffered in recent years and I only hope his nearest and dearest can find some solace that he is at last free from pain. God Bless you Jimmy xx

mybloodisclaret · Post by **mybloodisclaret** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:38 am

Like many, he was before my time, but my old man always told me he was the greatest claret of them all. RIP Jimmy Mc

deanothedino · Post by **deanothedino** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:39 am

ZizkovClaret wrote:Will we see a player quite so iconic in Claret at the Turf, and in the town, again? I'd say we'll be hard pushed.

Simply doesn't happen these days.

Club legend, RIP Jimmy.

Brunlea · Post by **Brunlea** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:39 am

Total legend . Was old school a footballing genius living in the town he played for hence why we idolised him. Condolences to his family.