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Olive Grace Mee
Born 16 weeks prematurely - now six weeks old and still in hospital. During this time her dad has fronted up for Burnley on Project Restart and the BLM campaign, he's fronted up following the incident at the Etihad, he's captained the side and turned in two colossal performances.
My best wishes to Olive Grace and her mum and dad.
My best wishes to Olive Grace and her mum and dad.
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God bless the Mee family.
Ben is an absolute rock for this club, what an unbelievable signing he has been.
Ben is an absolute rock for this club, what an unbelievable signing he has been.
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We can all second that.
Thank you Ben and every good wish.
Thank you Ben and every good wish.
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I wondered what the rocking arms gesture from Ben was about after he'd scored.
All best wishes go to little Olive Grace, her parents and family.
We're lucky to have Ben at our club, and not just because he's a brilliant defender.
All best wishes go to little Olive Grace, her parents and family.
We're lucky to have Ben at our club, and not just because he's a brilliant defender.
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Thought I saw the baby rock goal celebration. A Burnley legend. All the best to the Mee family.
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Best wishes to Ben & all the family.
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He is the absolute epitome of what this club and Dyche is all about.
Thank you Ben, and I wish you all the very best with your family issues.
Long may you reign.
Thank you Ben, and I wish you all the very best with your family issues.
Long may you reign.
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I have to say I had my doubts that he was right for the captaincy role. How very, very wrong I was.
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What an emotional time it must have been for him combined with training , preparing for restart, playing 3 games in a week. All the time thinking of his tiny daughter and her fight for life.
What a captain and what a guy!
Good luck Olive and the Mee family.
What a captain and what a guy!
Good luck Olive and the Mee family.
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He’s a good man. I couldn’t care less about his football ability after last Monday. Came across as a top man, and he’s into his music too.
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My very best wishes to Olive Grace. As the commentators said last night Ben Mee is a real leader of men, a captain in everything he does. When you look around The Premier League and football in general at some of the prima donnas and players who think that they are more important than they are we should be very very proud that Ben Mee is captain of our Club !
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Must have been incredibly difficult, under the Covid rules would he have even been allowed to visit?
Good luck and best wishes to all three of you.
Good luck and best wishes to all three of you.
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We are very lucky to have Ben Mee as our captain. Even more impressed with the performances he has put in since the restart with his newly born daughter still in hospital. Hopefully it won't be long before mum and dad have her home.
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A giant of a man. No whinging, no excuses just total commitment to his chosen profession and no doubt his family. I don't know his contract situation but we need to get him.signed in for.more years here. He 'gets' Burnley Football Club. A great role model and ambassador for the club.
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I had no idea, but that's the measure of the man too - it's not in the public domain like it would be for many other celebs. Ben Mee has always been a legend in my eyes, from that goal line clearance with his face (and earlier); right up to the goal last night - gives his all every game.
I truly wish him well and hope Olive Grace has a long and prosperous life.
I truly wish him well and hope Olive Grace has a long and prosperous life.
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How times change. I remember people on here slagging Ben off when he conceded a couple of penalties because of his commitment in the box. (I wasn't one of them.)
Ben Mee has been absolutely brilliant for Burnley and has been my favourite outfield player for years. Now, I think maybe he's my all round number one, even beating Tom Heaton.
Ben Mee has been absolutely brilliant for Burnley and has been my favourite outfield player for years. Now, I think maybe he's my all round number one, even beating Tom Heaton.
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I had no idea either. It's best it's not all over the Internet (except on UTC).
All thoughts and prayers with Olive and her parents.
All thoughts and prayers with Olive and her parents.
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Just wondering. I wonder if all this fantastic publicity Ben has had recently will influence Sarfgate to give him a game at last?
I can't think of anyone more deserving, as his football is speaking as loudly as his interviews.
I can't think of anyone more deserving, as his football is speaking as loudly as his interviews.
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The girl's obviously a "fighter" (like her dad), and I doubt she could wish for a better father.
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Wow. How on earth has Ben Mee been able to perform to such a high standard with that going on. I am lost for words.
I wish Ben and his daughter all the health, happiness and love in the world.
I wish Ben and his daughter all the health, happiness and love in the world.
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I rate him so highly, very underated and brings out the very best in those around him. Lets tie him down and TBH I can see him managing us, he is Dyche like in his qualities, leadership and tactical nouse
Oh and Ben is a better footballer.
Oh and Ben is a better footballer.
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God bless them all x
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In the last few weeks he has gone from being Burnley's captain to a much admired man in the football world. I am delighted his young daughter, like her dad, is a fighter, my best wishes to the Mee family. He is the epitome of what makes Burnley FC a special club in my eyes.
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Wow , what a top guy and Captain Fantastic , Ben is.
My Best Wishes to Olive Grace and her Mum and Dad and all her Family and hope she is back home soon.
My Best Wishes to Olive Grace and her Mum and Dad and all her Family and hope she is back home soon.
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Best wishes to all the Mee family for a long and happy future together.
Nothing to add on the man, it’s all been said. So glad we have him.
Nothing to add on the man, it’s all been said. So glad we have him.
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all the very best wishes to my favorite player and his family, life should be good in the Mee household right now, long may it continue
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he briefly talked about his daughter during his interview last night (official site for those that haven't seen it).
Make no mistake, Mee should go down as one of our greatest for everything that he does on and off the pitch
Make no mistake, Mee should go down as one of our greatest for everything that he does on and off the pitch
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Best wishes to Ben Mee and his family. He has been outstanding for us and continues to be.
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Had no idea about this until the goal celebration and match report. Full of admiration for him as a person, a captain and a player. Amazing that he has been able to balance everything that's been going on in recent weeks. Wishing health and happiness to Ben and his family.
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I can’t imagine having a daughter born 16 weeks premature. That has to be so scary. Then add to that it being in the middle of a pandemic. Then throw in all the banner crap. My first daughter was born premature and was in hospital for 2 weeks and I thought that was bad. Ben Mee you are an absolute rock star and deserve all the success in the world. Looking forward to seeing Olive Grace in her Dads arms at Turf Moor very soon. Hugs and kisses from Florida
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What a player, what a man. If anyone represents What Burnley are about these last few years then it has to be Ben.
So proud to have this guy as captain of our football club.
All the best to Ben and his young family.
So proud to have this guy as captain of our football club.
All the best to Ben and his young family.
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Ben's passionate response to the racist bile at the Etihad where he really stepped up to the plate and spoke for 99% of all Burnley fans, followed by 2 terrific displays in the last 2 games....whilst dealing with the emotional whirlpool of caring for a very sick wee girl...well it frankly oozes real class.. He's put himself a notch above the money grubbing narcissism of pro football today.
He can lead the clarets out of that tunnel until he needs a wheelchair for me.
He can lead the clarets out of that tunnel until he needs a wheelchair for me.
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Best wishes to Ben and family and to think with all that was already on his plate he has behaved like a true gentleman and absolute star over the last 3 games, he always gives his all whatever the circumstances, I have to say what an absolute role model to younger sports people and he will be a Legend at Burnley.
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Incredibly (surprisingly so) moved by all of this.
So so so lucky to have the rounded characters we do representing our club.
Players like Trippier and Heaton (previously) and Tarkowski and Mee (and Rodriguez obviously, and hopefully Brownhill) are sufficiently local to 'get' East Lancashire and Burnley.
We are a squad comprised of decent people and well as decent players.
This is worth way, way more than a squad comprised of world class players who have very little class.
My now deceased mum was called Olive.
My eldest surprised us by arriving 4 weeks early.
She was tiny.
I can't even contemplate what it must be like to have a baby arrived so prematurely, and to all intents and purposes to the outside world just carry on as 'normal'.
That is some character.
All the very best Mee and family.
So so so lucky to have the rounded characters we do representing our club.
Players like Trippier and Heaton (previously) and Tarkowski and Mee (and Rodriguez obviously, and hopefully Brownhill) are sufficiently local to 'get' East Lancashire and Burnley.
We are a squad comprised of decent people and well as decent players.
This is worth way, way more than a squad comprised of world class players who have very little class.
My now deceased mum was called Olive.
My eldest surprised us by arriving 4 weeks early.
She was tiny.
I can't even contemplate what it must be like to have a baby arrived so prematurely, and to all intents and purposes to the outside world just carry on as 'normal'.
That is some character.
All the very best Mee and family.
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He is our Horatio Cocles!
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It is such a moving story.
My daughter gave birth to twins at 16 weeks premature,Ilythia and Grace. Grace only lived for six hours,but Ilythia is now nearing 8 years old.Hope Olivia keeps fightng for her life,as her Dad does for us so often.The man is such an ambassador for our club,and i'm sure we are all pleased he plays for us.
My daughter gave birth to twins at 16 weeks premature,Ilythia and Grace. Grace only lived for six hours,but Ilythia is now nearing 8 years old.Hope Olivia keeps fightng for her life,as her Dad does for us so often.The man is such an ambassador for our club,and i'm sure we are all pleased he plays for us.
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My daughter was born 14 weeks premature and I was a total mess for the entirety of the time she was in hospital. How he has managed to lead this team, on and off the field, in the way he has utterly astonishes me. An absolute hero.
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I'm sure that the fighting spirit we see in Ben will see this little angel get stronger god bless.
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As with others above, the news really struck a chord. Our second daughter was born just shy of ten weeks early. She was born at the start of the school Christmas holidays and started her spell in NICU. My headteacher allowed me to return to school after Christmas and start my Paternity Leave whenever she was discharged so that I could support at home.
I lasted a week. I just couldn’t concentrate on my job as my thoughts were obviously elsewhere. Mee has shown unbelievable strength of character here towards himself, his family, teammates and ourselves as supporters.
I lasted a week. I just couldn’t concentrate on my job as my thoughts were obviously elsewhere. Mee has shown unbelievable strength of character here towards himself, his family, teammates and ourselves as supporters.
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Mr Burnley! What a captain, what a player, what a man.
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My Daughter was born 20 weeks early and weighed 2lbs - she’s now 35 and considerably heavier. Best wishes to Ben and his family, Olive Grace is bound to be a fighter and she’s got an absolutely cracking Dad
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Thoughts with Ben and his family , inspiring
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Absolute legend. If you should read this all the best Ben.
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I'm glad his decision making in the game is better than his decision making for his child's name, but then again, maybe he didn't have much say in it
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Truly moving story and I can only echo the comments already posted on this board.
As a father myself, it hits a little different, knowing how he must be feeling, yet until the last day or two, no one really knew, tells a lot of Ben Mee’s character. How he has just got on with the restart, the performances, to come back as fit as pre lockdown, all requires such discipline in testing times and for that, I am glad he wears that armband.
I send every one of my best wishes to Olive Grace, Ben and family.
As a father myself, it hits a little different, knowing how he must be feeling, yet until the last day or two, no one really knew, tells a lot of Ben Mee’s character. How he has just got on with the restart, the performances, to come back as fit as pre lockdown, all requires such discipline in testing times and for that, I am glad he wears that armband.
I send every one of my best wishes to Olive Grace, Ben and family.
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20 weeks early...! Wow - miracle baby and huge for 20 weeks at 2lb too. Glad she survived though, it shows there’s hope for all prem babiesSalisburyClaret wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:10 pmMy Daughter was born 20 weeks early and weighed 2lbs - she’s now 35 and considerably heavier. Best wishes to Ben and his family, Olive Grace is bound to be a fighter and she’s got an absolutely cracking Dad
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All the very best to the whole of the Mee household.
Hope you are all home soon.
And thanks for being such a terrific player and captain for us. Shown great leadership in recent weeks especially.
Hope you are all home soon.
And thanks for being such a terrific player and captain for us. Shown great leadership in recent weeks especially.
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I think there may be a little maths adjustment needed here or you need to contact the Guinness book of records!SalisburyClaret wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:10 pmMy Daughter was born 20 weeks early and weighed 2lbs - she’s now 35 and considerably heavier. Best wishes to Ben and his family, Olive Grace is bound to be a fighter and she’s got an absolutely cracking Dad
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I remember when Ben arrived at the Club with Tripps, seeing them both play in pre-season games at Torquay and Bristol Rovers. For me Ben was the stand out player and looked a class act even then. He has been a virtually ever-present player ever since and his style and standards have never dropped.
In my opinion he has made a major contribution not only to the recent successes of our beloved Club but also to the careers of his playing colleagues Keane, Tarks, Charlie Taylor, Nick Pope (and others) and yes also in another way to that of his manager.
From the time he stuck his head into the mix to save a goal at Reading right up to his MoM display on Monday Ben Mee is one of my all-time greats who have pulled on a claret and blue shirt.
Thanks Ben and my best wishes go out to you and your family.
In my opinion he has made a major contribution not only to the recent successes of our beloved Club but also to the careers of his playing colleagues Keane, Tarks, Charlie Taylor, Nick Pope (and others) and yes also in another way to that of his manager.
From the time he stuck his head into the mix to save a goal at Reading right up to his MoM display on Monday Ben Mee is one of my all-time greats who have pulled on a claret and blue shirt.
Thanks Ben and my best wishes go out to you and your family.
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Its was fairly uncommon at the time but these days 20-23 week babies are often seen as viable, depending on the attitudes of the Doctors and ParentsSwizzlestick wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 9:05 amI think there may be a little maths adjustment needed here or you need to contact the Guinness book of records!