Jimmy Armfield

ClaretPope · Post by **ClaretPope** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:31 am

Blackpool Gazette reporting that Jimmy Armfield has died. Great footballer and thoroughly nice man.

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:33 am

From memory he was a right back and a very good one too.

Sad news.

RIP Jimmy

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:34 am

Very knowledgable on football, and had an impeccable playing career.

Always came across very well on the radio, and I enjoyed listening to him.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:37 am

Yes, on five live now. 82.
RIP

quoonbeatz · Post by **quoonbeatz** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:39 am

obviously never saw him play but he always spoke with such calm authority and warmth about the game, i always loved listening to him summarising games on 5live.

very sad news.

CleggHall · Post by **CleggHall** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:40 am

An excellent radio summariser, nice genuine Lancastrian who could play a bit. RIP Jimmy.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:45 am

Excellent player, a gentleman and he became a really good football broadcaster.

Very sad news this morning.

joey13 · Post by **joey13** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:48 am

Remember he commented on the radio for the Orient game , was always complementary about us .
Rest in peace , Jimmy

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:51 am

I went to the Grand National at Aintree some years ago. I happened to get an invitation to the BBC Box, it was a cracking sporting occasion. There were lots of celebrities in there and when we all sat down for lunch I was sat down with Jimmy Armfield and his wife. What lovely people they were; they made me very welcome. JA talked about his football career and if I remember correctly he had some regrets about missing out on a World Cup 1966 place...he had been right back in the national side but got injured pre-tournament, and as a result lost his spot to George Cohen. An excellent football man.

RIP.

BertFreemansShirt · Post by **BertFreemansShirt** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:51 am

RIP Jimmy. Top man.

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:59 am

just got my programme out for the Clarets home game against Man Utd (30th August 2014)

Jimmy Armfield was doing the radio coverage that day and signed the front of my programme!

so glad I got to meet and shake his hand

captain of England and true humble gentlemen - the likes we're unlikely to see again

RIP Jimmy

CleggHall · Post by **CleggHall** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:05 am

hampstead - a nice story, Jimmy was a right back and lost his place to George Cohen.

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:08 am

RIP Jimmy

CleggHall · Post by **CleggHall** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:10 am

Jimmy was a staunch Methodist, church/chapel organist and in his early days refused to play on Good Fridays.

turfytopper · Post by **turfytopper** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:13 am

hampsteadclaret wrote:I went to the Grand National at Aintree some years ago. I happened to get an invitation to the BBC Box, it was a cracking sporting occasion. There were lots of celebrities in there and when we all sat down for lunch I was sat down with Jimmy Armfield and his wife. What lovely people they were; they made me very welcome. JA talked about his football career and if I remember correctly he had some regrets about missing out on a World Cup 1966 place...he had been right back in the national side but got injured pre-tournament, and as a result lost his spot to Ray Wilson. An excellent football man.

RIP.

I think that would be very likely (I would say Armfield was the top right back in the country at the time).

RIP. Jimmy you must be (alongside Jimmy Adamson) the nicest bloke to manage Leeds United. So I'll forgive you for that.

LeadBelly · Post by **LeadBelly** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:16 am

I concur with the views above- a very good player and a commentator worth listening to because he was very knowledgeable and didnt try and promote his own "personality".
I watched footy from 1957 and saw him play a few times in a tangerine shirt. My Clarets favourite was John Angus & I think Jimmy kept our right back from getting a few more England caps. I think Angus played left back on the occasion he played for England with Armfield keeping the No. 2 shirt.
Jimmy Armfield even made a decent job of managing Leeds United.
R.I.P.

DAVETHEVICAR · Post by **DAVETHEVICAR** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:22 am

A top footballer who I had the pleasure to see playing for Blackpool.
A top pundit on 5live and a genuine nice guy.
RIP Jimmy.

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:24 am

I was born in Blackpool in the era of Armfield.Matthews, Mortensen.Jimmy was a wonderful right full back and a genuniely nice bloke.RIP Jimmy.

claptrappers_union · Post by **claptrappers_union** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:37 am

I met Jimmy at an event at Turf Moor. He was a lovely man

MrTopTier · Post by **MrTopTier** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:49 am

A gentleman and a gentle man.

I live over on the Fylde Coast and people love him over here, a one club man, a club legend and highly respected in the wider community for his Charity work.

Sad news indeed.

Stalbansclaret · Post by **Stalbansclaret** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:52 am

Very sad indeed to hear this news. A genuine Lancashire football man of quiet dignity which always came across when listening to him on radio 5. A shame that his beloved Blackpool should have been in such a calamitous state in his final years.

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:01 pm

Sad news. As above always came across well on the radio during commentary.

Wokingclaret · Post by **Wokingclaret** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:19 pm

He covered the Orient game with the late Peter Jones (Sport on 2 (radio 2) Met them both at the back of the Bob Lord

Sad day

clansman · Post by **clansman** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:24 pm

Wokingclaret wrote:He covered the Orient game with the late Peter Jones (Sport on 2 (radio 2) Met them both at the back of the Bob Lord

Sad day

Great player, great summariser, lovely man. rip jimmy.

Turftalkers mentor · Post by **Turftalkers mentor** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:28 pm

Saw him play in the 60s and met him about 10 years ago .No edge or ego on him and sat there talking about football for a good half hour . What a gentleman

Cirrus_Minor · Post by **Cirrus_Minor** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:31 pm

Great player and Blackpool man through and through.

RIP

Ashingtonclaret46 · Post by **Ashingtonclaret46** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:46 pm

Smashing bloke and a top footballer and was very knowledgeable about the game he loved.
R.I.P. Jimmy and thanks for the memories of real football.

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:01 pm

Another one of the 'old guard' gone.

RIP

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:59 pm

Always enjoyed his punditry on five live. Very knowledgeable and came across very well when explaining things.

I shall miss him on the radio.

Thoughts with his family.

Flixton Claret · Post by **Flixton Claret** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:05 pm

Shall we ring Old Trafford and ask if we observe with
Silence or shall we clap and sing.

Cubanclaret · Post by **Cubanclaret** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:06 pm

Just heard a short tribute from Gary Bowyer.

Yes the word legend is overused but it is entirely appropriate to describe Jimmy Armfield. I hadn't realised he was as old as 82, what a career, the Seasiders appearance record with 627 games. Always thought his punditry conveyed something of a simple wisdom, almost Benaud-like. RIP Jimmy.

ashtonlongsider · Post by **ashtonlongsider** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:13 pm

A very sad day for English football. Jimmy Armfield epitomised everything that's right about the sport we love and watch. His likes are in dwindling short supply. RIP Jimmy.

Blackrod · Post by **Blackrod** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:59 pm

5 Live Summaries were excellent. Enjoyed listening to them RIP.

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 3:23 pm

The following is a tribute from Sir Bobby Charlton:

'...I am deeply saddened by the death of Jimmy Armfield.

As an opponent, team-mate and friend he was, without doubt, one of the most honest and genuine gentlemen I had the good fortune to meet.

I first got to know Jimmy during out respective national service, when we played in the same army sides. Little did I know then our paths would cross so often and it is still a privilege to think I played for Manchester United in Jimmy’s final match for Blackpool in 1971.

As one of the first overlapping full-backs he was always a dangerous opponenet. Little wonder he was regarded as the best right-back in Europe in the early 1960s.

I was fortunate to play alongside him at the 1962 World Cup and although he didn’t play in 1966, he was never less than a positive influence on the squad as we went on to become world champions for the first – and only time.

However, I knew the man as well as the player and it was not by chance that we stayed in touch for so long after we had both retired.

I have missed listening to his authoritative radio commentaries and now I will miss seeing Mr Blackpool around the scene.

Lady Norma and I send our condolences to Jimmy’s wife Anne, sons Duncan and John and the rest of their family...'

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 3:44 pm

R.I.P Jimmy Armfield
Saw him play a couple of times late 60s.
I wasn't really old enough to appreciate how good he had been.
Recall my dad pointing him out.

Liked his radio commentary and insights.
Never met him, like a lot of Clarets on this thread, but not surprised how well thought of he was.
Always came across as a gentleman, as much as he is a football legend.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 4:04 pm

Not old enough to know him as a player but loved him on the radio, RIP Jimmy

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 4:19 pm

Came across as a fantastic man. I could have listened to him talking football for days.

RIP Jimmy

Longsidebovril · Post by **Longsidebovril** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:15 pm

Doing the rounds on twitter at the moment.

Caretaker England boss Howard Wilkinson at a 1999 press conference, angry at suggestioins he lacked international experience:

"How many England caps have you lot got betweeen you?"

Voice from the back of the room: "43."

Jimmy Armfield, World Cup winner and Five Live pundit.

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