Keith Alexander

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Really sad news :icon_sad:

RIP Keith!
 
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Wow, a real sad loss, I remember him being gracious in defeat when we beat them 2-0 in the cup not too long ago which is something you don't see often enough from managers.
 
Such terrible news. RIP Keith.

England will wear black armbands against Egypt tonight in respect of Keith. The U21's will wear them in their match too.
 
drummindefender said:
That came out of nowhere. RIP
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Not really out of nowhere. He collapsed about 6 or 7 years ago with a brain aneurysm - he was effectively dead then and later said that he had been brought back to life three times.

But yes, out of nowhere - completely unexpected now. He was a real friend of the game - first black manager, I believe - and somebody who got on with his job without the moaning and without the money.

R.I.P.
 
bocadillo said:
Not really out of nowhere. He collapsed about 6 or 7 years ago with a brain aneurysm - he was effectively dead then and later said that he had been brought back to life three times.

But yes, out of nowhere - completely unexpected now. He was a real friend of the game - first black manager, I believe - and somebody who got on with his job without the moaning and without the money.

R.I.P.
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I remember seeing quite an extensive feature about it on SSN a few years ago. What a terrible shock. I really respected him. RIP.
 
bocadillo said:
Not really out of nowhere. He collapsed about 6 or 7 years ago with a brain aneurysm - he was effectively dead then and later said that he had been brought back to life three times.

But yes, out of nowhere - completely unexpected now. He was a real friend of the game - first black manager, I believe - and somebody who got on with his job without the moaning and without the money.

R.I.P.
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He recently missed a match due to poor health. Macc Tn were featured on the FL Show and the chairman mentioned he had started to take new medication which had taken a lot out of him.

I can only repeat your comment, Boc.
 
Motown Fox said:
I see the family want tomorrow's game at Hereford to go ahead as that would have been what Keith would have wanted.
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Fantastic to see Maccs win, and Ricky scored!

Was dissapointed that we didn't have a minute silence yesterday, I can't even remember if we had black armbands on?
 
I was fortunate enough to meet and watch the big man when he was at Grimsby, this was from about 88 to 90. I remember going to a Grimsby Town open day - I was 8. He was the only Town player I wanted a signed autographed picture from, which still has pride of place on the wall. 'To Andrew, best wishes Keith Alexander'. And when the kids got to have their picture taken with the whole squad, I managed to to sit on Alexander's lap - my dad's got the picture somewhere, I must dig it out.

Always had a smile on his face, always came across as a genuine fella, and was toatlly commited to grassroots and lower league football. His achievements at Lincoln City as a manager are quite impressive; he turned around a club on a shoe string budget from nothing and took them to four (i think) successive play off finals - very similar to what Little did for us.

I really would have loved to have met him again. Rest in peace Keith.
 
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