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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Hash on May 27, 2022, 09:57:52 PM

Title: Sad news about ex player.
Post by: Hash on May 27, 2022, 09:57:52 PM

Reading on the Chester forum about ex Alty player Barry Butler...

Barry is in a nursing home where he continues to suffer from Alzheimer’s. Such a sad affliction on anyone let alone a player i have fond memory's of.

Title: Re: Sad news about ex player.
Post by: Bangor on Dee Robin on May 27, 2022, 10:05:30 PM

Really sad, my Dad now 86 made him "Man of the Match" when sponsoring a game, and was overjoyed to meet him.

Kingy came over to greet us all, we all trembled as he said "who voted for Barry" ? with a glare  ???

Title: Re: Sad news about ex player.
Post by: JD on May 28, 2022, 12:09:31 AM

So very, very sad. A truly horrible illness.

Title: Re: Sad news about ex player.
Post by: Timperley The Best on May 28, 2022, 12:37:21 AM

Vey sad and he's only 59.

Title: Re: Sad news about ex player.
Post by: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on May 28, 2022, 05:05:08 PM

https://deva-chat.com/thread/6060/player-barry-butler-read-help (https://deva-chat.com/thread/6060/player-barry-butler-read-help)


Very sad news. I've had first-hand experience of coping with a family member afflicted by Alzheimer's, so I appreciate just how distressing that scenario can be for all the parties concerned.

Barry Butler featured in two memorable FA Cup ties involving Alty: (i) he played in midfield against Spurs at White Hart Lane in January 1995 and (ii) he was Chester City's captain in the Robins' famous FA Cup First Round Replay victory, courtesy of Clive Freeman's piledriver, at Moss Lane in November 1992.   

 

Title: Re: Sad news about ex player.
Post by: CRT Butty on May 28, 2022, 10:09:20 PM

This is sad sad news.

Too close to home right now for me.

Title: Re: Sad news about ex player.
Post by: Paul Cain's Chip Pan on May 28, 2022, 10:16:09 PM

Very sad indeed!  :(