Just found this article regarding the death of former Chelsea star Peter Osgood.
I Saw him play a lot in the 70,s and can never forget his performances in the Cup Final and Replay against Leeds (69/70 Season) and the next season when we beat Real Madrid in the Cup Winners Cup Final.
He will be long remembered by all that have ever seen him play.
Below is the article that I found the news from.
Chelsea idol Osgood dies
CHELSEA legend Peter Osgood has died aged 59
The club confirmed the former striker passed away suddenly while attending a family funeral this morning.
Osgood collapsed at Slough Crematorium where he was attending a funeral.
A spokesman at Slough Crematorium said: “We can confirm at 11am a man who was attending a funeral service collapsed in the chapel at Slough crematorium.
“The ambulance service was called and he was taken to Wexham Park Hospital.â€
Sad Day for Chelsea Fans
Truly dreadful, awful news.
He scored twice in my first ever visit to the Bridge as a boy in a game against Fulham - he was my first boyhood hero.
Like several skillful players of his age, he never got the international recognition he deserved.
I met him a few times, first as a kid when Chelsea used to play cricket in an annual contest against Putney Cricket Club on Putney Common - you can't imagine that happening now. And much later at Stamford Bridge.
Great, great player and mega-personality. They held a minutes silence for him before Englands game this evening - still being played - and the BBC, Lineker et al have just paid a wonderful tribute in the half time interval.
The tributes have been far more widespread and heartfelt than I could have imagined, with lots of comparisons to Best, he really was that good and he could look after himself as well. You had to with THAT Leeds team!
The report in Chelseas post is slightly inaccurate, Ossie scored 150 goals for the blues.
In the last few years, when he wasn't falling out with Batesy, he was always at the Bridge and under the new regime was a regular matchday host and recently attended a blues legends evening with other stars of earlier generations.
His autobiography, "Ossie" is a fun and recommended read. Certainly didn't take himself seriously.
Peter Osgood - the king of Stamford Bridge.
RIP
He scored twice in my first ever visit to the Bridge as a boy in a game against Fulham - he was my first boyhood hero.
Like several skillful players of his age, he never got the international recognition he deserved.
I met him a few times, first as a kid when Chelsea used to play cricket in an annual contest against Putney Cricket Club on Putney Common - you can't imagine that happening now. And much later at Stamford Bridge.
Great, great player and mega-personality. They held a minutes silence for him before Englands game this evening - still being played - and the BBC, Lineker et al have just paid a wonderful tribute in the half time interval.
The tributes have been far more widespread and heartfelt than I could have imagined, with lots of comparisons to Best, he really was that good and he could look after himself as well. You had to with THAT Leeds team!
The report in Chelseas post is slightly inaccurate, Ossie scored 150 goals for the blues.
In the last few years, when he wasn't falling out with Batesy, he was always at the Bridge and under the new regime was a regular matchday host and recently attended a blues legends evening with other stars of earlier generations.
His autobiography, "Ossie" is a fun and recommended read. Certainly didn't take himself seriously.
Peter Osgood - the king of Stamford Bridge.
RIP
Talk is cheap
The following is from the Southampton Football Club Website.
Looks like a well repected turn out by both sets of fans, and a fitting memorial for his ashes. RIP Pete.
Peter Osgood Memorial Service
Following is from Forum user "Mikeyc":
I went to this yesterday at Stamford Bridge. About 2,500 fans took part in the Shed End of the ground. Two covered areas were erected on the pitch, seating Ossie’s wife and family one side and football people the other.
On the Chelsea side, these included Tommy Docherty, Chopper Harris and Peter Bonnetti. The current team was represented by the English boys, John Terry, Frank Lampard and Joe Cole.
The Saints were represented by Lawrie Mac, Jim Steele and I think Peter Rodrigues and one or two others, though it was hard to see and hear from where I was.
Recollections from the Chelsea boys were followed by a eulogy and sermon from a minister who also happens to be a home and away Chelsea season ticket holder. He was quite inspiring. It was pelting down and thundering for most of the proceedings, until he read out a poem dedicated to Ossie, when the sun suddenly beamed down onto the pitch where Ossie’s ashes were to be laid.
Naturally most of the service was delivered from a Chelsea point of view, in both words and pictures. But when the minister invited us to ponder in silence our own personal memories of Peter, I looked up at the giant screen above the stand to see a black and white image of our two Peters with the cup in 76.
The fans were a mixture of black suits and chelsea blue, but as well as my own red and white stripes, I spotted at least another three Saints home kits and one yellow 76 shirt.
The whole occasion was very, very moving. There were many who I would describe as hardcore, old-school fans with tears flowing freely. There were also many under thirties and kids who, like me, cannot remember or were simply not born when Ossie played, but who were proud to pay their respects to the man and the legend.
And personally, it was the Peter that I met in recent years, at St Marys and at Chelsea, who I remembered when his wife gently kissed the urn holding Ossie’s ashes before it was laid to rest under the penalty spot in front of the shed.
I did not have to go far to be there but many, many Chelsea fans were genuinely touched that the Saints fans there had come to pay their respects and went out of their way to make it known. At the end, one chap kindly shook my hand in thanks and told me that Peter would have appreciated our attendance and our wearing the Saints shirt, before explaining that he was his brother.
Sorry for the long post, but I thought some of you might like to hear about the touching service and the warm, warm thanks we were shown as Saints fans showing our respect.
I was proud to be able to be there and am proud that Peter played and supported our club.
RIP, Peter, and thank you one final time.
Looks like a well repected turn out by both sets of fans, and a fitting memorial for his ashes. RIP Pete.
Peter Osgood Memorial Service
Following is from Forum user "Mikeyc":
I went to this yesterday at Stamford Bridge. About 2,500 fans took part in the Shed End of the ground. Two covered areas were erected on the pitch, seating Ossie’s wife and family one side and football people the other.
On the Chelsea side, these included Tommy Docherty, Chopper Harris and Peter Bonnetti. The current team was represented by the English boys, John Terry, Frank Lampard and Joe Cole.
The Saints were represented by Lawrie Mac, Jim Steele and I think Peter Rodrigues and one or two others, though it was hard to see and hear from where I was.
Recollections from the Chelsea boys were followed by a eulogy and sermon from a minister who also happens to be a home and away Chelsea season ticket holder. He was quite inspiring. It was pelting down and thundering for most of the proceedings, until he read out a poem dedicated to Ossie, when the sun suddenly beamed down onto the pitch where Ossie’s ashes were to be laid.
Naturally most of the service was delivered from a Chelsea point of view, in both words and pictures. But when the minister invited us to ponder in silence our own personal memories of Peter, I looked up at the giant screen above the stand to see a black and white image of our two Peters with the cup in 76.
The fans were a mixture of black suits and chelsea blue, but as well as my own red and white stripes, I spotted at least another three Saints home kits and one yellow 76 shirt.
The whole occasion was very, very moving. There were many who I would describe as hardcore, old-school fans with tears flowing freely. There were also many under thirties and kids who, like me, cannot remember or were simply not born when Ossie played, but who were proud to pay their respects to the man and the legend.
And personally, it was the Peter that I met in recent years, at St Marys and at Chelsea, who I remembered when his wife gently kissed the urn holding Ossie’s ashes before it was laid to rest under the penalty spot in front of the shed.
I did not have to go far to be there but many, many Chelsea fans were genuinely touched that the Saints fans there had come to pay their respects and went out of their way to make it known. At the end, one chap kindly shook my hand in thanks and told me that Peter would have appreciated our attendance and our wearing the Saints shirt, before explaining that he was his brother.
Sorry for the long post, but I thought some of you might like to hear about the touching service and the warm, warm thanks we were shown as Saints fans showing our respect.
I was proud to be able to be there and am proud that Peter played and supported our club.
RIP, Peter, and thank you one final time.
Per Angusta In Augusta.
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