69 is no age nowadays.

Thanks for the memories and particularly the trips to Madrid & Munich 

😪

Aye, definitely deserves a thread in this forum. A frustrating manager, but I liked him. Some great times with him in charge, and his record stands up very well as Dons boss.

2 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Aye, definitely deserves a thread in this forum. A frustrating manager, but I liked him. Some great times with him in charge, and his record stands up very well as Dons boss.

Spot on and well said. Sad news to hear of his passing. 
 

The Munich and Madrid trips were excellent. 

Aye,no age. Took more stick than he deserved.

I had little love for Calderwood for large parts of his tenure but Alzheimers is fucking grim.  RIP JC, I'm glad you're no longer suffering and your family don't have to watch you die in front of them yet you're still alive. 

RIP Jimmy

Especially for the European memories... 

Just shows how your life can change just by one disease. Our condolences to everyone at Aberdeen and his other clubs. 

When he signed, I thought we'd hired the bigger Chuckle Brother. His tombola team selection was frustrating as hell. But he did bring some wicked memories, particularly Copenhagen and Bayern Munich at Pittodrie. 

RIP Jimmy 

9 hours ago, BigAl said:

69 is no age nowadays.

Thanks for the memories and particularly the trips to Madrid & Munich 

😪

I was in Madrid and Munich, great trips and great memories. RIP Jimmy 

I’ve just turned 45 and my first game was one of Fergies last. Was at SCF in ‘90 under Smith and was probably at Pittodrie for most of his reign. Ebbe was a bit of a cult hero. But after Pele, Calderwood  brought a bit of respectability back to AFC. Beating the Huns when Ricksen got sent off and going 2 up against Bayern are two of my favourite memories of being at Pittodrie (along with the Mimms, Gillhaus, Nicholas goal). The forum carry on in his last few months and when he was sacked was ridiculous and tainted, arguably, our best post Fergie managers legacy (definitely at the time).
Might dig out my old sky plus box and watch back the Copenhagen and Bayern games. 

Doesn't matter who you support or who you "hate"...dementia is a fucking horrible thing to happen to anyone and you wouldn't wish it on your worse enemy.  RIP Jimmy.

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I’d probably say this was peak youth for me, well, late teens and early 20s, but had many a good time with the globe reds following him and the team around. Some incredible high and some horrendous lows, but we definitely weren’t the laughing stock anymore and I’ll be forever grateful. The pair of Munich games will forever (vaguely) stick in my memory. Sure, it didn’t end the way any of us wanted but it was one helluva ride. Thank you jimmy and very much, RIP. 

1 hour ago, baggy89 said:

Beating the Huns when Ricksen got sent off

That was a cracking game. A proper Roy Of The Rovers story, made particularly pleasing when PRicksen got sent off and we then scored the winner shortly after. Jamie Smith scored the winner IIRC?

From the highs of trips to Dinpro, Madrid and Munich to lows of losing cup game to Dunfermline, Queens Park and Queen of the South it was never dull following Dons under JC. Lost count of the number of times the words what the fuck were uttered when folk saw his team selections. Dementia is horrible disease and football needs to start looking after former players who are suffering from it. RIP Jimmy. 

RIP Jimmy, a character who made a better fist of the Dons job than many.

Not into sharing Twitter these days, but this is a tribute befitting of the man. 
 

 

Good watch that, although probably would have left out the QOTS clip, tributes don’t need to be balanced.

1 hour ago, manc_don said:

Not into sharing Twitter these days, but this is a tribute befitting of the man. 
 

 

Watched that with tears in my eyes.

I come back to my opening post on this thread

Thanks for the memories 

❤️

Funeral turned into an episode of Eastenders. 
 

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/jimmy-calderwoods-son-leaves-dads-31036691

36 minutes ago, Kowalski said:

Funeral turned into an episode of Eastenders. 
 

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/jimmy-calderwoods-son-leaves-dads-31036691

It's what he would have wanted.

No mention of Darren Mackie in attendance. Expect he made the teas.

What happened? I read that article, but it's not plainly clear what it was that the family were aggrieved about. Was the funeral too focussed on Jimmy's footballing life? 

1 hour ago, Reekie_Red said:

What happened? I read that article, but it's not plainly clear what it was that the family were aggrieved about. Was the funeral too focussed on Jimmy's footballing life? 

Hack journalist turns up at funeral of someone they know nothing about.

Takes advantage of grieving family member

Writes couple of hundred words which says very little but enough to stir some minor gossip and to hell with how friends and family feel

Submits invoice to red top

 

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1 hour ago, Reekie_Red said:

What happened? I read that article, but it's not plainly clear what it was that the family were aggrieved about. Was the funeral too focussed on Jimmy's footballing life? 

Some sort of fallout between Jimmys partner and his ex wife/sons side of the family I believe....🙄

And how the f is that news?