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Incase you didn't know, Emlyn Hughes died at the age of 57 in the early hours of this morning. This was after a 16 month battle against a brain tumour.

As a life long Liverpool fan my sympathy goes out to his family.

Rest in peace Crazy Horse...you'll never be forgotten.

Whilst I can never remember him play, to captain Liverpool during that era speaks volumes. He did the right think electing to play for England aswell.

I remember him fondly on Question of Sport and playing his computer game on the commondore 64.

"eeeeeewww.... Hang on David, its on the tip of my tongue".

Yeah, he was pretty cool. I can always remember him in tears in the aftermath of the Heysel tragedy, that memory stayed with me. He was a nice bloke.

stujones wrote: He did the right think electing to play for England as well.

As he was born and brought up in the North of England who else would he elect to play for? I assume you mean Wales because of is name.

Bloody hell, I didn't even know he was ill!!

yeah brain tumour i think,. my mum is gutted she met him in a pub in Newbridge when my old man worked for the coal board in the early 80's, Emyln took a shine to my old dear and they spent to afternoon getting pissed in the pub and flirting outrageously apparently, dont think my old man was too happy when he found out

rip Crazy Hoss!

Bladder wrote:

stujones wrote: He did the right think electing to play for England as well.

As he was born and brought up in the North of England who else would he elect to play for? I assume you mean Wales because of is name.

Well, BBC Wales are basically calling him Welsh.

Was reading the paper today and although it's awful, you look at all those pictures of him holding up this trophy and that trophy, playing for England, getting his OBE at the Palace etc... the guy lived life to the full – and what a wonderful player. 665 games for Liverpool and could play anywhere – midfield, centre back you name it, and scored some cracking goals!!! How much would he be worth nowadays?

Then you read about donuts like Kieran Dyer on God-knows how much (£60,000 is it?) a week, whinging about being played out of position and bitching with the manager. Makes you sick doesn't it?

RIP Crazy Horse.

He was very brave the way he stood up to his ilness and all in all a credit to his sport.... seems he was a good bloke as well as a great footballer and there aren't many in football today who can claim to be either let alone both!.

I remember seeing him on the racing a couple of months back. When asked how he was, he implied that he had nothing to complain about. What he said was something along the lines of "not many people get the chance to do the things i've done". A great man 'till the end.