View Full Version : Paul Mariner (NHC)
He's here!
10-07-2021, 11:43 AM
Passed away at 68 from cancer.
Terrific, classy striker from Ipswich's greatest era.
Scouse Hibee
10-07-2021, 11:56 AM
Passed away at 68 from cancer.
Terrific, classy striker from Ipswich's greatest era.
Terry Butcher spoke very well about him this morning on SSN, fond memories of that Ipswich team and Mariner playing for England.
Peevemor
10-07-2021, 11:57 AM
Passed away at 68 from cancer.
Terrific, classy striker from Ipswich's greatest era.I have great memories of watching that Ipswich side.
G15 Hibs
10-07-2021, 12:02 PM
A terrible shame. A player I mostly remember from my Panini sticker collecting days, but I was just watching a Big Match Revisited from 1980 this morning in which he was playing. What an achievement it was for Bobby Robson to take a club like that to such great heights.
Iggy Pope
10-07-2021, 12:09 PM
Great player in a great side full of great players. He’ll be mourned at Ipswich Town.
tamig
10-07-2021, 12:46 PM
That is sad news. Remember him well as a classy striker at Ipswich and for England - and later at Arsenal. Seems like he was one of the good guys too. RIP Paul.
EI255
10-07-2021, 01:20 PM
Really sad news this.
He was a great forward and a person I looked up to as a kid. He just 'had' it.
RIP son
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Baader
10-07-2021, 02:22 PM
Sad news. Worked with his son for a time. A very good player.
Remember him scoring the goal when England beat us 1 0 at Hampden in the home nations early 80's.
marinello59
10-07-2021, 04:02 PM
Remember him scoring the goal when England beat us 1 0 at Hampden in the home nations early 80's.
1982.
He was a cracking player. He didn’t score in 1980 when we lost 2-0 but he was a real handful that day as well. Sad to think he is gone.
I have great memories of watching that Ipswich side.
The only FA Cup final I have been to was 1978, great side for the next few years.
weecounty hibby
10-07-2021, 04:24 PM
Great player in a very very good team. Mills, Butcher, Mariner, Gates, Wark, Muhren, Thysen, Osman, Brazil. Just off the top of my head. What a side they had back then, jeez I feel old. Sad to hear of his passing
Great player in a very very good team. Mills, Butcher, Mariner, Gates, Wark, Muhren, Thysen, Osman, Brazil. Just off the top of my head. What a side they had back then, jeez I feel old. Sad to hear of his passing
Paul Cooper, Russel Osman, Kevin Beattie, Alan Hunter, Brian Talbot, Burley, David Geddes, Clive Woods and cup final hero, Roger Osborne. They also tried to get George Best in November 79 but he went to Hibs instead [the money on offer was a big attraction].
Lancs Harp
10-07-2021, 05:34 PM
A good player Paul Mariner and as others have said part of a really good Ipswich team. Fought brain cancer from what I can gather. Very brave. RIP Paul.
1982.
He was a cracking player. He didn’t score in 1980 when we lost 2-0 but he was a real handful that day as well. Sad to think he is gone.
I was just a young kid when we beat them 2 1 in 1976 and 1977, so got the idea that beating England is what we did routinely. Don't think we've won many after 77
Lancs Harp
10-07-2021, 06:29 PM
I was just a young kid when we beat them 2 1 in 1976 and 1977, so got the idea that beating England is what we did routinely. Don't think we've won many after 77
Im 57 fella in my lifetime Scotland have won 8 times.
hibeg
10-07-2021, 07:03 PM
Jeez. Sad news. Great player in that Ipswich team. RIP
Jim44
10-07-2021, 07:25 PM
RIP Paul. At my age, when you see an older footballer’s name at the top of a thread, it’s unfortunately and invariably bad news. I remember Paul as a very talented centre forward.
He's here!
10-07-2021, 10:53 PM
I was just a young kid when we beat them 2 1 in 1976 and 1977, so got the idea that beating England is what we did routinely. Don't think we've won many after 77
We've only played them 8 times since the home internationals ended in the 1980s. We won the second leg of our 2000 Euro championship play off against them 1-0 but were aready 2-0 down from the first leg. IIRC our last 'proper' win against England was 1981. John Robertson (the Notts Forest version) penalty I think.
darwenhibby
10-07-2021, 11:22 PM
We've only played them 8 times since the home internationals ended in the 1980s. We won the second leg of our 2000 Euro championship play off against them 1-0 but were aready 2-0 down from the first leg. IIRC our last 'proper' win against England was 1981. John Robertson (the Notts Forest version) penalty I think.
No Richard Gough 1985
Still too long though
Forza Italia 🇮🇹🏴
Block
10-07-2021, 11:45 PM
A classy player back in the good old days. RIP Paul Mariner.
SJNB Hibby
11-07-2021, 12:13 AM
Great player in a great side full of great players. He’ll be mourned at Ipswich Town.
Plymouth in mourning too
Apparently he managed them for a few years
Scorrie
11-07-2021, 07:24 AM
Plymouth in mourning too
Apparently he managed them for a few years
He played for them back in the 1970s before going to Ipswich. May still be their top scorer?
Chorley Hibee
11-07-2021, 08:01 AM
A product of Chorley FC, and probably our most famous son.
Still had very close ties with the club too.
RIP.
PatHead
11-07-2021, 08:02 AM
Was a really good player back in the day. Horrible way to die. Thoughts with his family. RIP
stu in nottingham
11-07-2021, 12:45 PM
He played for them back in the 1970s before going to Ipswich. May still be their top scorer?
Plymouth Argyle are the first team I saw him play for, against Notts County, maybe around 1974 or so. Would have been the old Third Division I think. He was a handful then and formed a prolific partnership with a guy called Billy Rafferty. I think Plymouth gained a couple of promotions when they were around.
Good player and a gentleman by all accounts. Rest in Peace, Paul.
tamig
11-07-2021, 12:59 PM
Plymouth Argyle are the first team I saw him play for, against Notts County, maybe around 1974 or so. Would have been the old Third Division I think. He was a handful then and formed a prolific partnership with a guy called Billy Rafferty. I think Plymouth gained a couple of promotions when they were around.
Good player and a gentleman by all accounts. Rest in Peace, Paul.
I seem to remember Billy Rafferty being a top striker for Carlisle way back in my youth. He and Paul Mariner must have been a lethal pairing.
stu in nottingham
11-07-2021, 01:08 PM
I seem to remember Billy Rafferty being a top striker for Carlisle way back in my youth. He and Paul Mariner must have been a lethal pairing.
That's him, tamig. I think he went from Plymouth to Carlisle, did well and went on to play for some sizeable clubs.
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