Jimmy Calderwood

[Pretty Boy]

Passed away. Early onset dementia.

A proper character of the game here and a good manager to boot. I'd have taken him at Hibs once upon a time.

RIP.

[matty_f]

That’s sad to hear, a big character in the game. RIP.

[DH1875]

Sad to hear. Had the pleasure of being in his company a few times. Great guy. Been ill for a while though.
RIP Jimmy.

[Billy Whizz]

A big character in Scottish football
69 is really young to die from dementia

[SHODAN]

No age at all. RIP

[B.H.F.C]

Hate when these threads pop up. You always know what you’re going to read before you’ve even opened it. Horrible disease.

[Since452]

I remember being delighted when Calderwood got the Hibs job only to discover it was Colin and not Jimmy. Sad news. RIP.

[tamig]

This is sad though not unexpected news. I’ve been trying to find out how he’s been getting on every few months since his diagnosis. A bit of a trend-setter in his playing days by moving to Holland to play and then manage. I lost my dad to dementia in 2018 and I would never wish any family to have to go through that journey. A real character and remember being on the same flight as him returning from his beloved Majorca just before the start of pre-season. Immense tan. RIP Jimmy.

[GreenNWhiteArmy]

A real character of the Scottish game

RIP

[hibee_girl]

Really sad news, always liked him.

[HendoDelivered]

Rip

[Tambo]

Sad news, a character in the game and will be remembered within the Scottish game.

[The Harp]

Sad to hear of JC's passing. One of the real characters in the Scottish game.

RIP

[Fanforlife]

He was my sons gaffer at Dunfermline, genuine football man. R.I.P Jimmy Calderwood!

[O'Rourke3]

Sorry to here that news. He was a breath of fresh air. Famous for teaching everyone how to pronounce Willem II properly

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[Trinity Hibee]

Did wonders at Dunfermline and we had good games against his Dons side. RIP

[eastmainsmsh]

Very sad Rip Jimmy transformed Pars with some cracking signings from Dutch league also at Aberdeen

[Lago]

That’s sad to hear, a big character in the game. RIP.
Larger than life, a real football guy, will be missed.

[Sheffhibee]

A proper character in our game, always a likeable guy RIP Jimmy

[WhileTheChief..]

Hate when these threads pop up. You always know what you’re going to read before you’ve even opened it. Horrible disease.

Yup. I kinda hoped it was going to be a birthday or some other story, but deep down you know what it's going to be about.

A proper football manager with a bit of character. We need more like him in the game.

RIP Jimmy.

[He's here!]

RIP Jimmy. Underrated as a manager I thought.

[Since452]

Loved it when he used to chuck five players up front if his team were chasing a game. You always knew his teams were going to give you a game. East End Park was never an easy place to go.

[marinello59]

Sad news, it’s a cruel illness.

RIP Jimmy

[Ribs1875]

What sad news! Extremely likeable guy, and always felt when we announced Calderwood as manager in 2011 that we took the wrong one. He was a good manager during his spells at both pars and the dons.

RIP

[Northernhibee]

Only seventeen years ago his Aberdeen side drew with Bayern.

[ekhibee]

A good manager and a good guy, his teams were always good to watch. RIP Jimmy

[RIP]

So many footballers passing away with dementia. The old leather fillies' to blame it seems.

[Carheenlea]

He was a really likeable man and an interesting character with his ties to the Netherlands for much of his playing career and his early managerial appointments.

Such a dreadful illness.

[Squealing pig]

RIP one of the good guys

[Baader]

Popular guy. Sad to hear this.

[cabbageandribs1875]

some unpleasantness at his funeral Jimmy Calderwood's son leads walk out at funeral over "disrespect" to family (https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/jimmy-calderwood-s-son-leads-walk-out-at-funeral-over-disrespect-to-family/ar-AA1zlRFu?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=78d84df9ec13423eaaef84a2ae46a284&ei=6) :confused:

[Trinity Hibee]

some unpleasantness at his funeral Jimmy Calderwood's son leads walk out at funeral over "disrespect" to family (https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/jimmy-calderwood-s-son-leads-walk-out-at-funeral-over-disrespect-to-family/ar-AA1zlRFu?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=78d84df9ec13423eaaef84a2ae46a284&ei=6) :confused:

Brutal. Just a shame that others have made it about them rather than a day to mark his passing

[He's here!]

some unpleasantness at his funeral Jimmy Calderwood's son leads walk out at funeral over "disrespect" to family (https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/jimmy-calderwood-s-son-leads-walk-out-at-funeral-over-disrespect-to-family/ar-AA1zlRFu?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=78d84df9ec13423eaaef84a2ae46a284&ei=6) :confused:

Must be hellish when that level of bitterness/family feuding even impacts on a funeral.

[cabbageandribs1875]

Brutal. Just a shame that others have made it about them rather than a day to mark his passing


Must be hellish when that level of bitterness/family feuding even impacts on a funeral.


Funerals & Weddings, two events where emotions can run very high amongst some attendees, in this case the immediate family


so sad they couldn't show a bit of Decorum at least until the wake/afterwards

[CropleyWasGod]

Whoever shared that with the Record should be ashamed of themselves. It's nobody else's business.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Whoever shared that with the Record should be ashamed of themselves. It's nobody else's business.

Was possibly being live streamed? He’ll have had lots of friends abroad who possibly wouldn’t have been able to make it.

[CropleyWasGod]

Was possibly being live streamed? He’ll have had lots of friends abroad who possibly wouldn’t have been able to make it.

Maybe, but then the Record must have been made aware of it somehow.

I was about to type something about "journalistic standards", but.......... :rolleyes:

[Pretty Boy]

Tbf to his laddie I've been at a funeral, a mates dad, who was predeceased by his wife some years before. His new partner arranged the whole funeral and it was all about their life, their holidays, their live, their trips, their days out etc etc. There was no mention of his kids or their mother and a token acknowledgement of his grandchildren in a solitary line by the celebrant.

My mate just sat through it but he was raging and he had it out with her afterwards and has never spoken to her since because it's not something you get over. I can see why at a time of high emotion someone might lose their cool and do something they might later regret.

Erasing a big chunk of someone's life from their funeral, as happened to my mates dad or as happened here according to JCs son, is pretty ****my behaviour.

[Smartie]

Tbf to his laddie I've been at a funeral, a mates dad, who was predeceased by his wife some years before. His new partner arranged the whole funeral and it was all about their life, their holidays, their live, their trips, their days out etc etc. There was no mention of his kids or their mother and a token acknowledgement of his grandchildren in a solitary line by the celebrant.

My mate just sat through it but he was raging and he had it out with her afterwards and has never spoken to her since because it's not something you get over. I can see why at a time of high emotion someone might lose their cool and do something they might later regret.

Erasing a big chunk of someone's life from their funeral, as happened to my mates dad or as happened here according to JCs son, is pretty ****my behaviour.

There’s a time and place and way to make your point though.

I think your mate got it right.

[Pretty Boy]

There’s a time and place and way to make your point though.

I think your mate got it right.

It's not what I would do but I can see how it could happen.

I'm sure many on here will know that dementia is an emotive illness. You are essentially losing someone repeatedly and grieving whilst they are still physically living. It's hard going and emotionally exhausting. Add that with the grief of a physical death and then a perceived snub at a funeral and I get it. Every chance this has been bubbling for years.

He might regret his behaviour as a rush of blood in the cold light of day or he might think he has done right by his dad.

[Unseen work]

Tbf and without knowing all of the circumstances, I don’t think his son has done much wrong there.

He may have been struggling for the fact he was at his dad’s funeral, maybe felt himself getting emotional or just couldn’t sit through it as he was hurting.

There is obviously mention of the family dynamic being the reason he left. Again very sensitive to the son.

He stood up, thanked her for the service and left quietly.

The woman behind him however that gives the middle finger and those that then begin shouting out obscenities should be embarassed, it was them that turned it into a circus.