Players Who Looked Old Even When They Were Young

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09-11-23, 23:39
SLUDGE FACTORY

Players Who Looked Old Even When They Were Young

Pat Jennings

Gordon Banks

Kav

Stantona
09-11-23, 23:45
MacAdder

Re: Players Who Looked Old Even When They Were Young

Most Fred Keenor pics i've seen he looks like he's in his sixties, bless him.

Ralph Coates

David Armstrong
09-11-23, 23:46
SLUDGE FACTORY

Re: Players Who Looked Old Even When They Were Young

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Originally Posted by MacAdder

Most Fred Keenor pics i've seen he looks like he's in his sixties, bless him.

Ralph Coates

David Armstrong

Mick Channon

Gordon McQueen

Peter Reid
10-11-23, 01:14
Moodybluebird

Re: Players Who Looked Old Even When They Were Young

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Pat Jennings

Gordon Banks

Kav

Stantona

Pat Jennings ? You having a laugh Sludge. He was a fine looking young Irishman, not too dissimilar to a young Rory Gallagher when he (Pat) grew his hair a bit longer.

Now if you had said Nobby Stiles and Liverpool's Tommy Smith then you'd have no argument from me.
10-11-23, 01:26
jon1959

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Fred Keenor
10-11-23, 04:29
fugsyphil

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Mick Mills
Alan Woodward of Sheffield United
Peter Beardsley
Ian Dowie
10-11-23, 06:33
splott parker

Re: Players Who Looked Old Even When They Were Young

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Originally Posted by jon1959

Fred Keenor

Billy Hardy from that era and from later years, Derek Hogg.
10-11-23, 06:38
Doucas

Re: Players Who Looked Old Even When They Were Young

There's a twitter account that looked at this, although I think it's inactive now if you click this link and then click the media button and scroll you can see loads of players aging badly.

Rune Stakkeland looks 50 at the age of 22.

Jimmy Leadbetter looks 60 at the age of 33.

I'll upload some pictures when I've got access to a computer later.

https://x.com/80sAging?t=4sIF-ajyGcr7dUJGGrXk_g&s=09
10-11-23, 06:42
bigjoe

Re: Players Who Looked Old Even When They Were Young

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Pat Jennings

Gordon Banks

Kav

Stantona

John Max Wall Dempsey.
Ralph Coates went through an interesting range of hairstyles.
10-11-23, 06:55
splott parker

Re: Players Who Looked Old Even When They Were Young

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Originally Posted by bigjoe

John Max Wall Dempsey.
Ralph Coates went through an interesting range of hairstyles.

Ralph had a better ‘Charlton’ than Bobby :hehe:
10-11-23, 07:50
Undercoverinwurzelland

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Atilio Lombardo
10-11-23, 08:48
Doucas

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Stakkeland 22
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Nivaldo 29
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Mike Stringfellow 28
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Eddie Kelly 31
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David Wells 27
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Dave Fogg 34
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Source: https://twitter.com/80sAging
10-11-23, 09:03
Trigger

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Kevin McNaughton
Callum Paterson

Not old but probably looked 35 when they were 16 and still do.

Something in that Scottish irn bru
10-11-23, 09:20
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by Doucas

Stakkeland 22
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Nivaldo 29
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Mike Stringfellow 28
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Eddie Kelly 31
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David Wells 27
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Dave Fogg 34
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Source: https://twitter.com/80sAging

Jesus Christ state of some of them
10-11-23, 09:21
SLUDGE FACTORY

Re: Players Who Looked Old Even When They Were Young

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Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland

Atilio Lombardo

Who on earth is he ?
10-11-23, 09:22
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Trevor Grandad Brooking

Kenny Burns

Archie Gemmill
10-11-23, 09:25
Trigger

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I see the fake birth certificates issue isn't a modern problem in football.

Nivaldo at 29 looks closer to 70 than 30. Maybe these are just their worst photos.
10-11-23, 09:42
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Jimmy Bullard
10-11-23, 09:43
tpcnw

Re: Players Who Looked Old Even When They Were Young

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Who on earth is he ?

Lombardo played for Sampdoria and Italy in the 90s. Also played a few years for Crystal Palace
10-11-23, 09:44
tpcnw

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Terry Hennessey
Dave Mackay
10-11-23, 09:52
KingOfSiamIAm

Re: Players Who Looked Old Even When They Were Young

Pretty much any professional footballer pre 1965.
More recently, Dwight Gayle.
10-11-23, 09:55
BlueArmy 86

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Wayne Rooney
10-11-23, 10:25
Rontomuk

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Beriah Moore Cardiff City looked a pensioner when he was he. was about 25
10-11-23, 10:28
splott parker

Re: Players Who Looked Old Even When They Were Young

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Originally Posted by tpcnw

Lombardo played for Sampdoria and Italy in the 90s. Also played a few years for Crystal Palace

Also managed Palace
10-11-23, 10:38
The Bloop

Re: Players Who Looked Old Even When They Were Young

Fabrizio Ravanelli

Ps Lombardo was a fine player for Palace
10-11-23, 10:48
Cyclops

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As a lad I attended my first professional football match (in the old first division) in 1953 at Fratton Park. Pompey were in their pomp winning the FA Cup and Div One around this time and challenging for the title again in 1955.

My memory of the day was being seperated from Dad and passed down the crowd over their heads to the front from which I could hardly see over the concrete wall. But my most vivid memory was how old the players looked. Many were full English internationals and of course Jimmy Schooler was still with the club. Many were probably smokers - and it wasn't that long after the deprivations of WW2 - but their faces were so gaunt. It was a different world - and maybe goes some way to explaining why footballers like Fred Keenor look so ancient to modern-day eyes.
10-11-23, 12:55
fingers

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Attachment 5911 I know it's fake but still gives me a giggle
10-11-23, 12:59
jon1959

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Gaz is looking rough.

Attachment 5912
10-11-23, 13:11
splott parker

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Originally Posted by Cyclops

As a lad I attended my first professional football match (in the old first division) in 1953 at Fratton Park. Pompey were in their pomp winning the FA Cup and Div One around this time and challenging for the title again in 1955.

My memory of the day was being seperated from Dad and passed down the crowd over their heads to the front from which I could hardly see over the concrete wall. But my most vivid memory was how old the players looked. Many were full English internationals and of course Jimmy Schooler was still with the club. Many were probably smokers - and it wasn't that long after the deprivations of WW2 - but their faces were so gaunt. It was a different world - and maybe goes some way to explaining why footballers like Fred Keenor look so ancient to modern-day eyes.

Jimmy Who????:hehe:
10-11-23, 13:29
MacAdder

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Originally Posted by jon1959

Gaz is looking rough.

Attachment 5912

:yikes: :hehe:

Is this some app you've used to age a picture or some proper artwork?

Brilliant picture 👏
10-11-23, 13:30
Bobby Dandruff

Re: Players Who Looked Old Even When They Were Young

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Pat Jennings

Gordon Banks

Kav

Stantona

Terry Mancini
10-11-23, 13:38
Cleve van Leef

Re: Players Who Looked Old Even When They Were Young

Derek Hogg.
10-11-23, 13:58
JumpersforGoalposts

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Also managed Palace

I met a Doctor at a corporate hospitality event at Ascot who had been doing Lombardo's medical for joining Palace earlier that day. He said he was the fittest footballer he had ever tested and that they had to keep "enhancing" the test to try and get his heart rate up to a sufficient level to get any meaningful recovery data.
10-11-23, 14:46
Cyclops

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Jimmy Who????:hehe:

@splutting parker: least I saw him play...
10-11-23, 16:08
blue sky

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Roger Milla. Although i think he was just really old when he burst into public consciousness and his age was understated at that time.

He’s the only player I’ve seen score from a cross/pass to himself.
10-11-23, 16:10
splott parker

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Originally Posted by Cyclops

@splutting parker: least I saw him play...

I’d have loved to have seen him, Siklopps:hehe:, bit of a beast apparently.
10-11-23, 16:11
splott parker

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Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef

Derek Hogg.

I mentioned young Derek further up the thread:thumbup:
10-11-23, 17:15
KingOfSiamIAm

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Originally Posted by blue sky

Roger Milla. Although i think he was just really old when he burst into public consciousness and his age was understated at that time.

He’s the only player I’ve seen score from a cross/pass to himself.

After receiving a pass from Jamilu Collins, Rubin Colwill passed the ball to himself, then played a through ball to himself, then did a hop-skip, and a leap-and a-bound between two players, before smashing the ball into the back-of-the-net against Bristol City the other week.

The more I think about it, the more I rank it up there with John Buchannon’s goal against Swansea Town all those years ago.
Maybe after Rubin retires, I might have a re-evaluation and move it up above my all-time (along with Whitts) City hero’s goal.
10-11-23, 18:03
tforturton

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Ernie Curtis was 19 when he played in the 27 Cup Final, but in every photo I've seen of him, he looks about 40. Times were hard in those days.
10-11-23, 19:18
blue sky

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Originally Posted by KingOfSiamIAm

After receiving a pass from Jamilu Collins, Rubin Colwill passed the ball to himself, then played a through ball to himself, then did a hop-skip, and a leap-and a-bound between two players, before smashing the ball into the back-of-the-net against Bristol City the other week.

The more I think about it, the more I rank it up there with John Buchannon’s goal against Swansea Town all those years ago.
Maybe after Rubin retires, I might have a re-evaluation and move it up above my all-time (along with Whitts) City hero’s goal.

Hmm. Not sure if Colwill’s was a pass.

Roger’s was more of a through-ball/cross https://youtu.be/wZtx3tkJqso?si=WSJMPqj5tO-5yn1v

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