It's a superb obit, containing much about his background that I wasn't previously aware of, thanks for posting. Love this bit in particular -
"often meaning Kevin did not eat for two or three days running. He left St Patrick’s Roman Catholic senior school, where he occasionally played truant because he had no shoes to wear, at 14 to work in factory and warehouse jobs.
Spotted by a scout playing in local leagues, at 15 Beattie was invited to talks with the Liverpool manager Bill Shankly, but when he arrived in the city the club had forgotten to send anyone to meet him, and with no money to get to the ground he returned on the first train home. Shortly afterwards Ipswich jumped in to exploit Liverpool’s missed opportunity and their manager, Bobby Robson, is said to have told his chief scout that he would lose his job if he failed to rendezvous with the youngster. Beattie turned up at the interview wearing his father’s shoes, and when Ipswich signed him as an apprentice in 1970, Robson’s first act was to make sure he was properly shod." |  |
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