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Kevin Beattie passed away seven years ago today. A colossus of a defender and still my all time favourite Ipswich Town player. Had a shot like a rocket, tackled like a tank and was immense in the air. They don’t make centre half’s like him any more. Legend. Marc Bolan , my early teenage years were heavily influenced by the great man, weird lyrically at times, but in my eyes was a genius who was probably a bit ahead of his time and taken on this day in 1977 at only 29. Still love listening to his music. Legend.
We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub.
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Remembering The Beat and Bolan. on 12:49 - Sep 17 with 345 views
Remembering The Beat and Bolan. on 20:33 - Sep 16 by jasondozzell
As someone who never saw Beattie play, what would you say if is the best game to watch him in Town shirt in? His greatest performance for us?
My favourite goal was when he scored in the 4-1 beat up of West Ham in April 1975. Last game of the season and good revenge for the FA Cup semi final fiasco. We all went home happy after that match and it was on match of the day later that night. The goal sums up everything about him, as does the tv commentary by Barry Davies and even begrudging praise from Jimmy Hill. The MOTD is in black and white though I remember watching it in colour.
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Remembering The Beat and Bolan. on 13:26 - Sep 17 with 297 views
Remembering The Beat and Bolan. on 12:49 - Sep 17 by mellowblue
My favourite goal was when he scored in the 4-1 beat up of West Ham in April 1975. Last game of the season and good revenge for the FA Cup semi final fiasco. We all went home happy after that match and it was on match of the day later that night. The goal sums up everything about him, as does the tv commentary by Barry Davies and even begrudging praise from Jimmy Hill. The MOTD is in black and white though I remember watching it in colour.
the crowd that day were particularly raucous to the extent that Bobby said after the game that we’d got ourselves ‘a crowd’…
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Remembering The Beat and Bolan. on 13:55 - Sep 17 with 254 views
Remembering The Beat and Bolan. on 21:16 - Sep 16 by Warkystache
I saw the tree that Marc Bolan's girlfriend drove into on Barnes Common years ago. I grew up with T-Rex, especially his earlier stuff like Ride a White Swan. He'd be a year older than my dad so 77 now. One of those people never destined to be old. Like Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. But yet his music lives on.
I might be mistaken here, but wasn’t Gloria Jones driving the car?
Remembering The Beat and Bolan. on 15:28 - Sep 17 by noggin
It always felt like Beattie getting injured was the reason we lost to City in the FA Cup semi final in 81.
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Beattie was symptomatic of our day. Broke his arm. I think he was playing right back that day. We just never looked like scoring and the longer it went on 0-0, the more it felt that Man City would pinch it. Paul effing Power.
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