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Town Stars Pay Last Respects to Beattie
Friday, 26th Oct 2018 19:50

A host of Town stars paid final tribute to legend Kevin Beattie at the former England international's funeral at Seven Hills Crematorium this afternoon.

Beattie, widely viewed as Town's greatest ever player, died aged 64 of a heart attack in his sleep on Sunday 16th September.

Former team-mates Mick Mills, Brian Talbot, Roger Osborne, John Wark, Allan Hunter, Trevor Whymark, Eric Gates, Laurie Sivell, George Burley, Terry Butcher, Kevin Steggles, John Peddelty, Ian Collard, Kevin O'Callaghan, Tommy Parkin, Les Tibbott, Steve McCall and Mick Lambert were all at a packed crematorium along with Beattie's friends and family before later being joined by Alan Brazil in the Sir Bobby Robson Suite at Portman Road.

More recent Blues Kieron Dyer, Chris Kiwomya, Jamie Clapham and Mick Stockwell were also present, along with Len Fletcher, who played as a wing-half in the 1950s, and former youth player George Ainsley.

Caretaker-manager Bryan Klug, academy manager Lee O’Neill, ex-scout and coach Brian Owen, former chairman David Sheepshanks, Pat Godbold, PA and secretary to nine Town managers, ex-public relations officer Mel Henderson and former club secretaries David Rose and Sally Webb were also in attendance.

BBC Radio Suffolk’s Mark Murphy, who presented Life’s a Pitch alongside Beattie for seven years, and former youth player Mark Lomas read eulogies.

Prior to the service, the funeral cortege passed by the statue of Beattie’s mentor Sir Bobby Robson in Portman Road where a large crowd - as well as current players Tom Adeyemi, Emyr Huws, Harry Wright and a number of academy youngsters as well as club staff including MD Ian Milne - applauded and chanted in final tribute to the club’s greatest hero.


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wiggy71 added 19:57 - Oct 26
I'd love to see a Beattie statue
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Zondervantheman added 20:04 - Oct 26
The whole first team should of been paying their respects.. not just a handful..
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BillyBaxterwasbest added 20:06 - Oct 26
RIP Beat
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SitfcB added 20:16 - Oct 26
Tbf Zondervantheman with a game tomorrow it would've been different were it a home game.
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xrayspecs added 20:16 - Oct 26
Zondervan
I suspect they were already on route to London.
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blueboy1981 added 20:21 - Oct 26
A great send off for a great player, and person.

The best defender this Club, and Country has produced to date.

An absolute pleasure to have seen him play, and be such a great ambassador for ITFC ever since.
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TimmyH added 20:32 - Oct 26
God bless you Beat...happy memories that no one can take away. RIP
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BlueandTruesince82 added 20:47 - Oct 26
RIP the Beat. Our very best marched to yours.

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howdonblue added 21:22 - Oct 26
💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

RIP BEAT

Thanks for making my youth such a happy one
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Tufty added 21:24 - Oct 26
Time to retire the number 6 shirt?
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pablo123 added 21:38 - Oct 26
Nice of evans to turn up !! God bless kev , legend forever , never be forgotten xxx
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Zondervanromeo added 22:13 - Oct 26
Had the pleasure of having a glass of wine with this guy many years ago true Ipswich legend And a great guy
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Carl2588 added 22:24 - Oct 26
Had the pleasure of meeting him at a petrol station in Ipswich once when I was 18 he looked in a hurry but still made time to shake my hand a true gent!
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Dissboyitfc added 22:39 - Oct 26
I went to portman road to pay my respects, so sad freely admit to shedding a tear. great to see a good turn out for the beat, he would have loved it!!!

R I P
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brittaniaman added 23:39 - Oct 26
I was one of the lucky ones to be invited to his Funeral Service at Seven Hills this afternoon, which was very good, and also sad, the service lasted just over the hour with good Eulogy speakers and "The Beats" favourite songs were played, and tears were seen in a lot of the congregations eyes
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blockb_steward added 00:15 - Oct 27
A true legend and a real gent, I was lucky enough to have a chat with the Beat over a pint a few years ago.

I will miss the sheer honesty of the man on Radio Suffolk on match days.

RIP The Beat
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chopra777 added 06:58 - Oct 27
Respect. The Legend we will not forget him.
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terry_butchers_twin added 08:47 - Oct 27
Just watched the clip above........tears in my cornflakes......RIP Beat.....my teenage hero.
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Pendejo added 09:06 - Oct 27
After on status idea. Surely that's one for the supporters ' club to raise money for. Get a quote from Sean H-Q and get raising the money.
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