Paul Futcher

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  1. Redstar

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    Absolutely. Cracking player. What a sad loss.
     
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    R.I.P Futch. Great ball playing, game reading centre half
     
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    What terrible news Paul Futcher was a seriously classy footballer my memories of him are fond as they are clear he graced Oakwell with his footballing nous I'm just glad I had the pleasure of seeing him play. Rest well Paul and thank you for the memories
     
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    One of my earliest Oakwell heros! Sad news indeed.

    RIP Futch.
     
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    One of my earliest Oakwell heros! Sad news indeed.

    RIP Futch.
     
    Cunning Stunt, Nov 24, 2016
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    Without doubt the classiest defender to play for us in my lifetime. Thanks for the memories Futch.....RIP
     
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    What a shock. 'Legend' is a word used too loosely in my opinion, but without doubt Futch deserves to be called one.
     
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    Sincere condolences to his family and especially to Ron, his twin brother. Lives spent together from birth in such a way will be harder than ever to cope with in the separation of bereavement. Great player. Genuine class on the ball and in the reading of the game.
     
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    Always looked like he a time on the ball.
    Sign of a quality player.
    Rip Paul.
     
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    I agree with everything said by my fellow posters. I actually met him while he was at Derby County. It must have been 1983-ish and I was invited to the Baseball Ground by the company who were sponsoring Derby vs BFC. We won 1-0 (Glavin scored) and the Derby fans were on Futcher's back all the way through the game. He was actually named sponsor's MOTM, a decision that was greeted with utter derision by their fans. Anyway, I was introduced to him after the game and he seemed a nice enough guy. When he was signed by Bobby Collins a year or so later, based upon what I had witnessed, I was dubious to say the least.

    But what a wonderful signing he turned out to be.
     
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    I agree with everything said by my fellow posters. I actually met him while he was at Derby County. It must have been 1983-ish and I was invited to the Baseball Ground by the company who were sponsoring Derby vs BFC. We won 1-0 (Glavin scored) and the Derby fans were on Futcher's back all the way through the game. He was actually named sponsor's MOTM, a decision that was greeted with utter derision by their fans. Anyway, I was introduced to him after the game and he seemed a nice enough guy. When he was signed by Bobby Collins a year or so later, based upon what I had witnessed, I was dubious to say the least.

    But what a wonderful signing he turned out to be.
     
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    RIP Futch

    A true Barnsley Legend, would get in in my best 11 alongside McCarthy in the middle of defence.

    Very sad.

    Evil disease.
     
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    Yes that was a great shame. He never scored for us in 6 years, but I remember him executing a perfect lob over Clive Baker against the Baggies once.

    He was also manager of my local team Gresley Rovers back in 1996/7 when they were prevented from getting into the Football League due to their ground.
     
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    Gutted. Class personified. If he was playing today he'd be top of Guardiola's shopping list. Immense, priceless. RIP legend.

    Sent via Royal Mail and typed up by my Tapatalk byatch
     
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    Time seemed to stand still when he was on the ball, never panicked never played a hurried ball.
     
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    I was there, wasn't it 2-0?
     
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    Didn't we sign Futch and Calvin Plummer on the same day from Derby? They played at Oakwell against Derby on debut and we scored 5 including one from Plummer. Futch went on to be a magnificent, classy servant to the club and is one of the finest centre halfs I've seen in a Reds shirt. And I've seen some good uns!
     
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    Thought we signed Kenny burns the same time as Calvin .
     
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    Yes, deadline day signing. Plummer weren't up to much though.
     
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