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Going by twittersphere, it seems as though he has shuffled off this mortal coil.

Wow. Really?

On the official Everton site

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2015/05/27/andy-king-1956-2015

Genuinely sorry to hear that. RIP

58, scary.
RIP Kingy

Wow, blimey. RIP.

He certainly split the fanbase in terms of opinion of him, but I liked him & think he did a good job here.
RIP

Can remember the clouds of cigar smoke drifting out from the dugout.

RIP

That play off side played some lovely stuff at times, and he was responsible for bringing SSP here.

Very sad news.

The cigar smoke from the dugout shall always be remembered!

RIP the smoking chimp.

Noooooooo! Terrible news. RIP Kingy.

Christ. Wasn't his biggest fan as a manager, but had a great eye for a player and 58 is too young for anyone. RIP.

Manager of town when I first started watching them. RIP Andy.

Thanks for SSP

Rest in peace

Blimey. RIP.

RIP Kingy. That 03/04 season was fucking superb.

RIP Kingy.

Was just 58, shocking. RIP Kingy.

Really sad news. Whatever you thought of him as a manager he could bloody spot a player. If you only knew him as our manager that photograph of him on the Everton site is a bit of a shock! 

He was absolutely bonkers at times. Stubborn, had his favourites and was firmly set in his ways.

But he gave us the 2003/04 season. One of my favourite failures(!) supporting Swindon - Parkin, Mooney, Fallon, Howard et al



 

58. Terrible, I'd wager that most of our parents are older than that.

A personal friend and devastated by the loss.
Some wonderful memories and laughs inside and outside of football with him.
I have lost a friend.
RIP Andy.

Oh no. RIP Andy.

RIP smoking chimp (don't mean that critically). We had good times under him, we had bad times under him, but never dull time.

Spotted a good player did kingy, think we can all agree on that.

Was not a fan of him as a person or manager but 58 is no age, RIP.

Great scout.

I remember he suffered a heart attack back in 2009 so was on borrowed time a bit.

Up until Coops, he was my favourite manager. I kind of loved Kingy. RIP.

Genuine character. RIP Kingy.

Wow.

It would be hypocritical of me to say I was a fan but I am absolutely genuinely shocked and saddened.

RIP.

Spot on. That night at Brighton will stay with me forever.

RIP Kingy

 Sad new indeed....Kingy's PO team, would be my second favourite, STFC failure team, behind Bob Smith's 78/79....79/80 outfit, but ahead of Cooper's 14/15 year olds.

I know he wasn't everybody's cup of tea, but I liked him.
How could you not like the man who brought SSP to our team?
RIP.

RIP Kingy really sad to hear he's died so young

He came out with some ace quotes at times
I'll always remember him in socks with flip flops and a cigar!

Sad news. RIP.

Always a bit of a marmite manager and character.

RIP Kingy!

One of those managers that left an imprint on the Town, both good and bad, but definitely one of those to be remembered. R.I.P.

Thats really sad. RIP Andy King. Some very happy and amusing memories.

Oh bummer :(

Bon voyage, Kingy.

RIP Kingy

Very sad news. RIP Andy. Thanks for Super Sammy Migs, The Beast, Fallon, Sammy Igoe, Tommy Mooney Andy Gurney etc etc- some real talent and some real characters in his teams. Great memories of games like Leeds away where we gave them a real scare, thinking we were Wembley bound at Brighton and coming back from 3 down at Port Vale just about outweigh the negatives of Cheltenham away, Antoine Van der Linden at centre forward, and thinking stfc was no more away at Brentford.  

Blimey.   Shocker.  RIP.

Sad news. RIP Kingy.

The only season where I never missed a game home or away.
The Brighton away game still haunts me.

Not forgetting that night at Leeds.

Shocked to hear the news. Andy was a real character around the County Ground. He wore his heart on his sleeve, which led to some interesting post match interviews but, on a shoestring budget, managed to get the 2003/4 team into the Play Offs with Brighton. He will be missed around the grounds. My condolences to his family and friends. RIP Andy.

That was absolute robbery.

Sadly missed.
Best ever quote when talking about an opposition player...... He goes down quicker than my wife. Funny funny guy. Did well with fuck all money, on the other hand, at other times did fuck all with fuck all money.
Top bloke.

Sad to hear of this. RIP Andy King.

The Brighton Play-off game was the worst footballing memory I have. Having played so well that night and being seconds from Wembley....... You know the rest, but I loved watching that team King put together. He wasn't the best manager ever, but he so nearly got us promoted.

RIP

Best Andy King interview has to be when Shaun Hodgetts rang him at home on a Thursday night in May 2001 when Bristol Rovers had blown their games in hand and we were safe.

Andy was clearly pissed off his head and slurring his words which gave an interesting interview with Shaun. From a different era and generation was Andy and one of our longest serving managers.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3099288/Everton-legend-Andy-King-famed-Merseyside-derby-winner-dies-aged-58.html

I remember at a preseason friendly (Aylesbury i think), one of the people i was with asked him if he had been working out over summer as he was a bit thinner, he said 'no, its just the AIDS' then proceeded to nick my mates lighter.

Great bloke

The final was at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.

Yes, I was at Brighton too. The thunder and lightning before the game being stuck up in the air on that temporary Open Golf type stand.

Saddened to here this. 58 is no age.

Shocking news RIP Kingy

a  year younger than me,terrible news.Was always willing to speak to fans after the game.Gave us some memorable moments too.

Oops, you are right.

I wasn't at Brighton, I was watching from a bar in Edinburgh but was devastated when we lost, possibly remains the lowest I have felt watching Swindon.

I got nothing but love for you brother, RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txufWP6nGdc

Will never forget after the 1-1 draw with Hartlepool which cemented both our play off positions.
He called for me, my Brother and my Mate to join him in his office.
Fridge door open we drank a few beers with him, shook hands with Cooper the Hartlepool Manager at the time and their Directors.
So many treasurable moments I had with Kingy and feel devastated tonight that he is no longer with us. Feel for his Wife and family.
He was "old school" and played with arrogance, fun and a smile on his face. He never lost that in his Managerial career and his Mum would always tell him off after his interviews "Andrew" :)
He never did refine his interviews, he couldn't. Loved his stories of his days at Everton.
The world loses one of those 70's players where wine, women and song was the norm. Money was realistic and the relationship with the Supporters was close.
He knew that he was unpopular with a vast majority of fans at Swindon but what he did whilst having Diamandis influencing the Budget, was bringing in some real talent on a small budget.
It was the time though off the field I will remember him fondly for.
God bless you Andy King, thanks for everything and RIP.

Before the 2nd leg in the 2004 play off at Brighton, a couple of us were on Operations in southern Iraq and decided to ring Andy King up to wish him and the team well.  All credit to him, he spent some 15 minutes on the phone to us and talked about the match, but was more concerned about how we were getting on.  He even took the time in the pre match interview, live on Sky, to mention us even with everything going on.  I will never forget that.  RIP Andy.

Lovely post that.

The night at Leeds..

Asking Leeds fans for a light for his cigar by the bench!

What kind of comment is that?

Andy King

I didn't always appreciate you fully at the time but by God those times when you were manager would have been absolutely dire without someone of your great humour, honesty and eye for talent.  You brought fun and fight to what frankly was a shithouse club at the time.

I hope you now find a little corner of Havana in Heaven and inject some real Kingy laughter.

I had another look at that 1977 fa cup tie and he's mentioned in the commentary. I remember the game but don't remember him playing against us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2DW0rysXpg

Nice manager. RIP Andy.

Yep, he's number 7 and takes the corner before the second goal.  Good to see opposing centre forward were allowed 5 yard tap ins all that time ago

Andy always had a very individual grasp on the English language. My favourite post-match comment was this anatomy-bending metaphor:

"The Achilles heel that has stood out like a sore thumb all season has come back to bite us in the bum."

RIP.

Amen.  Sums up my own feelings very well.

RIP Andy.

 Here's Kingy scoring at the CG....

http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=19871205

Proper old skool stuff...

Gunn would get his revenge later in the season by denying Bambi a perfectly good goal in te home PO v Wigan

The fans "handling" the ref at the end :)
Imagine the fine and ban today......football has gone soft :)
Nice TE surge at the goal and of course the best pitch in the league !!
Happy days and some real ding dongs home and away with the Shots.

That was me, you weren't there.

 :clap:Tans bullshitting again then Ralphy? :nod:

Nah hes right, was just telling the story

Good memories of Andy who was manager when I got my first season tickets.  I seem to remember he said something about he didn't like 'fanny-flicking' players or football. Funny.

I've not posted on here in ages, but this has prompted me to log in again.  I loved Kingy.  He could spot a player, he wanted his teams to play entertaining football, and when asked a question he gave a direct answer.  He wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but I found that refreshing.  The playoff team he put together was probably the second most entertaining team I've ever watched (behind '93) and he spotted most of those players, Parkin, Miglioranzi and Howard in particular.  Howard, Igoe, Parkin and Mooney - we scored some wonderful goals with those four playing well.  Given the off the field circumstances at the club at the time, I still think he did a great job.  Over and above that, football needs characters, and he was certainly one of those.  This news made me feel, if only for a few moments before life took over again, genuinely sad, melancholy annd a bit nostalgic. 

Cheers Andy.

Why Sack King?

Ridiculous sacking IMO, in the summer the club sold Parkin and slashed the playing budget by 30%, King had no cash and could only get in free transfers on low wages, and players like Cuerton and Thorpe were abysmal despite clearly being quality signings, all factors beyond King’s control.  

When some fans unfairly blasted King from the stands rather then just getting behind the team, King stood his corner took no shit and would deal with them head on, these fans took issue with the club having a manager that would not lick their arse, and who dared to stand up for himself, and in the end forced him out of the club which I believe was a total disgrace, and was counterproductive anyway as he probably would has turned it around and kept us that year.

Kingy had taken Town as far as he could. Changes were needed, mostly at Boardman level, but it was time for him to leave Town when did.

King was a sacrificial offering. Most wanted the board gone much, much more than him..

Why had he taken the club as far as he could?

Looked at the fare in the Taxi and realised he was going to run out of money!?

He was the driver tho, not responsible for the fare only the route. 

Aaah, philosophical South Stand graffiti.

On reinstatement I don't think Kingy ever recovered from not being Roy Evans in some fans eyes.

The club at the time was rotten to the core.
A few "good guys" were the minority in a club dictated by Diamandis.
Very sad day when Kingy was sacked was actually with him after the game.
Always remember his words, "Banbury you will be always be here a lot longer than me."
Referring to the fact that we the Supporters outlive players and managers alike.
Saddest legacy with Kingy was that he was never liked by the Swindon fans despite running on a shoestring. He got on well with Sturrock and was vocal that his budget was over 3 times bigger than Kings when he got us in the play offs.
All irrelevant now but reading the Everton message Boards you realise how big an icon he was.
A terrific player and a good guy.
Was very kind to me and introduced me to many footballers and stories that I will always be grateful for. We take our football seriously but with Kingy he brought a smile behind the pressure.
Yesterday I found the bottle of Champagne in my lads room signed by him and Sam Parkin when he was born.
That was one of many touches that will always stay with me.
RIP Andy and simply thanks.

Very sad to hear that he had passed away.

Did some very good things at STFC, although my opinion of him changed when my son was mascot for the day when he was manager, he wouldn't sign an autograph, pose for a picture or even say hello to us and came across as a properly arrogant bloke.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/andy-king-funeral-sees-hundreds-9392900

His funeral was today, this link has a lot of photos of the day, nice to see so many people turn out.

Fucking bastards  I wanted to read that, but its a shit site with video ads running everywhere, does my nut in. marketing pricks burn in hell.