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"From our edition of June 7 1994 ..."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/10347055/Professor-Ralph-Miliband.html
Back in the news Ralph Miliband, Politics Professor
he fathered two sons, difficult to say whether either are his successor
The ideal he sought was a democratic and open Marxism, about which he would rave
his knowledge, warmth and his humour are not part of what we hear from out his grave...
http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2013/oct/03/ralph-miliband-obituary-1994
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I see on the DAFC forum that local footballer Peter Broadbent who went on to play for Wolves and England has died, see this thread for information.
http://doverathletic.freeforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3141&view=unread#unreadhoward mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i never knew he was from around here, certainly remember him as a player in a top class team - saw him play at upton park when i was a kid with norman deeley on the wing for them.
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Probably the greatest player to have emerged from East Kent and certainly the ex-Dover player who rose highest in the game.
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he played in the 1960 cup final against blackburn rovers, one of his team mates broke a leg and never played again.
went under the name of dave whelan and have always wondered what happened to him.
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well dug up tom, thinking logically the career ending injury probably done him a favour as he would have just carried on playing and earned about half again the national average wage.
worth twice as much since.
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Farewell Peter Broadbent, soccer star
Born in Elvington, north of Dover:arrrh
After much success in soccer he opened 'Babyland' with his wife Shirley
and enjoyed some fame through golf, with his son Gary...
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/01/peter-broadbent
Some years ago I had an intrinsic, but tenuous, link with Brentford Town FC. The removals firm I worked for stored households of furniture beneath its stands. I once heard the manager goad his team onto success with the promise of 'Wagon Wheels' during their practice sessions.
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Farewell Jeffery Smith, Missionary Reverend
a one-time Southfleet shop assistant born in Gravesend
Late in his career he ministered in Norfolk and in Aberdeen
his great love though was Africa, and to tell stories of his time there he was ever keen...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/01/the-rev-jeffery-smith-obituaryIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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R.I.P. Peter Broadbent A top class footballer from the days when they were true gentlemen. I used to watch him as a youngster and he started his football at Dover F.C.
Copied from web site.
Peter Broadbent was born in Elvington, Kent on the 15th May 1933. His school days saw him playing for the school side, Deal County Modem, and on leaving school he joined Dover F.C. in the Kent League. He played in our Reserves at the age of 15, and made his first team debut against Sheppey in the Kent League Cup at Sheerness on the 4th.December, 1948. He gained a regular place in our first team in the second half of the 1949-50 season, making another 14 appearances, and scoring two goals. His last game for Dover was the Kent Senior Shield Final on the 13th.May 1950, when we beat the Kent League champions Ramsgate 4-0 at Margate in front of over 6,000 fans. He played a starring role down the left wing, and set up two of the goals. The scouts of several league clubs soon spotted his obvious talents and in May 1950 he joined Brentford as a professional on his 17th. birthday. The Dover manager George Poyser also joined Brentford that month.
Within a few weeks of signing, Peter was in the Bees first team playing alongside a future England manager, Ron Greenwood. Peter went on to make 16 appearances for the London club before he attracted the attention of some of the league's bigger names, notably Wolves and Newcastle. Stan Cullis won the day though, and in February 1951, Peter joined Wolves for a fee of £10,000. It was a big move for a 17-year-old, one that would take him a fair distance from his native Kent, but it was one he later admitted that he never regretted. Within days of arriving at Molineux, Peter made his debut for the reserves and such was the impact he made that, within a month, he was in Wolves first team. The visitors to Molineux on his debut were Portsmouth and although Wolves went down 3-2, he gave a good account of himself and went on to miss just four of the remaining 13 games that season. He scored his first goal for the club against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns as Wolves went on to finish the season in a disappointing 14th place. The summer of 1951 saw Wanderers go on a tour of South Africa and it was there that Peter celebrated his 18th birthday. He spent the first half of the l951/52 season in the reserves until just after Christmas. Once in the first team he held down his place missing only three games from then until the season's end. The campaign again proved to be fruitless for the club as they slumped to 16th position in the league, but 1952/3 saw a marked improvement in fortunes and Wolves finished in third position with Peter making 26 appearances and scoring five goals. And, in the following season, Wolves finally were rewarded with the Championship, which for so long had eluded them. Peter had his best season, missing just 6 games and he scored 12 of the 96 goals the club amassed in winning the league. The football world, not just at Molineux, marvelled at Broadbent's tremendous ball control, and the skills which often had defenders perplexed and at a loss. Wolves were within four points of retaining their title the following season with Peter missing just four matches as they finished as runners-up to Chelsea.
His consistency was maintained in 1955/6 season and again the club were within a few points of honours as they finished third. This time he missed only three games and was also awarded international recognition in the shape of an England B cap to go with the Under 23 one he had won two seasons previously. Peter became a more prolific goalscorer over the next two seasons. As Wolves finished sixth in 1956/7, he scored 19 goals, then in 1957/8, as the club won the championship again he notched 21. That year he scored for the Football League against the League of Ireland and won his first full cap for his country in the World Cup against the USSR in Gothenburg. Although England lost 1-0 Peter kept his place for the next game in Northern Ireland. He was dropped for the game against USSR at Wembley when England gained revenge for their World Cup defeat with a 5-0 victory. However, an injury to Johnny Haynes brought Peter a quick recall and he scored both England goals as they drew 2-2 with Wales at Villa Park. He went on win four further caps, including one against Brazil in Rio de Janeiro in front of a crowd of 130,000. Wolves went on to win their third Championship and Peter scored a Boxing Day hat- trick at Portsmouth as he wore the number nine shirt of the out-of-form Jimmy Murray. He finished the season as the club's top scorer with 22 goals including two against Schalke 04 as Wolves made their debut in the European Cup.
Wanderers narrowly missed out on the double in 1959/60 but Peter won his fourth major domestic honour when he was a member of the side that defeated Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup Final. He remained a regular in the team for the next four years, but, in 1964/5, as relegation to the Second Division loomed, he left the Wolves. On Boxing Day against Aston Villa, as Dave Wagstaffe made his debut in gold and black, Peter said goodbye to a Molineux crowd that had marvelled at his talents for thirteen years. He moved to Shrewsbury Town and then had spells with Aston Villa, Stockport and Bromsgrove Rovers before he retired in 1971. Today he lives in a care home due to illness having previously lived with his wife Shirley in the Staffordshire village of Codsall, after years of running a successful babywear shop in Halesowen. To many Wolves fans he is regarded as the greatest ever player to don the club's colours.
WOLVES PLAYING CAREER 1950-1965
League Appearances 452 Goals 127
FA Cup Appearances 31 Goals 10
European Games Appearances 11 Goals 7
Other Appearances 3 Goals 1
TOTAL APPEARANCES 497 GOALS 145
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Dear Harry,
As far as I am concerned you are free to do as you wish, but all web-sites seek some small return for their efforts, even if that is only an acknowledgement of their existence. [Their name, and/or their address.]
I am fairly certain that the omission of these minor details in your post above is entirely accidental, and this is but a gentle reminder.
Oops, I did not take time to thank you Harry for availing us of the opportunity to have sight of such a detailed run-down of PB's history and achievements.
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Sorry Tom, point taken but I got the write up from the Dover Athletic supporters Forum so am not sure where it originated from but I do agree and will do so in the future.
I remember Peter as a lad and went to see him play for Wolves once and I remember my mother giving me ten shillings to spend.
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It'll sort itself out Harry.
Farewell Tom Clancy, Good bad-novel writer
than Ronald Reagan he was righter
His books were page turners, a good thing in a thriller
movies of his books have had many different hands upon the Jack Ryan tiller...
News report...
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/02/tom-clancy-dies-aged-66
The Obit...
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Slán, Tormod Ian Gillies, (Norman John Gillies), the penultimate native of St. Kilda
evacuated in 1930, aged five, from house number fifteen on Hirta
The menfolk were put to work for the Forestry Commission, they who had never seen a tree
his first cousin Rachel Johnson, (91), is the last there will ever be...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10351348/Norman-John-Gillies.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Farewell Stephen Knight, Actor;famous for his Caliban
from birth, he was taken to the heart of his biggest fan
He stood out against all weakness when before the throng
and well knew, "Being an actor has made me strong."...
http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/oct/03/stephen-knight-obituaryIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Chocks away, Flight Lieutenant Ken Trott
Typhoon pilot, saw action over France in our 'Overlord' plot
He had a mid-air collision with a Messerschmitt Bf 109
and was found unconscious in a tree, like washing on the line...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/10354289/Flight-Lieutenant-Ken-Trott.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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The iron-studded door creeks shut upon Anthony Hinds
'twas he who brought 'colour, sex and death' to play upon many minds
He thrust British Cinema forward for all the world to see
and made great stars of Cushing and of Lee...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/10354303/Anthony-Hinds.html
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Another of the thoroughly British 'horror' genre figures...
Farewell Brian Comport, Pen-man
as a writer in the 60s he was another 'angry young man'
Among his work was;'The Fiend', 'Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly'
his favourite, 'The Asphyx', were stunners of the Brit-horror hurly-burly...
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/13/brian-comportIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Au Revoir General Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnam's 'David'
the 'snow covered volcano', so intermittently feted
Marred by heavy losses, his people fuelled his trajectory
"People should not be overawed by the power of modern weapons. It is the value of human beings that in the end will decide victory."...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/general-vo-nguyen-giap
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Post 271.Yes Harry Peter Broadbent I was going up there when he was playing for Dover and I think he also had a brother that played for Dover and went to Wolves with him but a good clean player .