NFR Socratès dies

[leonffc]

Brazilian football philosopher passes away at 57.
Legendary on the pitch. Legendary in the pub.
RIP Socratès

[Burt]

Sad news...

If my dodgy memory serves me correct, he never won a World Cup? Which would easily make him the best player never to win it.

RIP...

[Pata]

This cracker against the USSR in 1982
SOCRATES - against soviet union 1982
RIP.
A lot of football deaths this year.

[MOR :]

Cracking player who loved a fag...A joy to watch on the football pitch in his prime...

[Lighthouse]

A cultured player that seemed to fit the term 'Brazilian Footballer' rather well.

[CorkCity]

A legend in my book.

It was one of sport's strangest moments. Socrates, former captain of Brazil's soccer geniuses, arrived yesterday at Garforth Town Football Club to play against Tadcaster Albion.
'It's been so long since I last played I can't remember when it was,' said 50-year-old Socrates. A silky midfield general in his day and the scorer of 22 international goals, Socrates is not quite the figure he used to be. The hair is greyer, the waist more generous.

Nevertheless, he was received rapturously by the 3,000-strong crowd after he left the substitutes bench to make his first appearance in the Northern Counties East League Division One, at the pit of the English league system.

Though there was little sign of his trademark back heel he was happy to have survived the freezing conditions. 'I just hoped my muscles would respond to my brain,' he said. He left the field to a massive ovation after his adopted side's two-all draw with Tadcaster.

[cebu]

He was an outstanding player at the 1982 World Cup, where Brazil exited at the hands of Italy in a really memorable thriller.

[epsomraver]

Yet another one drinks and smokes himself to death

[White Noise]