Cyrille Regis RIP

[Manofpride]

Sorry to see that Cyrille Regis has passed away, the cause was an heart attack. He was only 59.

[mistaram]

He only takes the good guys and Trump is still with us

[ramAnag]

The great Tommy Lawrence last week and Cyrille Regis this morning. Very sad, especially at the age of just 59, and to think that there’s now only one of West Brom’s ‘Three Degrees’ left.

[MadAmster]

They don't give any cause.

Always a shame when anybody dies but at this young age it does make us older ones think twice. Yesterday has gone. Tomorrow isn't guaranteed. Today is a gift which is why it's called the present. Make the most of your present, it might be your last.

[Andy_Faber]

They don't give any cause.

Always a shame when anybody dies but at this young age it does make us older ones think twice. Yesterday has gone. Tomorrow isn't guaranteed. Today is a gift which is why it's called the present. Make the most of your present, it might be your last.

Heart Attack

[Romanis]

A bloody good striker.
Rest in peace. A chant on the terraces when he scored.
Nice one Cyrille
Nice one son
Let's have another one!

And he usually obliged.

[Manofpride]

A bloody good striker.
Rest in peace. A chant on the terraces when he scored.
Nice one Cyrille
Nice one son
Let's have another one!

And he usually obliged.

You've got the wrong Cyril? That was a Spurs song about Cyril Knowles! It made the charts too!

[Romanis]

You've got the wrong Cyril? That was a Spurs song about Cyril Knowles! It made the charts too!

Yes you're right about the origins. But I'm pretty sure I also heard this adaptation for Regis during a visit to an away game. Getting to go to away trips as a kid was very rare and something like this is not forgotten. Perhaps it wasn't a permanent one, something the Baggies fans did once in a while.

[Romanis]

I'll say this.
Is Cyrille Regis is in the England teAm today, I'd put good money on England winning Russia 2018

[BaaLocks]

I'll say this.
Is Cyrille Regis is in the England teAm today, I'd put good money on England winning Russia 2018

Cyrille Regis was a great trailblazer and knocked down some walls - we can all remember the bile that all black players had to put up with in the day and I doff my cap to every one of them for what they went through.

But as a footballer he was good without being great - his strike rate was on a par with someone like Dean Saunders, not to be scoffed at but hardly all time great status. I'd argue Harry Kane is on track to be a far more prolific striker.

That said, RIP Cyrille, that West Brom team was one that we all secretly wanted to win (along with the late 70s Ipswich, a damned good footballing side at a time when we weren't).