Stuart Bennett

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[Crystal Palace F.C. @CPFC]

Crystal Palace Football Club.

[Crystal Palace F.C. @CPFC]

Our former captain @GeoffThomasGTF has completed the Tour De France for a remarkable seventh time, raising money and awareness for @CureLeukaemia 👏

Congratulations, Geoff ❤️💙

#CPFC

[Defiant L’s @DefiantLs]

This could be the greatest political ad ever.

When his stomach popped out of that tree I nearly passed out 💀

[Stuart Bennett @BennettEagle]

RIP Geoff Capes.
Two time Worlds strongest man and multiple Shot-putting titles.
A genuine household name for years.
#GeoffCapes

[Stuart Bennett @BennettEagle]

@Nigel_Farage Agreed. He did always come across a likeable chap on T.V, even if one disagreed with him. So much unlike the ghastly Sturgeon.
May he rest in peace.
#AlexSalmond

[Stuart Bennett @BennettEagle]

@FootballInT80s You were there for this one @SartorialThug ?

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

The choice has never been more clear:

[Stuart Bennett @BennettEagle]

@GBNEWS There is an arguement here for quarantining.
HIV, Tuberculosis and other life limiting contagious illnesses on the rise..
I doubt the government will do owt about it, a penance for our past colonial "sins"

[Judge Reinhold @JudgeReinhold]

Thursday night John seemed like he was sleeping but the Yankees were on. They won the game, clinched the division then John made it to home.

Forty years of laughs on screen and off. John LIVED his life!

My brother, my partner, my Sarge - I love you.

There’s no smoking in Heaven, John.

#taggert #johnashton #brother #RIP

[Stuart Bennett @BennettEagle]

@UKBackintheDay2 One of three...
Living Joy
Edwyn Collins
Dana Dawson (RIP)

[Stuart Bennett @BennettEagle]

@UKBackintheDay2 P.M Dawn(RIP)
Set adrift on memory bliss
A great summer tune

[Stuart Bennett @BennettEagle]

@UKBackintheDay2 Milli Vanilli - Girl you know it's true.
Great pair of voices those two.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Toto Schillaci – a tribute. Schillaci, who has passed away aged 59, was the comet that tore across Italia 90, helping light up an unforgettable World Cup. The Sicilian’s eyes burned with intensity, and his whole body exuded a passion for goals, for the game and for his country.

Schillaci scored six times to take the Golden Boot and Golden Ball and what made the fairy-tale even more special was that it was largely a tale of the unexpected. It didn't simply feel that Schillaci stepped from the substitutes' bench, but from the terraces such was his utter determination to make an impact. He was a good player for Juventus, but down the Azzurri pecking order.

he made his debut for Italy only on March 31, 1990 and 70 days later he was rescuing his country against Austria in Rome. Within three minutes of coming on, Schillaci headed in a wonderful cross from Gianluca Vialli, another taken from us far too early. Schillaci’s eyes-aflame, arms-aloft celebration carried echoes of Marco Tardelli, Italy was smitten and the world began to fall in love with this whole-hearted goal poacher with his uncanny knack of taking up the right positions.

Italia 90 is a tournament indelibly etched in English hearts and minds. Gazza’s skills and tears, Platt’s volley, Lineker’s finishing, penalty heartache, proud Bobby, and Nessun Dorma and that’s why there’s been such grief on these shores at today’s sad news. Schillaci will forever be associated with a tournament where England’s world was in motion. Italia 90 and Schillaci glamourised football in many English eyes, helped by ground-breaking TV coverage which seemed to treat every game in Italy as a night at the opera. Within two years, the mood was right for the Premier League.

Schillaci’s story transcended sport. He was the understudy who seized his chance to become the star on the grand stage. Yet he never behaved as an egotistical star. Humility defined him and that came across in interviews. That’s why he was so liked and loved. And also he kept scoring and settling games. He started Italy’s third group game against Czechoslovakia and scored within nine minutes. He scored against Uruguay in the round of 16. These were Italy’s “Notti Magiche”, the nights of magic and Schillaci was the international apprentice who became the sorcerer.

He knocked out the Republic of Ireland in the quarters, following up clinically after Packie Bonner pushed out Roberto Donadoni’s shot, yet their nemesis was admired in the Emerald Isle. When news emerged of Schillaci’s passing, the Irish national team posted their condolences to his family and friends, adding that Schillaci “will always be a part of Irish football folklore’’. That shows the sporting nature of the Irish as well as how widely liked Schillaci was.

He even appeared in a 2002 ad for the Kilkenny beer, Smithwick’s. Two Irish drinkers in a pub pretended to be Ray Houghton and David O’Leary to show off to a couple of Italian visitors. One of the two Italians says, “Sorry, I forgot to introduce my other friend, Toto, Toto Schillaci”. And the great man appears, much to the shock of the Irish duo. “It was a good goal,” one eventually mumbles. Schillaci flashes his famous smile. “Thank you very much,” he says politely.

It was a good goal, capturing his confidence, and he then scored against Argentina in the Naples semi-final before Italy succumbed in the shootout. Schillaci sat in the dressing-room afterwards, smoking and crying. His summer adventure hadn’t quite finished, as he put a penalty past Peter Shilton, four minutes from time to settle the third-place play-off against England in Bari.

There were still some special club moments, not least a majestic overhead kick for Juventus against Verona in 1992. He went on to Inter Milan, then Japan, before retiring and heading back to Palermo where he ran an academy, giving hope to young players, just as he gave hope to a nation one summer. Rest In Peace, Toto Schillaci.

[Stuart Bennett @BennettEagle]

@PalaceEaglesc0m Good to salvage a point a the end there. Disappointed not to get the 3 points, but lots to be pleased about still. Nketiah will be a great signing i'm sure.

[80s Kidz @80s_Kidz]

Who remembers walking around the local Boots store and seeing the interrogation droid from Star Wars on the ceilings?

[Stuart Bennett @BennettEagle]

@1968Tv That tune 🥹

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

So many UK road drains aren’t being regularly cleared by local councils. It’s hardly a surprise that road flooding occurs. We pay our council taxes to get the bare essentials of infrastructure maintenance. But often we aren’t getting this.

https://t.co/ep7yLvqehb

[Stuart Bennett @BennettEagle]

@PremiershipYrs I am.
No black fans in Islington in 1992 - 93 was there ?

[Stuart Bennett @BennettEagle]

@sid_lambert What an underrated and underappreciated player Crookie was for Norwich City in the late 80s and early 90s ! So deft and skilful.

[Stuart Bennett @BennettEagle]

@BBCMOTD Never really in any doubt.
A sideways move at this stage of his career would of made no sense, bar financial.
Guehi has more integrity than that.
#DeadlineDay #CPFC
#MarcGuehi