Battling with dementia.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9123901/Frank-Worthingtons-dementia-battle-left-Peter-Reid-heartbroken-wants-action.html

Some great tales in this article but tragic for Frank and his family.

 

Terrible shame for Frank Worthington. That's a good write up from the Daily Mail with some great photos, I didn't know Craig Johnstone started at Middlesbrough

If only all of the games were filmed in the 70s, some magical Frank goals lost to posterity, but a few classics on film forever. 

Such sad news.

There aren’t many games when I’m ok with losing, but it was fine on that day in April.

14 minutes ago, boltondiver said:

There aren’t many games when I’m ok with losing, but it was fine on that day in April.

shows how your view changes over the year

my view at the time was that he scuffed the shot 

 

i know when i replicated it the next day, i stuck the shot in the top corner

Very sad news.  Not a surprise though, sadly, to anyone who has seen him speaking publicly in the last decade.

It is such a shame that someone who has given thousands happy memories is now denied of them himself.

Read his auto biography "One Hump or Two"

Do you prefer plastic or grass <pitches>? Dunno, I never smoked plastic 🙂

lads lads

sssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

What would he be worth in today's market 

He's the type of personality football is sadly missing now

9 minutes ago, 1969 said:

What would he be worth in today's market 

He's the type of personality football is sadly missing now

In this day and age he'd be hounded out of the game.  Look at all the flack the likes of Kyle Walker and Jack Grealish get for their behaviour ... and then imagine what Frankie would have been getting up to.

Somehow couldn't imagine him adhering to Lockdown rules.

2 hours ago, Traf said:

sssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Horwich RMI 

3 minutes ago, DazBob said:

In this day and age he'd be hounded out of the game.  Look at all the flack the likes of Kyle Walker and Jack Grealish get for their behaviour ... and then imagine what Frankie would have been getting up to.

Somehow couldn't imagine him adhering to Lockdown rules.

Slight difference for me them two are just over rated pricks

Worthy was just a cheeky chappie and one with talent 🙂

 

Didn’t this come out a few years ago via his daughter? Something which was later denied (by supposedly himself) I think. 

He didn't appear to be in the rudest of health at Nat's funeral.

53 minutes ago, BWFC_LOVE said:

Didn’t this come out a few years ago via his daughter? Something which was later denied (by supposedly himself) I think. 

It did. Exactly as you put.

Whilst it was clear it was accurate.

Very sad, as a cases of Alzheimers or Dementia are. Bless 'em all.

He looks cool as fuck in that Umbro kit

Pure class, a complete one off, wished there was more footage of him playing for us

Very sad to read that report. 

Amazing talent, probably only surpassed by Jay Jay and Youri as most gifted Wanderers players I have seen. 

The ball used to stick to him like it did with Youri.

Scored lovely goals too, they never seemed to be ordinary.

 

When I was growing up and first started watching Wanderers I used to get old programmes and read them. 
I was obsessed with a few pictures that appeared in them. 
Nat stood  outside burnden, Nat drinking out of the FA Cup, cig in one  hand and a big fuck off scar on his shoulder and then this one of Frank

Tash, headband, red socks, signet ring and the best looking home shirt we’ve ever had. The epitome of a cool footballer. 

I remember driving along St Peters way in my van and Frank pulled up along side at the lights in a skoda as the club had these as part of a sponsorship we gave the usual "like the skip Frank" and got a smile and the finger! 

He will always be one of the Bolton greats and loved him when he played for us. The promotion at Blackburn that night will live with me to my grave

Remember the Friday night game at Burnden when we battered that red scum 3-0. The Stags Head at Daubhill was rocking after the game with everyone singing Frank Worthington's magic to the YMCA song which was played continuously.

45 minutes ago, Rudy said:

When I was growing up and first started watching Wanderers I used to get old programmes and read them. 
I was obsessed with a few pictures that appeared in them. 
Nat stood  outside burnden, Nat drinking out of the FA Cup, cig in one  hand and a big fuck off scar on his shoulder and then this one of Frank

Tash, headband, red socks, signet ring and the best looking home shirt we’ve ever had. The epitome of a cool footballer. 

Fav away shirt, @Rudy?

1 hour ago, boltondiver said:

Fav away shirt, @Rudy?

Surely the red one of that?

3 hours ago, mickbrown said:

He looks cool as fuck in that Umbro kit

He was cool as fuck, normal folk could only ever dream to be a cool as Franky, top top footballer & not bad shagger by all accounts. Glad I met him on couple of occasions, Love the man all time top hero of mine. Sad sad news. 🥲

Edited January 8, 20215 yr by Mounts Kipper

1 hour ago, boltondiver said:

Fav away shirt, @Rudy?

Probably the 94ish red and blue striped one 

@mickbrown it’s a belter the all red one but that red and blue striped one is sentimental to me