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Vance Warner	August 2, 2024, 4:43pm
Fine Wine Drinker Posts: 1,041 Posts Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 77.02% Rep Score: +19 / -6 Approval: +2,974 Gold Stars: 120	Quoted from Withnail Very sad news. I had the pleasure of meeting Shakey on his doorstep while  delivering his Christmas turkey, around 30 years ago "Are you Craig Shakespeare?" I asked. "Err...yeah." he replied sheepishly. It was almost as if he was surprised I recognised him. I had a brief chat with him about Town before leaving him be. He came across as very modest, unassuming and warm. I read this paragraph about his playing career. As a player, Shakespeare had a decent left foot, and one of his best moments for Grimsby was doing a man-marking job on Ruud Gullit in a FA Cup tie against Chelsea in 1996. RIP Shakey Remember that Chelsea game very well. We came close to beating them in the first game. At the time it seemed the norm for us to go toe to toe with a Premier League team and for one of our midfielders to overshadow a legend of the game. For any younguns feeling left out it shows the enormity of what was achieved 27 years later when we managed to get to a cup quarter final with a much less talented squad. RIP Shaky - a great player / coach and by all accounts an even better bloke.
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Blundellite	August 2, 2024, 10:38pm
Beer Drinker Posts: 140 Posts Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 68.37% Rep Score: +1 / -2 Approval: +120 Gold Stars: 25	I was in my prine (17) when Shakespeare' signed and he was a coup for this club. Always played consistently well at a higher level before us. I can't even put it into terms how this signing would look in this day and age for comparison it's like town signing (sorry I just can't think of anyone) an experienced but still fit championship midfielder who everyone still knew about 121 times is a lot  for a player in his prime to play for this club and he wasn't just a player passing his time away. Heard he was a great coach too what he did at Leicester will never be repeated. R.I.P Craig thanks for the memories
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