Grumpy Git Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Passed away today, 71. 😢 FlyBritishMidland, GB SPORTS, Reggie Greenwood and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Buckley’s Dog Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 RIP Once a Ram …. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Greenwood Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Always liked Leighton as a player. Suffered a bit because he followed the great Gladys. Tommy Doc didn’t rate him so he must have had something about him. RIP Leighton angieram and IslandExile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Sad news. From my early teens and the very start of my Rams supporting career. A record signing if I recall. Brought some excitement to these young heartstrings, albeit maybe not as much as the initial anticipation. And a subsequent swap for Don Masson. So not perfect by any means... but still sad news. RIP sir, and thanks for at least helping me to get hooked. 🐏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Loved Leighton James. Even though Roy Mac and Archie were my big heroes, I had '11' on the back of my first Rams shirt. Reggie Greenwood, Ramifications and Dean (hick) Saunders 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 My son James is named after him. Archied, angieram, Crewton and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 9 minutes ago, Eddie said: My son James is named after him. I remember reading in 'The Ram' about a new born baby being christened Leighton James Jones or something like that. DarkFruitsRam7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 RIP Leighton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 He didn't fully deliver at Derby but he was great in spells. Sad time to join, Mackay's Derby really needed a striker to replace Franny Lee. Then Mackay was pushed out and the decline was underway...... The Doc completed it with a bang. Leighton James was not the only one to suffer..... Well, we all did. Anyway, Leighton, thanks for some happy memories RIP Ram 🐏 gfs1ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 19 minutes ago, IslandExile said: I remember reading in 'The Ram' about a new born baby being christened Leighton James Jones or something like that. Me too. My son is James Roy. IslandExile 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 (edited) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51960881 Edited April 19 by IslandExile Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Didn't Mackay call him "the final piece in the jigsaw"? 71 feels no age nowadays. RIP IslandExile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier ram Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 RIP Leighton, another sad loss to the Rams family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 58 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said: Didn't Mackay call him "the final piece in the jigsaw"? 71 feels no age nowadays. RIP I'm 4 days younger than Leighton. This one really hit home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 8 minutes ago, Eddie said: I'm 4 days younger than Leighton. This one really hit home. I didn't know what reaction to put to that, so replying instead. Miserable isn't it? Saw on Twitter Leighton had been ill - no more details. Wishing all Rams health and happiness, but this does hit home... Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Jack Stamps Trophy winner 1976/77, so assured of immortality in the annals of Derby County, as I'm sure he will be at Burnley FC and Swansea City. RIP Leighton. IslandExile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normanton Lad Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 It just seems like yesterday when Leighton James signed for us. I thought he did well, but the Doc wanted him out. Leighton went on to have a very long career and I think it was a big mistake letting him go. I can remember listening to him on some kind of Desert Island Discs type show on Radio Derby around 1976 and thinking he was quite an old fashioned type of young man. He was a big Jim Reeves fan. There’s nothing wrong with that but it was unusual for someone his age. I followed his career when he left Derby and I was happy to see him do so well at Swansea, Sunderland and Burnley. Leighton’s replacement on the wing, Gerry Ryan, also died not long ago. I have many plans for the future and I would feel cheated if I didn’t make it to at least 85 and so it feels strange to see footballers, who were once much fitter than me, passing away – especially when they are younger than me. It is possible that Leighton and Gerry didn’t keep fit after football. I don’t know. It could be that they were just unlucky. Some people get off the train and some stay on. Eventually we will all get off, but some people have will have had very long journeys. Cliff Jones, who was another winger and who is a generation older than the above two, was giving keep fit lessons online during the lockdown. Reggie Greenwood, IslandExile, Steve How Hard? and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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