Hucknall Ram Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Macclesfield Town have announced that midfielder Richard Butcher has died at the age of 29. The ex-Kettering, Oldham, Peterborough, Notts County and Lincoln City man's death comes less than a year since the loss of Macc boss Keith Alexander. Macc chairman Mike Rance told BBC Radio Manchester: "We're devastated just 10 months after Keith Alexander passed on. "We're facing the same sort of issues and nobody at the club can get their mind around what's happened." Rance added: "Richard was an exemplary professional and a thoroughly likeable young man, a total role model for young professionals. "He didn't turn up at training this morning and our manager Gary Simpson was concerned, as it's not like him. "After investigation, we discovered his wife was away and that he'd passed away overnight. 606: DEBATE Your messages of condolence "There's no indication of anything other than natural causes but we don't know any more at this point in time. "We are just struggling to cope at this point in time that such a young and likeable individual has been lost." Butcher only joined the Silkmen in the summer on a two-year deal following a successful loan spell, having initially been signed by Alexander, for the fifth time in his career, on 9 February 2010. But Alexander died less than a month later, on 3 March 2010. No details have been given regarding his death. Butcher started his career at Northampton before moving to Rushden & Diamonds in 2000, however he did not make his first-team debut in the game until moving to Kettering the following year. He was then signed for the first time by Alexander at Lincoln in 2002, and moved on to Oldham in 2005. Cannot play media.You do not have the correct version of the flash player. Download the correct version However, just four months later, he was on loan at the Imps again before joining Alexander again at Peterborough in 2006. Butcher played at London Road for a season before joining Notts County, where he made 88 appearances. He rejoined Lincoln when Alexander signed him for a third time in 2009, bringing his appearance tally for the club up to 142. The Peterborough-born player played 17 times for Macc, including nine appearances this season, the last of which came on Monday, 3 January in the 2-0 home defeat by Rotherham. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/macclesfield_town/9355603.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Deepest sympathy with the family and all at Macclesfield Town, RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hucknall Ram Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 2 deaths in 8 months, must be very hard to take Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorksopRam Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Awful news, too many die young nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeds Ram Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 RIP it is a shame people die so young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Very sad. Puts a sh1tty performance in the cup into perspective. He was a decent central midfielder when I saw him playing for Lincoln. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 RIP xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 bloody hell they don't have much luck at macclesfield do they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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