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[TheWestwayWonder]

Rushden and Diamonds keeper Dale Roberts has passed away at age 24.

Details are scant on the web and R&D have cancelled their next game out of respect. RIP to him and condolences to his family Just so tragic to hear about someone so young passing.

Edited by TheWestwayWonder, 15 December 2010 - 03:20 PM.

[BLUENUT]

TheWestwayWonder, on 15 December 2010 - 03:09 PM, said:

Rushden and Diamonds keeper Dale Roberts has passed away at age 24.

Details are scant on the web and R&D have cancelled their next game out of respect. RIP to him and condolences to his family Just so tragic to hear about someone so young passing.

RIP


Apparently suicide after his fiance had an affair with JT's brother - oh dear!

[bluegraham]

hope thats not true about jts brother. very sad news a young man to take hes own life very sad indeed rip

[TheWestwayWonder]

I didnt wanna say that, because there was also speculation it was related to an auto accident. But I have seen it written around the web.

Dear and merciful god, how i hope its not true. Hearing about this news, and specifically that theory, really shook me to my core last night. Its the kind of thing that, though you dont know them, you can stop thinking about it.

[TheWestwayWonder]

Losing a life before its time is tragic no matter which way it happens. But to hear about someone taking their own life when so much of it was left to be lived is just..............

Just please god i hope it wasnt over that.

[ethicalstrategy]

BLUENUT, on 15 December 2010 - 03:50 PM, said:

RIP


Apparently suicide after his fiance had an affair with JT's brother - oh dear!

Yep. Someone who works for me is a Darlington fan and he just told me the same thing off the Darlington forums. Expecting a big press backlash along the lines of "Terry responsible for death"

I can hear the tabloid typewriters warming up as we speak.

Edit:

Darlington is relevant because Paul Terry plays for them (well, he would if wasn't injured for the season). Just in case anyone didn't know that. (which was me until about 30 mins ago!)

Edit again:

It's started. Daily Mail

[PloKoon13]

RIP - absolutely horrible situation. I at least hope the lad has found some peace.

Look at the Mail doing everything they can to associate JT with this. Pictures of them together, pictures of Wayne Bridge, "His fling mirrors that of John's alleged affair with Vanessa Perroncel, ex-girlfriend of the star's England colleague Wayne Bridge". They're an absolute abomination to our species, using an event as tragic as this to try and publicly tag an unrelated person who they happen not to like. A young man is dead. Is this situation not horrible enough already?

[Mod]

Totally Agree Plokoon! Truly disgusting from the media!

RIP Dale Roberts

[Mod]

Is there any idea who wrote that article on The Fail? Others will now follow suit. Just watch!

[gojo_ed]

Tragic story. But the Daily Mail is f**king outrageous. They're making it seem like the Terrys are the only ever people who have ever committed adultery.
RIP to Roberts

[Arq]

Tragic. RIP Dale Roberts.

[geezer]

I live just three miles away from the R&D football ground. People round here are in shock at what has happened especially as many of them have strong links with the club (many of them funded the club to keep it going by re-mortgaging their own houses after Max Griggs left the club). A truly tragic event and despite the pleas by Dale's own family to be allowed to grieve in private the media feel the need to sensationalise the whole event. Scum of the lowest order.

[mad_mac]

Shocking news, I really hope that the press will allow the family come privacy, but there are two chances of that happening.

24 is such a young age, and such a tradgedy that heartbreak lead to this. The lad had so much to live for!

[TheWestwayWonder]

Sickening sickening stuff. But I have given up saying "they have hit a new low" long ago, because there are apparently no depths too low. Absolute human filth to sell their miserable paper off the back of this poor lad's struggle.

Just do the decent thing and leave his family alone.

Maybe its my past experiences, the holiday time of year, or me just being dramatic, but its a story that just eats away at you inside.

[Zola]

Really sickening stuff

[dkw]

Mod, on 15 December 2010 - 05:55 PM, said:

Is there any idea who wrote that article on The Fail? Others will now follow suit. Just watch!

The Star today has a picture of both John and his brother laughing and joking above the headline "Terry bro drives pal to suicide". This really is a new low for the sickening w**kers in the media. Especially as I would put good money on that at least half the people writing about it will have had an affair or have a mate who has.

[Gilvorak]

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Roberts' family 'devastated'

(UKPA) – 10 hours ago

The fiancee and parents of a non-League footballer found dead at his home issued statements on Wednesday night speaking of their devastation.

Lindsey Cowan, the fiancee of Rushden and Diamonds goalkeeper Dale Roberts, described the 24-year-old as "my childhood sweetheart and the love of my life". In a separate statement, the footballer's parents, Isabelle and George Roberts, said Lindsey and their son had been very happy together.

In her statement, Miss Cowan said: "We had been together since a young age and I will never get over his death. I can only ask the media to allow me to grieve peacefully and leave me alone at this very, very difficult time."

Mr and Mrs Roberts added: "We are grieving for our wonderful son Dale. We are devastated by his death and we would ask the media to allow us to grieve in private."

Roberts, whose death is not being treated as suspicious by Northamptonshire Police, was found dead on Tuesday at his home in Higham Ferrers, near Rushden.

Rushden and Diamonds' FA Trophy replay against Eastwood Town was postponed in the wake of the tragedy and Saturday's Blue Square Premier clash against Eastbourne has also been called off.

It has not yet been revealed how Roberts died, but Northamptonshire Police said it had been notified of his sudden death.

A police spokesman said: "There are no suspicious circumstances in relation to his death and a report is being prepared for the coroner."

In a statement, Rushden and Diamonds chairman Gary Calder said: "It is with great sadness that this afternoon our England-C goalkeeper Dale Roberts passed away, our thoughts and prayers at this time go to his parents, family and friends."

Copyright © 2010 The Press Association. All rights reserved.

If his cause of death hasn't been revealed yet how come all the tabloids are reporting it as a suicide then?

[Zola]

Word gets around?

I'm sure some details will be revealed in a day or two.

Very sad

[BlueNose]

Saw him play quite a few times and he really was good.I hope paul terry's affair had nothing to do with it.

R.I.P

[Scooby Blue]

A truly sad story of a young man with his whole life in front of him. RIP Dale Roberts.

http://www.express.c...-Terry-ble-mess

A rather strange article that is purely an attempt to attack JT and his family, however it does include this quote.

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This week the parents of Dale Roberts were keen to keep Paul Terry’s name out of the tragedy. “Today we are grieving for our wonderful son Dale,” they said yesterday. “We are devastated by his death.” They insisted that their son and Lindsey Cowan had been very happy together, and said of the alleged affair that it was a “rumour which had no foundation”.

I don't want to turn this thread into a 'lets see what rubbish the media are printing', so I'm going to give the article a thread of its own.