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Macclesfield Manager Keith Alexander Dies Aged 53

By Chris Wright

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The sad news coming out of Macclesfield Town this morning is that their manager Keith Alexander passed away last night, at the terribly young age of 53.

Alexander collapsed after returning home from his side’s match League Two match with Notts County after spending the previous morning in hospital. He had only recently returned to work following a spell of illness related to a brain aneurysm suffered in 2003.

A statement from Macclesfield issued earlier today said;

“It is our sad duty to report that Keith Alexander passed away today after arriving home from Macclesfield Town’s game at Notts County last night.

Keith was a splendid man. He will be sorely missed at the Moss Rose and by everyone involved in football. Our thoughts and sympathies are with his family at this very difficult time.”

I’m not going to start bandying the ‘puts it all in perspective’ bullshit around a la Sky Sports News, but I will extend heartfelt condolences to his family on behalf of everyone involved with Pies.

R.I.P Keith Alexander


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By Chris on March 3rd, 2010 in Miscellaneous. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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3 Responses to “Macclesfield Manager Keith Alexander Dies Aged 53”

  1. Memorial for Keith. Please, feel free to express your thoughts

    http://www.lifestrand.net/affection/show/Keith_Alexander

  2. Lynne says:

    a great person will be surely missed it was a great honour knowing you for a time and sharing some laughs along the way R.I.P. my friend

  3. [...] spotlight, it’s been a pretty tragic week in football. Macclesfield boss Keith Alexander passed away last week, now two players have died after on-pitch incidents this [...]

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