Page 1 of 1

Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2022 7:51 pm
by XDS
Sadly died today, always rated him very highly, only 50 years old so sad 😞

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2022 7:59 pm
by Milltown1882
Legend of the mid 90s Championship Manager games. That age is far too young to go.

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2022 8:06 pm
by jdrobbo
Sad news. Was a good player. He scored against us in the 5-0 away loss at Oxford.

https://youtu.be/6_A_sXm8kl0

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2022 8:27 pm
by fungus_the_bogeyman
Awful news. I remember him ripping us to pieces a few times. Top player at that level. RIP.

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2022 9:43 pm
by Cheshireclaret
jdrobbo wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 19, 2022 8:06 pm
Sad news. Was a good player. He scored against us in the 5-0 away loss at Oxford.

https://youtu.be/6_A_sXm8kl0
I was there that day. As a 44 year old father of two, such things really do put a lot of things into perspective. RIP young man.

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2022 11:48 pm
by ClaretTony
Real star for Oxford and was one of their own.

This is desperately sad news to hear of someone so young passing away.

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:17 pm
by claretburns
Inquest was heard today and seems Joey Beauchamp committed suicide, such sad news.

In Oxford's last home game Β£1 from every ticket sold was donated to mental health charity MIND.

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:41 pm
by ClaretTony
claretburns wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:17 pm
Inquest was heard today and seems Joey Beauchamp committed suicide, such sad news.

In Oxford's last home game Β£1 from every ticket sold was donated to mental health charity MIND.
You do wonder when someone so young dies suddenly. As you say, it’s so sad.

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:42 pm
by BurnleyFC
Really sad.

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 8:23 am
by jdrobbo

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 11:13 am
by ClaretTony
What a sad story and I'll repeat my post from last week, if you are suffering in any way at all, please, please speak to someone.

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 11:19 am
by Herts Clarets
So sad. Something i feared had happened when you hear of someone of a relatively young age who dies suddenly with no history of medical issues. I had a similar fear just before Christmas when the son of a former work colleague and friend passed away suddenly - he was the former Manager of Burnley Fire Station and had joined GM Fire and Rescue. This was confirmed in the early part of this year where the inquest recorded he had taken his own life and left a wife and 2 teenage daughters.

If anyone contemplates taking this route, please please talk to someone about it.

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 11:23 am
by Steve1956
To take your one and only life,life must be desperately hard,my heart goes out to Joey and to his family who by all accounts tried desperately to help him,so sad when it's the only way out for some people.

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 11:27 am
by Billy Balfour
Apparently, he struggled with gambling.

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 1:03 pm
by Swizzlestick
So, so sad. I hope his brother is getting the right support, can't imagine how he's feeling now.

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 1:35 pm
by FCBurnley
Seems to be an unusually high number of deaths at relatively young ages. All are very very sad. RIP

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 2:39 pm
by superdimitri
I know it's relatively common with men over 30 generally but I feel like the money and the highs that come with a career playing football together with the lows and loss of income after retirement greatly impact ex pros.

Not every player can go on to be a pundit or coach.

Re: Joey Beauchamp

Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 6:33 am
by Clarets4me
superdimitri wrote: ↑
Wed May 18, 2022 2:39 pm
I know it's relatively common with men over 30 generally but I feel like the money and the highs that come with a career playing football together with the lows and loss of income after retirement greatly impact ex pros.

Not every player can go on to be a pundit or coach.
A study last year revealed that around 16% of former NFL players go bankrupt within 5 years of retirement, so it's not just footballers ...

Obviously, the reduction in income after playing, failure to plan ahead, living " high on the hog " during your playing career are factors, and I suspect some ( and I emphasis " some " ) of the women that Footballers seem to attract/go for don't necessarily help ... as current events in the High Court seem to be proving ...