Blast from The Past: On This Day 2001 – Remembering CCFC’s No.1 Les Sealey R.I.P.
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Les Sealey in Sky Blue action
On this day (19th August) in 2001 the footballing world in general and the Sky Blue family in particular lost our former goalie Les Sealey who died in Southend on Sea following a heart attack aged just 43!
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Les Sealey
The 6’1″ Londoner began his professional career as a shotstopper with CCFC after coming through the apprentice ranks with the Sky Blues from 1976 and debuting as a 19-year-old in April 1977 at Q.P.R. in a 1–1 draw.
Les’ continued his career with the likes of Plymouth Argyle (loan 10/1984), Manchester United (initially on loan 12/1989 and later 01/1993), Aston Villa (07/1991) and Birmingham City (loan 10/1992). He won the FA Cup and European Cup Winners Cup with the Red Devils (pictured below).
Thanks to CCFPA’s Dean Nelson for sourcing the images