With great sadness, Corinthian-Casuals today can announce that our dear friend, supporter and club member, Keith Blunt, passed away yesterday.
Keith was one of the most highly respected coaches of his generation and a cherished member of our football clubs family. His son, Tony, a former club captain who played over 450 games for the club, his daughter Kate and Keiths wife, Pauleen, are all very much in our thoughts and hearts today.
In recent seasons, Keith could be found standing in front of the boardroom, cheering the team on. For anyone who had the pleasure of hearing his analysis in the bar after the final whistle, you knew immediately you were in the presence of a great football mind.
Keiths career as a football coach took him all around the world. In the 1980's he managed the great Malmo side in Sweden, that went on to enjoy great success. In the 1990's, He was the head coach of the Lilleshall Academy, charged with nurturing such talents as Michael Owen, Jamie Carragher, Joe Cole and Emile Heskey...
He also enjoyed spells as the head of development at Tottenham and even in later years, took charge of the Chinese national U23 and U19 sides...
And yet he always came back down to Casuals to watch a game of football on a Saturday. Indeed he'd even take the first team training sessions at times, the great man lived and breathed Football.
He'll be greatly missed by all of us at the club, his 8 year battle with Cancer had proved long and hard for him and we're just proud to have known him, proud he was a Corinthian. And he'll never be forgotten.
A minute silence will be observed before the Whyteleafe match today in his memory.
Keith was one of the most highly respected coaches of his generation and a cherished member of our football clubs family. His son, Tony, a former club captain who played over 450 games for the club, his daughter Kate and Keiths wife, Pauleen, are all very much in our thoughts and hearts today.
In recent seasons, Keith could be found standing in front of the boardroom, cheering the team on. For anyone who had the pleasure of hearing his analysis in the bar after the final whistle, you knew immediately you were in the presence of a great football mind.
Keiths career as a football coach took him all around the world. In the 1980's he managed the great Malmo side in Sweden, that went on to enjoy great success. In the 1990's, He was the head coach of the Lilleshall Academy, charged with nurturing such talents as Michael Owen, Jamie Carragher, Joe Cole and Emile Heskey...
He also enjoyed spells as the head of development at Tottenham and even in later years, took charge of the Chinese national U23 and U19 sides...
And yet he always came back down to Casuals to watch a game of football on a Saturday. Indeed he'd even take the first team training sessions at times, the great man lived and breathed Football.
He'll be greatly missed by all of us at the club, his 8 year battle with Cancer had proved long and hard for him and we're just proud to have known him, proud he was a Corinthian. And he'll never be forgotten.
A minute silence will be observed before the Whyteleafe match today in his memory.