Former derrycityfc player and manager Jim Crossan has died - his club said he gave a 'lifetime of service' to football.
Jim Crossan, right, pictured with brother John, gave a "lifetime of service to football" in Derry, the club said.Known as Jimbo, he played in Derry City's Irish Cup winning team of 1964 and the league title winning team of 1965.
Crossan, brother of ex-Northern Ireland international John Crossan, was also the club's manager when Derry first entered the League of Ireland in 1985.Jimbo Crossan pictured before jetting out with Derry City to Romania to play Steaua Bucharest in 1964 "Jimbo will be forever remembered for a lifetime of service to football in Derry and for leading the club into the League of Ireland in 1985," the club said in a statement.Trailing 5-3 from the first leg, Crossan scored a goal still talked about by Derry City fans as they won the second leg 5-1 to progress - the first Irish club to get through to a European Cup tie.
Crossan had "whizzed" the ball into the top corner from 30 yards "on a pig of a wet night" at the Brandywell, Eddie Mahon, a teammate in the Derry City team of the mid 1960s, told BBC Radio Foyle's
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