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Danny O’Neill’s name will be familiar to many of you. I’m sad to say that his brother, Jamie, has contacted me to inform me that Danny has died after a long illness.
I know that some of you were good friends of Danny, often meeting up at Everton matches home and away, although like me you might have lost contact more recently. Danny will be remembered as a regular contributor to ToffeeWeb and other Everton forums, including writing various articles himself.
I first met Danny at an away match at Wolves a few years ago — I think he had not long been out of the army after a long and successful army career. I sometimes managed to get away game tickets for Danny and we met at many of the matches, home and away. Danny himself seemed to conjure up tickets for many of those matches — a legacy perhaps of his army intelligence work?!
Danny was especially good to me when my wife died in early 2025, for which I’ll forever be grateful. Thank you, Danny.
I understand that the funeral will be held in South Liverpool. Details yet to be announced.
My condolences to brother Jamie, son Connor, and the rest of the family.
Rest in peace, Danny.
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Shock is always the first reaction when someone you know dies. But if Danny had been ill for a while and suffering, it will be no shock to those who were close to him.
It makes me think I should have probed a little more when his famous Everton travelogues posted to ToffeeWeb after yet another impossible demonstration of his loyalty and devotion to the cause dried up and his comments on these pages became fewer and fewer. I never met Danny but working through every one of his unique and personal Tales of a Travelling Blue brought me a little closer.
His lifestory, particularly the Army stuff, sounded intriguing to me and I offered to co-author a book that might have been called just that... but I suspect the Official Secrets Act meant that was never a goer.
Unlike Danny, who would go anywhere to follow his team... our team... and leave armchair fans like me in shame.
We already miss him, and have done for months.
Thanks, Brent, for letting us know.
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