Curse of Aaron Ramsey
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The Curse of Aaron Ramsey is the name given to a supposed sports curse in English association football.[1] The curse holds that any time Arsenal and Wales national football team midfielder Aaron Ramsey scores a goal, a celebrity dies shortly afterwards.[2] The curse is alleged to have started in 2009 and is commonly circulated on social media.
History[edit]
The first death connected to the Curse of Aaron Ramsey was in 2009 when Ramsey scored against Portsmouth and the American Senator Ted Kennedy died three days afterwards. The Curse became popularised in 2011 after the death of Osama bin Laden occurred after Ramsey had scored against Manchester United.[3] The deaths of Steve Jobs and Colonel Gaddafi also occurred after Ramsey goals.
Statistically as of the end of the 2017–18 football season, 14 of Ramsey's 60 career goals had been followed by the death of a public figure.[4] During the 2013–14 season where Ramsey was at his most prolific, there were no deaths following his goals.[5] However, in 2016 posters on the internet claimed that the curse of Aaron Ramsey was responsible for the deaths of Alan Rickman, David Bowie and Nancy Reagan. Ramsey himself was made aware of the alleged curse but described it in an interview as a "silly rumour" and expressed displeasure at the insinuations.[6]
Reaction[edit]
The Daily Telegraph called it "nonsensical jabberings of those needing to fill column inches".[3] Irish website balls.ie called it "macabre" and "one of football's most disturbing trends".[5] In 2016, a gambling website started offering odds on certain celebrities dying within 72 hours of a Ramsey goal.[7]
Alleged deaths[edit]
The following are alleged to have died shortly after Ramsey scored, and thus are considered subjects of the curse:[8]
- June Brown (Eastenders Dot Cotton)
- Ted Kennedy
- Osama bin Laden
- Steve Jobs
- Colonel Gaddafi
- Whitney Houston
- Boris Berezovsky
- Paul Walker
- Robin Williams
- David Bowie
- Alan Rickman
- Nancy Reagan
- Sir Roger Moore
- Sir Bruce Forsyth
- Fats Domino
- Reg E. Cathey
- John Mahoney
- Sir Ken Dodd
- Stephen Hawking
- Eric Bristow
- Burt Reynolds
- Mac Miller
- Barbara Bush
- George H.W. Bush[9]
- Keith Flint
- Luke Perry
- King Kong Bundy
- Ted Lindsay
- Olivia Newton-John
References[edit]
- ↑ "The Arse-assin". The Guardian. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
For the uninitiated, there’s a long-running meme that alleges whenever Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey scores a goal there’s a very high chance of someone famous dying soon after.
- ↑ Katie Sands (2016-03-07). "Aaron Ramsey scored a goal and people are now linking it with Nancy Reagan's death". Wales Online. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Aaron Ramsey's celebrity death goal curse given the kiss of life by Taiwanese animators". Telegraph. 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ↑ "The Aaron Ramsey theory". Shortlist. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Lo and behold, the Aaron Ramsey Curse has struck again". Balls.ie. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ↑ Newman, Benjamin (2016-01-14). "Lots of people think the Aaron Ramsey scoring curse is back". 101 Great Goals. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ↑ "Win Cash Live courts controversy with 'Aaron Ramsey victim' market". SBC News. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ↑ https://www.24sata.hr/sport/glasnik-smrti-ramsey-je-dao-gol-za-arsenal-umro-je-flint-617296
- ↑ La Afición (2018-11-30). "Extraña coincidencia del gol de Ramsey y la muerte de George Bush" (in Spanish). Milenio.com. Retrieved 2019-02-22.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
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