MIRREN PLAYER JOINS SAINTS
For the third year in a row, a canon competitive pick checks out hours after the New Year rings in. While Floyd Little and Gary Burgess were both in full “will he or won’t he” deathwatch mode, Scottish footballer Frank McGarvey instead was a classic case of “he was going to die at some point in 2023” that landed on the earliest edge of the bell curve. Initially playing for St Mirren, a trade to Liverpool went nowhere before beginning a fruitful stint with Celtic, where he helped secure two league titles and three domestic cups for the Bhoys. He later returned to St Mirren, where he won his final cup. He was 66 and the reliable falltime pancreatic cancer diagnosis made him easy deadpool pickings. The first Drop 40-er to fall this year gets most of the usual suspects off the board, and Scottish footy theme They think it’s all over lands a joker.
Frank McGarvey
17 March 1956 – 1 January 2023, aged 66
31 TEAMS (💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 + 40 = 11 POINTS, 🃏 (x1) 22 POINTS)