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Aaron Flahavan
Personal information
Full name	Aaron Adam Flahavan
Date of birth	15 December 1975
Place of birth	Southampton, England
Date of death	5 August 2001 (aged 25)
Place of death	Bournemouth, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1992–1994	Southampton
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–2001	Portsmouth
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Aaron Adam Flahavan (15 December 1975 – 5 August 2001) was an English football goalkeeper who played for Portsmouth.

Career

Flahavan played for the Southampton youth team,^[1] before turning professional with Portsmouth at age 18 in 1994. He had to wait until 1996 before making his first-team debut as he was understudy to long-serving Alan Knight. Towards the end of the 1990s, Flahavan gradually began receiving increased playing time, and became the team's first-choice goalkeeper by the time Knight retired in 2000. Overall, he played 105 first-team matches for Portsmouth, 93 of them in Division One, and was part of the team which reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in the 1996-97 season and just missed out on the Division One playoffs.

Flahavan twice had blackouts during matches; the first was attributed to a virus, and the second to a drop in his blood pressure.^[2]^[3]

Personal life and death

Flahavan's younger brother, Darryl, also played as a goalkeeper, and had a spell at Aaron's former club Portsmouth between 2010 and 2011. Darryl has a son named Aaron in memory of his brother.

Flahavan died in a car accident near Bournemouth in August 2001.^[4] An inquest heard that Flahavan died as a result of a fractured skull, and his blood alcohol level was nearly three times over the legal limit when he lost control of his BMW sports car.^[1]

Following his death, Portsmouth and Southampton retired his number 1 jersey for the 2001–02 season as a mark of respect.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Goalkeeper over drink-drive limit". BBC News. 21 November 2001. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
^ Warwick, Graham (13 September 1998). "High fives as Pompey strikers click". Sunday Mirror. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
^ Anderson, David (18 September 1999). "Burley and Francis show mutual respect". The Independent. London. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
^ "Pompey keeper dies in crash". BBC Sport. 5 August 2001. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
^ "Hundreds pay tribute to Flahavan". BBC Sport. 13 August 2001. Retrieved 1 September 2007.

External links

Aaron Flahavan at Soccerbase

[inquest-1] "Goalkeeper over drink-drive limit". BBC News. 21 November 2001. Retrieved 1 September 2007.

[2] Warwick, Graham (13 September 1998). "High fives as Pompey strikers click". Sunday Mirror. Retrieved 1 September 2007.

[3] Anderson, David (18 September 1999). "Burley and Francis show mutual respect". The Independent. London. Retrieved 1 September 2007.

[4] "Pompey keeper dies in crash". BBC Sport. 5 August 2001. Retrieved 1 September 2007.

[5] "Hundreds pay tribute to Flahavan". BBC Sport. 13 August 2001. Retrieved 1 September 2007.

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-'''Aaron Adam Flahavan''' (15 December 1975 – 5 August 2001) was an English [[Association football|football]] [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] who played for [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]].
+'''Aaron Adam Flahavan''' (15 December 1975 – 5 August 2001) was an English [[ football|football]] [[ (association football)|goalkeeper]] who played for [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]].
 == Career ==
 Flahavan played for the [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] youth team,<ref name="inquest"/> before turning professional with Portsmouth at age 18 in 1994. He had to wait until 1996 before making his first-team debut as he was understudy to long-serving [[Alan Knight (footballer, born 1961)|Alan Knight]]. Towards the end of the 1990s, Flahavan gradually began receiving increased playing time, and became the team's first-choice goalkeeper by the time Knight retired in 2000. Overall, he played 105 first-team matches for Portsmouth, 93 of them in Division One, and was part of the team which reached the quarter-finals of the [[FA Cup]] in the [[1996-97 in English football|1996-97 season]] and just missed out on the Division One playoffs.
-Flahavan twice had [[Syncope (medicine)|blackouts]] during matches; the first was attributed to a virus, and the second to a drop in his [[blood pressure]].<ref>{{cite news |title=High fives as Pompey strikers click |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19980913/ai_n14478764 |publisher=Sunday Mirror |date=1998-09-13 |accessdate=2007-09-01 | first=Graham | last=Warwick}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Burley and Francis show mutual respect |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-burley-and-francis-show-mutual-respect-1120079.html?cmp=ilc-n3 |work=The Independent |date=1999-09-18 |accessdate=2007-09-01 | location=London | first=David | last=Anderson}}</ref>
+Flahavan twice had [[Syncope (medicine)|blackouts]] during matches; the first was attributed to a virus, and the second to a drop in his [[blood pressure]].<ref>{{cite news |title=High fives as Pompey strikers click |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19980913/ai_n14478764 |publisher=Sunday Mirror |date=13 |accessdate=2007 | first=Graham | last=Warwick}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Burley and Francis show mutual respect |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-burley-and-francis-show-mutual-respect-1120079.html?cmp=ilc-n3 |work=The Independent |date=18 |accessdate=2007 | location=London | first=David | last=Anderson}}</ref>
 == Personal life and death ==
 Flahavan's younger brother, [[Darryl Flahavan|Darryl]], also played as a goalkeeper, and had a spell at Aaron's former club Portsmouth between 2010 and 2011. Darryl has a son named Aaron in memory of his brother.
-Flahavan died in a car accident near [[Bournemouth]] in August 2001.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pompey keeper dies in crash |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/football/teams/p/portsmouth/1474568.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2001-08-05 |accessdate=2007-09-01}}</ref> An inquest heard that Flahavan died as a result of a fractured skull, and his [[blood alcohol]] level was nearly three times over the [[Driving under the influence|legal limit]] when he lost control of his [[BMW]] sports car.<ref name="inquest">{{cite news |title=Goalkeeper over drink-drive limit |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/1668779.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=2001-11-21 |accessdate=2007-09-01}}</ref>
+Flahavan died in a car accident near [[Bournemouth]] in August 2001.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pompey keeper dies in crash |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/football/teams/p/portsmouth/1474568.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2001 |accessdate=2007}}</ref> An inquest heard that Flahavan died as a result of a fractured skull, and his [[blood alcohol]] level was nearly three times over the [[Driving under the influence|legal limit]] when he lost control of his [[BMW]] sports car.<ref name="inquest">{{cite news |title=Goalkeeper over drink-drive limit |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/1668779.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=21 |accessdate=2007}}</ref>
-Following his death, Portsmouth and Southampton retired his number 1 jersey for the [[2001–02 in English football|2001–02 season]] as a mark of respect.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hundreds pay tribute to Flahavan |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/1489305.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2001-08-13 |accessdate=2007-09-01}}</ref>
+Following his death, Portsmouth and Southampton retired his number 1 jersey for the [[2001–02 in English football|2001–02 season]] as a mark of respect.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hundreds pay tribute to Flahavan |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/1489305.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 |accessdate=2007}}</ref>
 ==References==
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 [[Category:English men's footballers]]
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 [[Category:Portsmouth F.C. players]]
 [[Category:Southampton F.C. players]]
-[[Category:English Football League players]]
 [[Category:Road incident deaths in England]]
 [[Category:People with narcolepsy]]