{"id":18563,"date":"2025-11-28T09:08:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/?p=18137"},"modified":"2025-12-09T20:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:01:12","slug":"jim-boyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/jim-boyd\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Boyd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are saddened to learn today of the death in Canada of Jim Boyd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><\/a>Jim was our first choice goalkeeper on a number of trophy winning teams from the mid 90s until he emigrated to Canada in the early 2000s. We understand that he had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Club would like to pass on our sincere condolences to his wife Jackie, sons Jamie and Nicholas and the wider family circle here and in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/588548922_1464607465671413_9114199947923863879_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/588548922_1464607465671413_9114199947923863879_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18138\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/588553508_1464607449004748_5486885845568246949_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/588553508_1464607449004748_5486885845568246949_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/588553508_1464607449004748_5486885845568246949_n.jpg 221w, https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/588553508_1464607449004748_5486885845568246949_n-170x300.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are saddened to learn today of the death in Canada of Jim Boyd. 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