Heartbreak for England and West Ham legend Sir Trevor Brooking as his spouse of 55 years dies after ‘a number of months’ of sickness

Sir Trevor Brooking’s spouse, Lady Hilkka Brooking, has tragically died after struggling with an sickness for ‘a number of months’, West Ham have showed.

The couple had been married for 55 years and Lady Hilkka steadily attended West Ham suits each house and away, changing into a ‘massively standard’ determine on the membership.

England nice Brooking has thanked well-wishers for his or her ‘sort’ tributes.

‘I wish to thank folks for his or her sort messages and ideas,’ he mentioned. ‘Hilkka liked coming to West Ham United suits and all the time sought after the Club to do properly.’ 

West Ham’s joint-chairman David Sullivan mentioned Lady Hilkka shall be ‘very much neglected’.

In a touching message shared at the membership’s web page, Sullivan mentioned: ‘We are all extraordinarily unhappy to listen to the scoop of Lady Hilkka’s passing.

Lady Hilkka (proper) married Sir Trevor in 1970 and the couple shared two youngsters

She steadily attended West Ham suits house and away along her husband

‘Hilkka used to be a massively standard determine within the Boardroom and all through the Club, all the time via Sir Trevor’s facet and a passionate supporter of West Ham United.

‘She shall be very much neglected via everybody right here.’

West Ham’s remark added: ‘The ideas and condolences of everybody at West Ham United are with Sir Trevor, his daughter Collette and son Warren, in addition to grandchildren Harry, Amy and Hugo, at this very unhappy time.’ 

Sir Trevor married Lady Hilkka, a Finnish au pair, in June 1970. They shared two youngsters, daughter Collette and son Warren, and had 3 grandchildren.

She used to be ever-present at his facet all the way through his esteemed occupation off and on the pitch.

Brooking joined West Ham as an apprentice in 1965 and made his senior debut two years later. He went directly to make 649 overall appearances and scored 102 targets for the Hammers over a glittering 17-year spell, profitable the FA Cup two times.

He famously scored the one function of the sport in opposition to Arsenal within the ultimate in 1980.

Sir Trevor retired in 1984 sooner than changing into a pundit for the BBC, that includes on Match of the Day and World Cup and European Championship protection.

Brooking used to be awarded a knighthood, OBE and MBE for his services and products to the game.