Ex Player #11 Joey Beauchamp RIP

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[Maurice Earp]

U's winger Joey Beauchamp 'found hanged at Kidlington home', inquest told

Former Oxford United ace Joey Beauchamp was found hanged at his Kidlington home, the coroner's court heard.

www.oxfordmail.co.uk

 

[Notaswindonfan]

That headline sends a shudder down my spine so sad .

 

[Northstandboy]

Hanging, to me, seems the most sinister of suicides, the planning and execution is too horrible to think about.

What must have been going through his mind, it's so sad.

 

[Maurice Earp]

Hanging, to me, seems the most sinister of suicides, the planning and execution is too horrible to think about.

What must have been going through his mind, it's so sad.

Totally agree with you ESB, very, very sad.

 

[greatunclekip]

Absolutely horrible.. as someone who has been there (2 attempts a long time ago) and come out the other side knowing that things can get better, it absolutely kills me that someone felt they had nowhere to go and that life just wasn't worth it.

I think you have to take a step back and think of what the last two years have been like for even the strongest. You couldn't leave your house, couldn't meet your mates to de-stress, couldn't see your family, in many cases couldn't work.

4 walls, surviving day to day with no end in sight at times.

It put incredible strain on fragile relationships.

To anyone who hasn't truly been there it's incredibly hard to comprehend.

Utterly, utterly tragic.

 

[Maurice Earp]

Absolutely horrible.. as someone who has been there (2 attempts a long time ago) and come out the other side knowing that things can get better, it absolutely kills me that someone felt they had nowhere to go and that life just wasn't worth it.

I think you have to take a step back and think of what the last two years have been like for even the strongest. You couldn't leave your house, couldn't meet your mates to de-stress, couldn't see your family, in many cases couldn't work.

4 walls, surviving day to day with no end in sight at times.

It put incredible strain on fragile relationships.

To anyone who hasn't truly been there it's incredibly hard to comprehend.

Utterly, utterly tragic.

GUP, Always here and available to talk if needed.

 

[greatunclekip]

GUP, Always here and available to talk if needed.

Very kind thanks! t is a very long time ago now (20 years ago) and confident I'll not be there again. Not everyone is as lucky as me to find their way out of the despair.

 

[Maurice Earp]

Very kind thanks! t is a very long time ago now (20 years ago) and confident I'll not be there again. Not everyone is as lucky as me to find their way out of the despair.

But you never know. Things have been hard for me as recently as I lost my eldest brother in law.

It definitely helps to talk.

 

[Thomas/Brock/Jones]

Absolutely horrible.. as someone who has been there (2 attempts a long time ago) and come out the other side knowing that things can get better, it absolutely kills me that someone felt they had nowhere to go and that life just wasn't worth it.

I think you have to take a step back and think of what the last two years have been like for even the strongest. You couldn't leave your house, couldn't meet your mates to de-stress, couldn't see your family, in many cases couldn't work.

4 walls, surviving day to day with no end in sight at times.

It put incredible strain on fragile relationships.

To anyone who hasn't truly been there it's incredibly hard to comprehend.

Utterly, utterly tragic.

Always up for a KFC Kip if you need

 

[MarkG]

Guidance from the Samaritans on reporting from inquests.

https://media.samaritans.org/documents/Guidance_for_reporting_on_inquests_FINAL_xjL1HHW.pdf

Shame the journalists and the ghouls on here and social media can’t help themselves being “first”

So @admin time to delete all those posts on this thread.

 

[Concretebob]

This is so so sad to read the details.

 

[MC Yellow]

Yes.

Very tragic and such a violent end.

The thought that someone reaches those depths of such utter hopelessness is so very sad.

I am sure all of his friends and family are asking themselves what if they had done this or done that to prevent such a situation, but the reality is that you can‘t be there for someone 24/7 no matter how much you care and love someone.

 

[MJB]

Guidance from the Samaritans on reporting from inquests.

https://media.samaritans.org/documents/Guidance_for_reporting_on_inquests_FINAL_xjL1HHW.pdf

Shame the journalists and the ghouls on here and social media can’t help themselves being “first”

So @admin time to delete all those posts on this thread.

Yep, very disappointed about elements of both of those media articles. The Samaritans are very clear on these things - journalists need to be better on important things such as this.

 

[Ox4Eva]

I have known at least 5 close friends who have hung themselves, I was close at one stage.

You never know what is happening to someone, and all these covid restrictions will have resulted in more deaths than covid ever inflicted!

I wish we could all make more time for each other, especially us blokes, it's ok to not be ok..

 

[Mad Dog]

 

[chuckbert]

One small item did strike me was from the Ox Files club podcast where Joey talked through a late 90s season. It was released roughly a year ago too. He mentioned being 'bored' due to lockdown and was furloughed at the time. We know that many suffered with their mental health when the pandemic was at its worst. It may have added another layer to what he was going through.

I noticed that watching it again last week. He looked and sounded depressed in that podcast/video and with hindsight it is harrowing to watch.

 

[chuckbert]

I can’t quite believe those articles got published like that. Someone needs a major bollocking.

 

[dickwalton1964]

I can’t quite believe those articles got published like that. Someone needs a major bollocking.

I’ve missed something, which articles are they ? I’ve only read the Oxford Mail inquest article which is just reporting the cause of death.

 

[Mad Dog]

I’ve missed something, which articles are they ? I’ve only read the Oxford Mail inquest article which is just reporting the cause of death.

But the cause of death is not really anybody’s business is it, other than Joey’s family.

It’s insensitive to publish such information

 

[Essexyellows]

As part of the day job many coroners' cases cross my desk and I also find the local rags reporting both ghoulish and disrespectful to those who could not see any other way out of their problems and their friends and family who are grieving and wondering "why?".

Talk to someone, you are not alone and everything can find a resolution.

On a slightly more positive note, one of the bars at the Oxford stadium will be named "Joeys" in his honour.