{"id":298304,"date":"2023-11-21T18:25:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T18:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=298304"},"modified":"2023-11-21T18:25:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T18:25:17","slug":"oliver-spedding-dead-ex-crystal-palace-footballer-dies-aged-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/oliver-spedding-dead-ex-crystal-palace-footballer-dies-aged-34\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Spedding dead: Ex-Crystal Palace footballer  dies aged 34"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ex-Crystal Palace footballer Oliver Spedding &#8211; boyfriend of adult film star Sophie Anderson &#8211; dies aged 34&#8230; as Croydon manager pays tribute to former player who was a &#8216;warrior on the pitch&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Oliver Spedding was on the books of Crystal Palace when he was a youngster<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>He moved into pornography but also had a spell at Croydon who paid tribute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Trent and Bellingham can play together but can&#8217;t get in each other&#8217;s way &#8211; IAKO<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Crystal Palace youth player Oliver Spedding, who left football to go into the porn industry, has died at the age of 34.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spedding, who also played for Croydon, was the boyfriend of adult film star Sophie Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>A minute&#8217;s silence was held before Croydon&#8217;s latest game, while there manager, Liam Giles, paid tribute to a &#8216;warrior on the pitch&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The non-league club confirmed his death in a tweet which read: &#8216;Croydon FC are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former player, Oliver Spedding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Oliver played for the club over a couple of spells and was a much-loved individual who always gave his utmost for the team.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/17\/78070755-12776011-Former_Crystal_Palace_footballer_Oliver_Spedding_right_pictured_-a-6_1700586022588.jpg\" height=\"506\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Crystal Palace footballer Oliver Spedding (right &#8211; pictured with adult film star girlfriend Sophie Anderson) has died at the age of 34<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/17\/78070753-12776011-The_news_was_confirmed_by_non_league_side_Croydon_where_he_playe-a-7_1700586059310.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The news was confirmed by non-league side Croydon where he played during multiple spells<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He will be hugely missed by everyone at the club and our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time. Rest in Peace, Ollie. Once a Tram (the club&#8217;s nickname), always a Tram.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The cause of Spedding&#8217;s death has not yet been confirmed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As reported by The Mirror, Spedding fell out of love for the game of football after serving time in prison.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He continued playing at non-league level though with Croydon, having moved into porn &#8211; where he went under the name Damian Oliver.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an appearance on the Anything Goes with James English podcast, he revealed his regrets over going into porn, as well of how he starred in X-rated films for just \u00a3150 a movie.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say: &#8216;When I was at Crystal Palace, if I&#8217;d have stayed with them, then I could have been earning a lot more playing football.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I used to fight as well, maybe that could have gone somewhere. I was good at both of those things, but being a porn star, I thought that would be just as good &#8211; but it&#8217;s not as good as people think.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>However, he met his partner Anderson &#8211; who has been working as an adult actress since 2017 &#8211; while on set of a film.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/17\/78070749-12776011-Croydon_manager_Liam_Giles_described_Spedding_pictured_as_a_warr-a-12_1700586172388.jpg\" height=\"578\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Croydon manager Liam Giles described Spedding (pictured) as a &#8216;warrior on the pitch&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/17\/78070759-12776011-Spedding_turned_to_porn_from_football_and_met_his_girlfriend_And-a-11_1700586165380.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Spedding turned to porn from football and met his girlfriend Anderson on the set of an adult film<\/p>\n<p>Croydon manager Giles revealed in a post on X that they had held talks about him returning to football.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote on Friday: &#8216;Such heartbreaking news, Ollie was a warrior on the pitch and gave 100% every time he represented Croydon<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We spoke a couple of weeks ago about him getting back into football. I hope you find your peace mate. Sleep Tight.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Tributes have also poured in from former team-mates with his former centre-back partner Kieran Rufus tweeting: &#8216;I don&#8217;t really know what to say but I&#8217;m genuinely so hurt by the news of the passing of Ollie.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/16\/78070349-12776011-image-a-1_1700585367498.jpg\" height=\"245\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/16\/78070351-12776011-image-a-2_1700585375713.jpg\" height=\"178\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Croydon manager Liam Giles and Spedding&#8217;s former centre-back partner Kieran Rufus both paid tributes in messages on social media\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;For a time was my CB partner at Croydon FC and a lovely guy who I can only say good things about.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;RIP my bro and my heart goes out to his family.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Croydon beat Meridan FC in the London Senior Trophy at the weekend, to which Rufus added after the match: &#8216;That win and that clean sheet were for Ollie today.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12776011\/Ex-Crystal-Palace-footballer-Oliver-Spedding-boyfriend-adult-film-star-Sophie-Anderson-dies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Crystal Palace footballer Oliver Spedding &#8211; 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