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A former player and coach at Manchester City and Oldham Athletic has had a treasured Rolex watch stolen in a mugging on holiday.
Willie Donachie, 70, had the 'priceless' watch ripped from his wrist after being attacked by two men in Ibiza on Saturday. His family has now launched a desperate appeal in a bid to try and get it back.
Scotland-born full-back Willie made over 350 appearances for City between 1968 and 1980 after coming through their youth system. He later went on to make over 150 appearances for Oldham after joining them in 1984, eventually becoming assistant manager alongside Joe Royle during the club's heyday in the early 1990s.
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After he and Joe guided Latics to what would soon become the Premier League, in 1991, the club gifted both of them Rolex watches at the end-of-season awards.
Willie's - which had an inscription on the back saying, "To Willie for a memorable season 1990 91 OAFC" - soon became one of his most prized possessions and he had worn it every day from then until it was cruelly stolen on Saturday.
Willie, who is now manager of Caribbean island Montserrat and also a youth coach at Accrington Stanley, is in Ibiza for a holiday with his wife and was walking along a footpath next to the Sa Flama restaurant near the popular resort of San Antonio on Saturday afternoon when two men ran and bundled him to the ground.
After they ran away Willie realised the watch was missing and he gave chase, catching one of the men up but he did not have the watch and the second man got away.
Willie's son Dan Donachie, 49, has now launched a social media appeal to try and see if it can be traced.
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