John Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Sad to hear that we have lost another World Cup winner this afternoon. Norbert “Nobby” Stiles has passed away today (aged 78) following a long battle with illness. Nobby suffered a minor stroke in 2010, and was later diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and prostate cancer. Nobby was a vital cog in both the England and Manchester United teams that lifted the World Cup in 1966 and the European Cup in 1968. Nobby was a real hard man, who was able to mark (sometimes literally) an opponent out of a game. He did so notably well when marking Eusebio in the World Cup semi-final. He will always be fondly remembered for his joyous victory jig after the 66 Final. Sir Alf now has 7 of “the boys of 66” up there with him. My thoughts are with his family. RIP Nobby! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Yes was just talking to a mate when the news broke. Just George Cohen, Geoff Hurst, Bobby Charlton and Roger Hunt left from the 11. Nobby was never a great player but you ask him to mark a teams best player and he would do the job better than anyone. He must have only weighed about 7 stone as well. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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maqroll Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 The name, the look. The guy was a classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 Loved this from his obituary in The Times today: Ramsey had singled out Stiles to be the side’s chief ball-winner, and his duel with Portugal’s Eusebio in the semi-final ended in a victory for the Englishman and tears of frustration for the Portuguese star who was regarded as one of the world’s best players. “Nobby, I want you to take Eusebio out of the game,” Ramsey had told him in the dressing-room beforehand. “Do you mean for life, Alf?” Stiles asked. In the dressing-room afterwards, Ramsey called for Stiles to be given a special round of applause. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, John said: Loved this from his obituary in The Times today: Ramsey had singled out Stiles to be the side’s chief ball-winner, and his duel with Portugal’s Eusebio in the semi-final ended in a victory for the Englishman and tears of frustration for the Portuguese star who was regarded as one of the world’s best players. “Nobby, I want you to take Eusebio out of the game,” Ramsey had told him in the dressing-room beforehand. “Do you mean for life, Alf?” Stiles asked. In the dressing-room afterwards, Ramsey called for Stiles to be given a special round of applause. I wonder if we would have capitulated like we did in the 1970 world up against West Germany if Nobby had of been fit to play. He did a job on Eusebio in the 1968 european cup final too. He was a nasty little player. You cant tackle like that any more. I bet Alf would have got him to nobble Pele in the game against Brazil. Edited October 31, 2020 by PaulC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 10 hours ago, PaulC said: I wonder if we would have capitulated like we did in the 1970 world up against West Germany if Nobby had of been fit to play. He did a job on Eusebio in the 1968 european cup final too. He was a nasty little player. You cant tackle like that any more. I bet Alf would have got him to nobble Pele in the game against Brazil. Yes, I'm sure he could have done a job on Beckenbauer in that quarter final, thus freeing up Bobby Charlton. I thought Mullery was first choice in 70 with Nobby selected as back up, rather than him being injured though? We missed Banks too in that quarter final and those substitutions, although understandable given the playing conditions and with one eye on the semi (we didn't reach) did for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 2 hours ago, John said: Yes, I'm sure he could have done a job on Beckenbauer in that quarter final, thus freeing up Bobby Charlton. I thought Mullery was first choice in 70 with Nobby selected as back up, rather than him being injured though? We missed Banks too in that quarter final and those substitutions, although understandable given the playing conditions and with one eye on the semi (we didn't reach) did for us. Not sure it was mentioned he was injured but yes Mullery was a very good player. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Another member of that England team diagnosed with dementia. the greatest of them all Sir Bobby Charlton. Some kind words from Marcus Rashford. Hes seems a very nice young man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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