maqroll Posted December 30, 2022 Author Share Posted December 30, 2022 Goodbye, Pelé. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smg Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 On 04/12/2022 at 12:22, messi11 said: When the King of Football played at Villa Park in 1972. New 5k Generator! We're Massive. I was there standing at the Witton end, great night made better by finding £1 note in one of the gangways.on the way out.!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted December 30, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2022 Had a decent night , stood in the Holte end cheering my little heart out, Dad had a bad one though , lost a £1 note on the way out....... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 (edited) Was a great night seeing Pele live, apart from getting mugged before the game on Witton road by a man and his child, stole my £1 note.... Edited December 30, 2022 by messi11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 I was only 1, wasn't there and can't remember if Dad went Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 What a player, what an icon, and what an ambassador! As a kid we always argued who was going to be Pele when we down the rec. The metaphors and similies used to describe him would be considered racist these days, but his physical movement was beyond comparison. His spring-heeled leaps and fluid changes of direction, and his tricks and feints, had never been seen before, or at least not in the English game. I think maybe only the Italians didn't enjoy the 1970 World Cup final, but it definitely deserved the appelation "the beautiful game', even if it became an over-used cliche in commentator parlance. Apart from the talent and the physical prowess, it was his character which made him loved, as he was the diplomat par excellence, on and off the pitch. We all remember the handshake he exchanged with Bobby Moore, after an outstanding duel which the maestro respected. Truly great and truly loved! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 I was there too. Massive queue outside the ground, eventually let in to the Witton end but could only see the one corner of the pitch so only remember Lionel Martin mazing dribbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 RIP great man......credit to the Game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, tinker said: Had a decent night , stood in the Holte end cheering my little heart out, Dad had a bad one though , lost a £1 note on the way out....... I think Messi11 found it?....and lost it again. Edited December 30, 2022 by TRO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted December 30, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2022 1 hour ago, TRO said: I think Messi11 found it?....and lost it again. A well travelled pound. Thanks to Pele, who made the game look easy with a smile on his face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 30, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2022 20 hours ago, NurembergVillan said: I know it's a running joke amongst the longer-standing members of VT, but on a personal level, the death of Pelé is sad for me. They say never to meet your heroes but, man, it was a privilege to meet the greatest hero of them all. PS, even though it was 2005 I'll apologise for that jacket. I make no excuses for the look of awe on my face though. A bit disrespectful to take the piss out of Pele's jacket at a time like this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmeedson Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 R.I.P Pele a true legend and great man. Saw him in the Santos game and a memory that lasts for my life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 This is amazing What a player 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Sky reporting Pele death all day. But now more important news "Ronaldo joins AL NassR'. Pele all forgot about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Just going to quote a few sentences from Hugh McIlvanney, the late great journalist, on the Brazil v Italy 1970 World Cup Final- 'Those last few minutes contained a distillation of their football, its beauty and élan and undiluted joy. Other teams thrill us and makes us respect them. The Brazilians at their finest give us pleasure so natural and deep as to be a vivid physical experience. This was what we had hoped for, the ritual we had come to share. The qualities that make football the most graceful and electric and moving of team sports were being laid before us. Brazil are proud of their own unique abilities but it was not hard to believe that they were anxious to say something about the game as well as about themselves. You cannot be the best in the world at a game without loving it and all of us who sat, flushed with excitement, in the stands of the Aztec sensed that what we were seeing was a kind of tribute.' It doesn't get much better than that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Pelé was one of the greats if not THE greatest! Can you imagine if he was playing in the modern game with little contact from opposing players and protection from referees?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 He also could give it back too, never seen any of this before but I guess he had to fight back too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 i think Pele was such a legend for anyone in my parents generation, in their 60's, probably the first football megastar etc....we probably struggle to think how exceptional these players were back then and the things they were accomplishing, especially with the transfer values now.....my dad always spoke of trever francis being the first million pound footballer and that being a huge deal.....only recently we sold one of ours for 100 mil, its a different period but imagine winning the world cup as 1 17 year old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-k Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 25 minutes ago, Villatillidie95 said: i think Pele was such a legend for anyone in my parents generation, in their 60's, probably the first football megastar etc....we probably struggle to think how exceptional these players were back then and the things they were accomplishing, especially with the transfer values now.....my dad always spoke of trever francis being the first million pound footballer and that being a huge deal.....only recently we sold one of ours for 100 mil, its a different period but imagine winning the world cup as 1 17 year old! By my (aka Wikipedia's) account, only one other 17 year old and only a handful of teenagers have won it 1994: Ronaldo (17) 1982: Giuseppe Bergomi (18) 1970: Marco Antônio (19) 1962: Coutinho (18) 1958: Pele (17), Mazzola (19) 1950: Rubén Morán (19) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted January 1, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2023 On 30/12/2022 at 19:33, Tom13 said: This is amazing What a player This is why for me, players like Mbappe and Ronaldo being called the GOAT is borderline embarrassing. Pele was the original, and lit up the game like no one ever has. Rest in Peace, legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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