Nobby RIP

[Yankee_Jack]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36963874

Nobby Stiles, one of only three English men to have won the World Cup and the European Cup (who are the other 2 - one of them played for the Swans), has passed away at 78.

In the 60's, there was a small handful of players that you never wanted to cross ... Dave McKay, Tommy Smith, Norman Hunter, Ron Harris ... Nobby Stiles. They were all players not just choppers. A small player physically speaking but one of the biggest players on the field in terms of impact. Nobby was considered a world class player by Ramsey and set about his work meticulously - admired by both Busby and Ramsey - two greater references you couldn't hope to have in the game.

 

[ivoralljack]

Bobby Charlton and Ian Callaghan (World Cup squad member). Nobby showed that you didn't have to be big to be tough and he was a feared tackler in an era when there were plenty of those about. Wasn't he Preston manager in the season when we beat them to go up? - they were relegated.

RIP, Nobby, you were a real dog in the best football sense of the word.