RIP Nobby Stiles | Vital Football

RIP Nobby Stiles

Only saw him play only once, but I remember it 50 years on. One of football's characters, cast from a mould that fell out of use a long time ago. Would probably be sent off in the first five minutes in today's non-contact game.

Only four left now (George Cohen, Bobby Charlton, Geoff Hurst and Roger Hunt).
 
5'5'', scrawny, couldn't see without his glasses. I bet Norbert was told he had no chance of making it a time or two. I reckon he could see well enough to stick with who he was marking.
Well played Nobby, your generation as yet unmatched.
 
Great player will always remember his performance in the World Cup final 1966. Will also remember his lack of teeth. RIP Nobby