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Nobby was a freak of nature, 5 ft 6 inches, very poor eyesight but a ferocious ball winner who often stretched the rules a little. I remember he had Eusabio in his pocket in the world Cup semi final. He was an animal on the pitch but an approachable bloke off it. He would always give us kids his autograph and have a joke with us.

Yet another with dementia. Rotten way to go.

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23 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

Nobby was a freak of nature, 5 ft 6 inches, very poor eyesight but a ferocious ball winner who often stretched the rules a little. I remember he had Eusabio in his pocket in the world Cup semi final. He was an animal on the pitch but an approachable bloke off it. He would always give us kids his autograph and have a joke with us.

Yet another with dementia. Rotten way to go.

Only ever listened to him re world cup side etc...its a difficult question i know but one i always ask folk who remember players before my time...who would you compare him to in the modern game chief ?

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Maybe Kante? Ex Leicester,now Chelsea. Win the ball pass the ball. Probably not as good as Kante to be honest. I think Kante had a lot to do with Leicester with winning the premiership

PS an update on JohnL Gardner from another post.  He had a pub in the North East which was firebombed, I hope it was an insurance job, ?an old mate of mine  told me he drank there and it had a real good vibe.

 

 

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19 minutes ago, gnasher16 said:

Only ever listened to him re world cup side etc...its a difficult question i know but one i always ask folk who remember players before my time...who would you compare him to in the modern game chief ?

 

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8 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

Maybe Kante? Ex Leicester,now Chelsea. Win the ball pass the ball. Probably not as good as Kante to be honest. I think Kante had a lot to do with Leicester with winning the premiership

PS an update on JohnL Gardner from another post.  He had a pub in the North East which was firebombed, I hope it was an insurance job, ?an old mate of mine  told me he drank there and it had a real good vibe.

 

 

Break up and distribute to Georgie Best i gotcha ? 

John got stabbed about 10 times in that attack so no....not an insurance job ?

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