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Nobby Stiles
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Norbert Peter Stiles (18 May 1942 – 30 October 2020) was an English footballer and manager. He played for England for five years, winning 28 caps and scoring one goal. He played every minute of England's victorious 1966 FIFA World Cup campaign.
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It was all much simpler than today - naive, looking back on it," Stiles says. "It wasn't until '70 in Mexico that there was any hint of medical stuff. Alf's preparations for Mexico, by the way, were incredible. They'd be reckoned obsolete by today's standards but in them days they was revolutionary. No stone was left unturned. He even took HP Sauce out there. I'll always remember that: HP Sauce on the tables. But for '66 we were at home, nothing special needed.
Nobby Stiles on not wearing dentures to meet the Queen after World Cup win The Guardian, Jim White.
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Category:Soccer players from England
Category:Football (soccer) coaches
Category:People from Manchester
Category:Catholics from England
Category:1942 births
Category:2020 deaths