Wednesday 27 October 2010

World Cup winner Nobby Stiles sells his medal

I have just read that Nobby Stiles has sold his World Cup medal for £160,000.

It is unbelievably poignant that one of the heroes of 1966 has had to sell his winners' medal to give himself some financial stability in his later years. When we know of the wages paid to some of today's would-be superstars, it is actually rather galling.

Yes, I know that times have changed and the onset of the Premier League and wall-to-wall TV coverage has taken the finances of the game (especially with regard to players' wages) to unprecedented levels, but it makes me wonder how the serial failures of the England team of the last ten years can hold their heads up in the light of Nobby's sale.

Hardly any of today's England team (who drew 0-0 at home with Montenegro earlier this month) will be earning less in one week than Nobby just got for achieving a once in a lifetime (indeed, maybe a once ever for England) World Cup win.

Nobby Stiles is worth so much more than all of them.

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