That's sad. What a privilege that you got to see him play live. A few weeks back there was a brilliant video of all the modern greats showing off their skills - matched by archive footage of Pele doing the same thing, long before. Worth seeking out.
That's sad. What a privilege that you got to see him play live. A few weeks back there was a brilliant video of all the modern greats showing off their skills - matched by archive footage of Pele doing the same thing, long before. Worth seeking out.
Good of you not to remind everyone of the Jeff Astle miss at 0-0.Mexico 1970, I was 10 years old, watching a black & white TV, couldn't remember much about the 1966 World Cup but suddenly saw this bunch of Brazilians playing everyone off the park. Surely not us though?
England vs.Brazil still my favourite ever game of football. You just knew that the winner of this game would take the Cup. Bobby Moore was magnificent but Pele won it for Brazil. Should have been 2-0 to them but for that save!
Only George Best has approached him in my years of watching.
They were great friends. He said Bobby was one of the best he played against.That very rare combination - a genius in his field, but a humble decent human being. That post match picture with Bobby Moore in 1970 says it all!!
RIP
Mate, watch the film - birth of a legend. He honed his skills without having a football an couldn't afford boots. To emerge out of nowhere to winning the world cup virtually single handedly at 17 years of age. He was several levels above anyone else at the timeFantastic player, before my time but the tales, footage and statistics speak for themselves
RIP legend
I recently watched the Maradona documentary and loved it so will make it a priority. Cheers.Mate, watch the film - birth of a legend. He honed his skills without having a football an couldn't afford boots. To emerge out of nowhere to winning the world cup virtually single handedly at 17 years of age. He was several levels above anyone else at the time