Nobby Stiles RIP

[Vienna_70]

Geoff Hurst and Bobby Charlton for sure.
Guessing Roger Hunt and George Cohen??

According to Wikipedia, yes.

 

[Grassland Blue]

I'm a season ticket holder with swansea city ,my late father was a mancunian, and a blue.
I'm honestly taken aback by the response here,class fair play lads

Nobby Stiles was a good honest player and man.
Sometimes a player from a different club, any club not just your own, can have a certain quality that makes him admired and respected by anyone who loves the game. Think about Cruyff, Pele, Messi, Gazza, Worthington and Bell as a few examples.
Nobby loved the game, loved being a part of it and gave everything whilst on the pitch.
So for these reasons I would like to wish Nobby a peaceful sleep and thanks for the wonderful memories.
R.I.P. Nobby Stiles.

 

[Rob76]

Yea,some players like the ones you've mentioned come into that category as respected regardless of who they played for.
Id imagine Brian Kidd is another one up your way,who's liked and respected by blue and red sides of Manchester.
Nobby Stiles came down our way to do an after dinner speaking night, about 25 years ago.
He was an absolute gentleman, and a funny guy with it.Completely down to earth,signed autographs and had time for everyone.
So sad to hear he'd struggled last few years with dementia.
RIP Nobby

 

[Nightmare Walking]

Nobby Stiles was a United legend and a real character , one of the players i grew up with in football .... its real sad to hear of his loss.

He came from Collyhurst , like Brian Kidd.

He went to St Pats. Here is a picture of their school team. My uncle was on the same team, even though he was a year younger (my uncle went on to forge a career as a chief scout and discovered a few international players). My uncle still has an original of the nearly 70 year old
photo.
He said Nobby was a great player and a
great fella. When asked what he was like as a footballer, he said imagine Roy Keane if he was not a dickhead.
It is so sad how he had to sell his medals just to survive. Someone like Nobby Stiles would be absolutely priceless today.

 

[crazyg]

RIP Nobby. One of football's true characters.
For us blues growing up in the 60s, the character was that of the pantomime villain (do I hear cries of "oh no he wasn't?"), but a character nevertheless. There aren't so many of them left now.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

RIP

 

[Dirty Harry]

R.I.P Nobby, a sad loss and a very likeable player.

 

[salford blue 62]

I'm a season ticket holder with swansea city ,my late father was a mancunian, and a blue.
I'm honestly taken aback by the response here,class fair play lads

Thanks for taking the time to come on here and post that pal.

 

[OB1]

Nobby Stiles was a good honest player and man.
Sometimes a player from a different club, any club not just your own, can have a certain quality that makes him admired and respected by anyone who loves the game. Think about Cruyff, Pele, Messi, Gazza, Worthington and Bell as a few examples.
Nobby loved the game, loved being a part of it and gave everything whilst on the pitch.
So for these reasons I would like to wish Nobby a peaceful sleep and thanks for the wonderful memories.
R.I.P. Nobby Stiles.

Well said.

Nobby was one of the games characters when I was young'un.

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

RIP. A local lad done well, not many Manc lads will end up World Cup winners.