Off Topic Cryptic crossword
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Finally, with a little bit of help from my friends - Harold Shepherdson
Had to google that, I'd no idea who that was!!
He and Les Cocker were Ramsey's assistants. Showing my age!
I just had to put Harold + Sheep + 1966 together somehow.
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Football: England at the World Cup: 1966 England - The day Alf Ramsey stood by his hard man
Nobby Stiles, one of the heroes of 32 years ago, tells Ken Jones how he turned the other cheek
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WATCHING Alf Ramsey walk towards him on the morning of 22 July 1966 Nobby Stiles feared the worst. ''That's it, I'm out,'' Stiles thought. Dropped for the following day's World Cup quarter-final against Argentina at Wembley.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...alf-ramsey-stood-by-his-hard-man-1162621.html
Spot on - I was just about to add - I've heard he likes to do a bit of painting too whilst there (Leonardo da Vinci).
I may be / am Welsh but that day was fantastic - a great day for English (& British) football.
To paraphrase my compatriot Max Boyce - I know, coz I was there!
If Wales aren't playing, I want England to win - always have, always will!
