pesky1972 5,335 Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Pele is to auction off his three world cup winners medals and all the little trinkets and artefacts he'd collected as a player. The item expected to raise the most is a one off Jules Rimet replica given to him after the 1970 finals. It's expected to fetch between £281000 & £420000. To put it into perspective, that's the crown jewel of one of the best & most esteemed men ever to play the game, available to buy for a couple of weeks wages of the average Premiership player.., who couldn't lace Pele's boots. How times change⚽️ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36341546 2 Link to post Share on other sites
bird 9,981 Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Pele is to auction off his three world cup winners medals and all the little trinkets and artefacts he'd collected as a player. The item expected to raise the most is a one off Jules Rimet replica given to him after the 1970 finals. It's expected to fetch between £281000 & £420000. To put it into perspective, that's the crown jewel of one of the best & most esteemed men ever to play the game, available to buy for a couple of weeks wages of the average Premiership player.., who couldn't lace Pele's boots. How times change⚽️ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36341546 true Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,457 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Pele is to auction off his three world cup winners medals and all the little trinkets and artefacts he'd collected as a player. The item expected to raise the most is a one off Jules Rimet replica given to him after the 1970 finals. It's expected to fetch between £281000 & £420000. To put it into perspective, that's the crown jewel of one of the best & most esteemed men ever to play the game, available to buy for a couple of weeks wages of the average Premiership player.., who couldn't lace Pele's boots. How times change⚽️ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36341546 LIke this one you mean 8 Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,588 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Is that the North Sea in the background ? :whistle: 1 Link to post Share on other sites
hoggysreels 76 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Thought he was flogging blue pills £7 a hit .. how hard can it be? 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Nicepix 5,650 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Pele is to auction off his three world cup winners medals and all the little trinkets and artefacts he'd collected as a player. The item expected to raise the most is a one off Jules Rimet replica given to him after the 1970 finals. It's expected to fetch between £281000 & £420000. To put it into perspective, that's the crown jewel of one of the best & most esteemed men ever to play the game, available to buy for a couple of weeks wages of the average Premiership player.., who couldn't lace Pele's boots. How times change⚽️ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36341546 LIke this one you mean Is it right that there's three world cup winning medals on display at West Ham's ground? Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,588 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 You mean to say there are none at the stadium of shite ?........how can this be !! Lol Link to post Share on other sites
TUFFTY 1,476 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 You mean to say there are none at the stadium of shite ?........how can this be !! Lol At the stadium of shite, they have there own historic display of an rsj and a bag of coal dust. Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,560 Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Good player pele Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh_red 4,745 Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Good player pele But could he do it in a rainy night in Rotherham 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Astanley 11,580 Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Good player pele "Good player " !!! Talk about damming with faint praise ,that's like saying DaVinci was a decent all rounder ,that Michaelangelo could do a bit of chiseling ,that Vemeer was OK at painting . Pele was so much better than good ,he transcended the game of football .he was poetry ,a wonderful sight on the pitch ,a perfect mix of athleticism ,balance ,skill and vision,with an unselfishness and work ethic of a Sunderland miner ,he was so far ahead of his time it was surreal . I got to see him play when I was a boy ,and 50 years later its still one of my favourite memories of football . 10 Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,588 Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 My pal went to America when we was kids on a holiday (it was a really big deal going to America back then in the early 80s) and met Pele while he was there.......to us football mad kids it was like he had actually met God himself !! We didn't give a shit that he had been to the Empire State Building or met the globetrotters or any of that.......HE MET PELE !! He had a bit of an aura around him for a while after that in our street football matches, he seemed a better player just because he had met the great man !! Haha 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Astanley 11,580 Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 As in life some players just have that something extra ,that special touch of class about them that sets them apart ,and I don't just mean talent ,I mean that indescribable touch of something special ,Eusabio ,Beckenbaur,Moore ,de Stephanio ,Puskas Defoe ....etc ,but Pele took it one step further ,a once in a lifetime player . 3 Link to post Share on other sites
johnny boy68 11,726 Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Pele, Moore and Eusebio just 3 names I heard growing up that you associated with brilliance, not because of seeing them play but because of the way the older generation talked about them. One of my memories was watching Kempes in the 78 world cup and saying how good he was, my Dad said "rubbish son, he couldn't lace Pele's boots and Bobby Moore would've had him in his pocket all day!" 1 Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,457 Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Wilf if it was your lot would be no where near it Once bitten twice shy Or should that be Once half drowned rather stay dry . Whats this another attempt at relevance....the only club with any relevance to us back then in the north east was Newcastle......type this famous North Sea incident you rant on about into Google i very much doubt if anything could be found about it....then type in Newcastle v West Ham petrol bomb,from around the same time.....it was the same incident Cass Pennant was banged up for that was played out in his film......the Icf had bricked their coach and stabbed a few fans the year before so they threw a petrol bomb into our end in revenge which kicked off a little tit for tat for a few years. Irrelevant Fc,s fans were obviously too busy chasing around after kids wearing football shirts and cleaning the coal dust from their hands to notice what was going on ! Is it right that there's three world cup winning medals on display at West Ham's ground? Yes mate Bobby Moore,Martin Peters and Geoff Hursts medals and caps were all displayed in our magnificent trophy room....( the cupboard under the stairs ) Link to post Share on other sites
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