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    #242
    the purple tin
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    They all have an Irish granny :confused:


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    #243
    Reberetta
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    No. It concerns the World Cup of soccer.


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    #244
    Reberetta
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    Anybody want to have a bash before I reveal the answer? It's possibly my favourite quiz question.


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    #245
    Neowise
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    image search say
    first is Geoff Hurst, played for england soccer team, ~1970.
    second is Simone Perrotta, player for italy, ~2004
    I think 3rd is Jimmy Armfield. football player and more.


    Is the link that they all played football?


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    #246
    Reberetta
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    Neowise wrote: »
    image search say
    first is Geoff Hurst, played for england soccer team, ~1970.
    second is Simone Perrotta, player for italy, ~2004
    I think 3rd is Jimmy Armfield. football player and more.


    Is the link that they all played football?

    No.:P


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    #247
    the purple tin
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    Were they the most expensive players of their day?


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    #248
    Reberetta
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    No. I can't speak of the other two but Simone Perrotta wasn't that good.;)


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    #249
    Reberetta
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    Maybe too obscure, the answer is they're the only three World Cup winners from the English metropolitan borough of Tameside (population: as of 2011, 219,324) outside Manchester.

    Simone Perrotta is the last English World Cup winner having lived in England until the age of five. He was born in the same hospital as England's 1966 World Cup winner Geoff Hurst.

    All three had statues erected. Perrotta was unaware of his statue until recently.

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    Inscription(s):
    Plaque: This statue stands as a testament to Tameside's place in football history as the birthplace of three men who hold World Cup winner's medals. Sir Geoff Hurst MBE England 1966 (b Ashton 1941). Jimmy Armfield OBE England 1966 (b Denton 1935). Simone Perrotta Italy 2006 (b Ashton 1977). It was unveiled on 22 December 2010 in memory of Cllr Roy Oldham CBE (1935-2010) Leader of Tameside Council 1980-2010 after whom the surrounding sports village is named.


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