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Left, champion chat: Bobby Moore talks to Muhammad Ali as they wait to welcome Pelé onto the pitch for the final match of his career in New York in 1977
Motor men: West Ham United and England teammates Geoff Hurst and Bobby Moore admire some Ford Cortinas in 1970
Engelbert Humperdinck’ s new album, which he played, according to his roommate Mullery,“ morning, noon and night”.
The final episode in the series concentrates on Moore’ s struggle to get involved with football after his retirement and highlights his meeting with Elton John who had recently taken over Watford and was in need of a new manager. Moore, in the final week of his playing career, wanted to break into management. The two men shook on a deal and Moore went on holiday to wait for a call that never came. He learnt through the newspapers that the job had gone to Graham Taylor, then a young manager with Lincoln City.
In her book Tina Moore recalls:“ Bobby shook hands with Elton John
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