Bobby Moore

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Picture by Herschell Hershey, taken from the Londonist Flickr Pool. This Week In London’s History Monday – 12th April 1941: Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore is born in Barking, East London. Better-known as ‘Bobby’, he would become a successful footballer, captaining West Ham and England (in …

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Finally a bit of news involving the new Wembley Stadium that doesn’t involve the word ‘delayed’. According to the BBC today a new statue of Bobby Moore will stand outside the main stadium entrance on Wembley Way as of next year. The statue will be …