Geoff Hurst is remembering an absent friend. He has many more of them now, this last surviving member of those 11 heroes of ’66.
There is one, though, who fills his mind more often than most and one he will think of even more with a World Cup coming into view.
For Hurst, now 84, Bobby Moore was more than just a pal. He was a team-mate for England and West Ham for more than 15 years. He was his triumphant captain, a mentor and, without a doubt in his mind, the greatest influence on his life. Not just on how to play football, but
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