1978 Manager Nobby Stiles and player Mike Elwiss on Harris Museum balcony at the Civic Reception given to PNE in recognition of their promotion1978 Manager Nobby Stiles and player Mike Elwiss on Harris Museum balcony at the Civic Reception given to PNE in recognition of their promotion
1978 Manager Nobby Stiles and player Mike Elwiss on Harris Museum balcony at the Civic Reception given to PNE in recognition of their promotion

Nobby Stiles: A PNE, England and Manchester United career in pictures

Nobby Stiles, part of the England team which won the World Cup in 1966, has died aged 78 after a long illness.

Stiles left United in 1971, going on to play for Middlesbrough and Preston.

He later managed the Lilywhites between 1977 and 1981, before coaching Canadian side Vancouver Whitecaps and then West Brom between 1985 and 1986.

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