Hero Moore is coming home

ENGLAND World Cup legend Bobby Moore “went home” to Wembley yesterday.

A 9ft bronze statue of the hero was unveiled at the new stadium by 1966 team-mate Sir Bobby Charlton.

Moore’s widow Stephanie said at the moving unveiling: “At last Bobby’s home in Wembley where he belongs. . . outside the home of English football.

“Bobby used to tell me that playing in Wembley was like walking on air, like levitating. For him to be there at the gates is marvellous. I know he’d be proud and amazed.”

Outgoing PM Tony Blair was also at the tribute to Moore, who captained England to victory in 1966. Hat-trick hero Sir Geoff Hurst was also there.

Mr Blair said of the new stadium: “For obvious reasons I might not get another chance to say it . . . it must have been a bit of a long wait, but it is absolutely magnificent.”

And he added of Bobby, who died of cancer aged 51 in 1993: “He represented the best of our country.”

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