World Cup book features Canaries!

30 Jul 2016 By David Watters

EVO-STIK League Southern Hitchin Town feature in a new book celebrating the 50th anniversary of England winning the World Cup!

Penned by Matt Eastley, "66 on 66" charts the stories of those present at Wembley 50 years ago today (Saturday) to see late England captain Bobby Moore lift the World Cup after the Three Lions beat West Germany 4-2.

The book was featured on the BBC's One Show this week ahead of the anniversary and proud club officials are urging fans to pick up a copy with two of the 66 people covered having strong connections with the EVO-STIK League Southern League Premier Division's Canaries.

Long-time supporter and veteran of the club's community programme John Warren recalls his experiences as a policeman inside Wembley Stadium while Robin Wainwright, number two to former Top Field boss Andy Melvin, remembers his day at Wembley as a young ball boy.

Accompanied by newly-taken, world-class photographs of the fans, journalists, celebrities, musicians, police officers, ball boys and officials who witnessed the greatest occasion in English sporting history, "66 on 66: I Was There" Memories from English Football's Greatest Day, was published in May in hardcover, pictured.

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