Ted was given a cameo role in the war film starring Caine. He had met Caine the year before on the set of 1976 movie The Eagle Has Landed. " persuaded to take part by director Richard Attenborough alongside Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, Tony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine and Ryan O’Neal in A Bridge Too Far." Ted says: "I have an ever so chuffed memory of a high point – my shaven-headed appearance as an unpaid extra charging with scores of other soldiers across a deafening bomb- and bullet-strewn Dutch battlefield. We sat together in the Isle of Man’s posh Palace casino." And then there was his foray into films in the 1970s. They are very well appreciated by all four of us’. "He told me ‘We just love your show pages in the paper. "I grew to know Ringo more than his bandmates," says Ted. One of Ted’s most spectacular assignments was going on a six-week tour with The Beatles in their early days. "But Barry welcomed me with a firm handshake and a hug, and they happily posed with me for a world exclusive photo, which was then published in the Daily Mirror." It wasn’t just sport stars who became friends. They were absolutely staggered when I pitched up at the hotel as they lunched overlooking the fabulous mountain views. "I ventured to a hotel I knew was one of Barry’s favourites, the Zistelalm on Mount Gaisberg in Austria. Ted said: "He and Stephanie ran away together to a secret rendezvous and nobody except me could guess where their hideaway was. He chuckled as he recalled a time when Sheene disappeared. But I mean every word'."ĭad-of-two Ted, who lives with wife Dee, 69, in Cobham, Surrey, and who has four grandchildren, spent 40 years working on the Mirror.
'There I go rambling on like the proudest of fathers talking about his son. A certainty to go down for ever in the annals of our great game. 'This is what makes George one of the very, very best.
'This is the greatest test and demonstration of all-out courage in our game. Heartless and hard-case defenders don’t back off whatever your fame and reputation. 'On top of that he is blessed with heroic courage. He would take penalties and free kicks all day if you let him.
'George is usually first out the dressing room for training, and he’s a devoted trainer – so keen. 'He's only just beginning, in his early-20s on a long and exciting career, which I expect will be highly successful. In fact, now I’m over 30 I suppose I’m like a veteran to him. Smiling when recalling the conversation with Charlton in the 1960s, Ted says: "Bobby told me, 'It's like an old man to a young boy. They include for the first time a private chat revealing what Charlton thought about Man United team-mate Best.
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