Source: Team_Talk
United buy Stiles' World Cup medal
A 1966 World Cup winners' medal belonging to England player Nobby Stiles was today bought for a record-breaking sum by Manchester United.[LNB] Stiles' former club paid £188,200 for the medal at an auction of football memorabilia in Edinburgh.[LNB]The price trumped the £165,000 fetched by Alan Ball's own World Cup medal five years ago.[LNB]Stiles, 68, made a total of £424,438 from his collection during today's sale.[LNB]Manchester United bought several of the 45 lots, which a representative from Convery Auctions said would be displayed in the club's museum.[LNB]Stiles said he had intended to leave the mementoes to his children, but decided to sell them after being unable to divide them up between his three sons.
