John Aston Jr on Nobby Stiles from the UTD Podcast 19 June 2022
Aston added: “[People] talk about Bill Foulkes scoring. [Stiles] did as much to win us the game as anything.
“When you trained with [Stiles], if you went near him he’d jump out the way. [But] come Saturday, come match day, [he put his] contact lenses [and changed].
“The nearest thing I can tell you about Nobby is Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. He was Dr Jekyll off the field, and he was Mr Hyde on it.
“He used to change; his personality was like flicking a switch. He became cruel. He became nasty. But he was very affable. He was an easy-going bloke off the field. [He was] some man you know.”
The new episode of UTD Podcast, featuring John Aston Jr., will be available on ManUtd.com and in the United App from Monday afternoon. You can find all previous episodes here.
Aston added: “[People] talk about Bill Foulkes scoring. [Stiles] did as much to win us the game as anything.
“When you trained with [Stiles], if you went near him he’d jump out the way. [But] come Saturday, come match day, [he put his] contact lenses [and changed].
“The nearest thing I can tell you about Nobby is Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. He was Dr Jekyll off the field, and he was Mr Hyde on it.
“He used to change; his personality was like flicking a switch. He became cruel. He became nasty. But he was very affable. He was an easy-going bloke off the field. [He was] some man you know.”
The new episode of UTD Podcast, featuring John Aston Jr., will be available on ManUtd.com and in the United App from Monday afternoon. You can find all previous episodes here.
