Alan Shearer paid an emotional tribute to Martin Peters at the opening of Match of the Day.
World Cup winner Peters passed away today after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. The news was announced in the afternoon and Steve Bruce was among the Premier League managers to pay tribute to a great of the game, who scored in England’s 1966 triumph and enjoyed a storied career at West Ham and Norwich among others.
Shearer paid his own tribute with a sombre tribute to an England great.
He said: “Over 700 appearances in club football, of course was instrumental in England winning that World Cup in 1966.
“Football has lost a giant of the game, an absolute legend and my thoughts go out to his friends and family.”
Bruce had earlier paid his own tribute. “He was a complete gentleman. I had the pleasure to play against him when I was young and he was at the end of his career and gave me a lesson in how to be a footballer,” he said.
“I think I speak for everybody in the country that our thoughts are with his family and of course he will be sadly missed because they don’t make him anymore.
“He was a great, great player and will be sadly missed by everybody.”
