Like your children's birthdays, your wedding anniversary and kick-off times, there are certain things in life that must be remembered with reverence.

Bobby Moore's embrace with Pele in the1970 World Cup is one of them.

Two sporting warriors, the best in the world in their respective positions, acknowledged one another's greatness with a smile and an embrace reflecting all that is good in sport and humanity.

So good in fact that the iconic image is being sold in a frame by Debenhams in their menswear departments at £19.99.

Bob Wainwright's wife bought him one as a present but when he opened it he found an error in the inscription which describes the picture as being taken after the 'World Cup semi-final' in Mexico 1970.

Oh dear.

Anyone who lived through that magnifient Brazil game and the subsequent nightmare 3-2 defeat to Germany in the QUARTER-final will know that's not right.

Brazil beat England 1-0 with a goal from Jairzinho in a game best remembered for Gordon Banks' miracle save from Pele's header. But it was in a group game.

It's not a life-threatening mistake but if you're going to have it on your wall you want it to be right. And those two deserve to have the right caption.

So Bob took his back to Meadowhall.

"I asked them if they would give a donation to Weston Park for every one sold being as it was wrong," said 49-year-old Bob, of Tinsley, who has helped raise more than £20,000 for the charity in the last 10 years.

"The company that makes them is Spirit Sport UK and Debenhams said they would not be able to give a donation but would be sending them back to the manufacturer."

That was on Tuesday.

They were still selling them in the store yesterday but I was assured they would be collected in and sent back.

Poor old Bob's not had the best of luck with football inscriptions.

Back in 1997 Wednesdayite Bob had a full-sized head and shoulders tattoo of the dreadlocked Owls winger Regi Blinker.

Of course Bob's still stuck with the tattoo but Blinker left Hillsborough not long after the ink had dried on Bob's back.






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