World Cup medal at last for former Bull Paine (From Hereford Times)

World Cup medal at last for former Bull Paine

10:40am Saturday 20th June 2009

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FORMER Hereford United player-coach Terry Paine has received his World Cup winners’ medal - 43 years after helping England to glory.

Paine picked up his medal alongside 10 other footballers who were in England’s 1966 squad at Downing Street last Wednesday.

He, and his former team-mates, were then paraded in front of 57,897 fans at Wembley who watched England’s 6-0 drubbing of Andorra.

FIFA produced replica medals which were presented to the remaining players and staff by the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.

Paine was part of England’s famous 1966 squad that lifted the Jules Rimet Trophy at Wembley.

However, as he was not one of the starting 11 in the final, Paine did not receive a medal.

Paine was one of the most distinguished players ever to represent Hereford United.

He returned to Hereford last December to sign copies of his biography, Constant Paine, written by David Bull, at Waterstone’s.

Paine joined Hereford in 1974 and, as a player-coach for manager John Sillett, was a major influence in the club’s Third Division title success in the 1975-76 season.

He retired from professional football at the end of the following Second Division campaign.

Known as Elvis, Paine is a cult figure among Southampton fans where he made 713 League appearances for the club before extending it at Hereford to 824.

Paine now lives in South Africa but retains a close touch with football in this country as one of the hosts on their equivalent of Match of the Day.

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