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Ken Dyer

George Cohen: Remembering the gentleman of Fulham feared by George Best

England and Fulham legend George Cohen has sadly died at the age of 83

(Picture: Getty Images)

I can still see George Cohen now, elbows out, galloping up the wing, a truly positive right-back in first our domestic game for Fulham – and then for England.

Cohen was a hero of England’s World Cup-winning side from that unforgettable July day in 1966, but one of Fulham’s all-time favourites will be forever remembered for a photograph taken on the Wembley pitch at the end of England’s ugly quarter-final against Argentina.

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