Nearly half a century before Neymar’s gaudy G-Wagon laden tour rider, Jimmy Hill took his talents to Riyadh
He fought for the abolition of the maximum wage, campaigned for the introduction of three points for a win, and nearly half a century before Neymar’s gaudy G-Wagon laden tour rider, took his talents to Riyadh. For big bucks.
Contemporary English media coverage obsessed about the country’s alcohol ban, oppressive heat, and strict Muslims customs, but aside from mentioning that women were not allowed to drive and advising foreign men to “ignore” local ladies, there was no talk of human rights. In a way that is depressingly familiar today, Hill sold the project as a forward-thinking nation merely trying to modernise its image via the global game.
Jimmy Hill during a meeting on January 18th 1961 between the English Football League and the Professional Footballers' Association at the British ministry of labour. Photograph: Edward Miller/Keystone/Getty Images
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