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World Service,30 Sep 2021,30 mins

A footballing legend's gambling secret

The Outlook Podcast Archive

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Footballer Peter Shilton stood in goal for England 125 times and faced Diego Maradona's infamous 'Hand of God' goal - but off the pitch he battled a secret gambling addiction for 45 years. Then a chance meeting in a hotel lift with the woman who'd become his wife changed everything.

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