Soccer Aid 2016. The whole stadium stood stock-still when he walked through the tunnel. Grown men, women, winners of countless medals, cups, trophies, all willingly reduced to feeling like excited school kids. He accepted the platitudes, the praise, the adulation with the magnanimity and grace that befits a legend. A privilege to spend just a few minutes in his company. Flags at half mast, candles lit, rest in peace. X