The World Cup goalie turned anti-gambling campaigner

The England football legend who conceded the “goal of the century” and Hand of God goals to Diego Maradona at the 1986 World Cup is now … trying to influence the European Union’s budget negotiations.

Former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton is a supporter of an online gambling tax. The idea was proposed in April by the European Parliament to help fund the bloc’s €2 trillion budget from 2028 to 2034, and has since won the backing of several governments.

A former gambling-addict-turned-campaigner, Shilton told POLITICO in Brussels that a new levy would starve betting companies of revenue that they would

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