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At long last, Billy will get his Cardiff statue

PETER JACKSON
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Superstar: Billy Boston scores a typical try for Wigan
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His statue in Wigan

Aprophet is not without honour, except in his hometown…’’ Mark 6:4.
This column, September 11, 2016:
Billy Boston now has a life-sized statue of his very own in Wigan, a bronze creation for which the town clubbed together to raise £90,000. Its unveiling last week came almost exactly a year after a similar ceremony at Wembley Stadium, outside Gate G where the boy from Angelina Street can be seen frozen in his pomp in a group...

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