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Post by standbutler1 on May 23, 2020 16:11:24 GMT
Tonight at 5past six on itv4. Includes interview with the legend himself.
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Post by standbutler1 on May 23, 2020 20:45:48 GMT
How good was that for us oldies
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2020 5:21:55 GMT
How good was that for us oldies A lot of the matches those of us who weren't around for that you see footage of, show him being prone to quite a few mistakes. I take it these are doing him an injustice. The Arse and West Ham semi finals, he gets caught with the ball and in the ref's ear but to be fair were his own doing. The brilliant pen save v West Ham was his own fault but he made up for it brilliantly and seemed desperately nervous v Arsenal. The final Chelsea he's quite magnificent though. What I can never understand is why Leicester sold him.
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Post by Dutchpeter on May 26, 2020 6:02:22 GMT
How good was that for us oldies A lot of the matches those of us who weren't around for that you see footage of, show him being prone to quite a few mistakes. I take it these are doing him an injustice. The Arse and West Ham semi finals, he gets caught with the ball and in the ref's ear but to be fair were his own doing. The brilliant pen save v West Ham was his own fault but he made up for it brilliantly and seemed desperately nervous v Arsenal. The final Chelsea he's quite magnificent though. What I can never understand is why Leicester sold him. Peter Shilton.
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Post by spitthedog on May 28, 2020 15:44:45 GMT
A lot of the matches those of us who weren't around for that you see footage of, show him being prone to quite a few mistakes. I take it these are doing him an injustice. The Arse and West Ham semi finals, he gets caught with the ball and in the ref's ear but to be fair were his own doing. The brilliant pen save v West Ham was his own fault but he made up for it brilliantly and seemed desperately nervous v Arsenal. The final Chelsea he's quite magnificent though. What I can never understand is why Leicester sold him. Peter Shilton. It was because of Peter Shilton's emergence , but it was really Leicester City's decision. I think this is sometimes distorted into it being something personal when it wasn't as far as I understand. Ive heard Gordon talk about this and Leicester had both Banks and a 17 year old Shilton who was actually talent spotted by Gordon at the age of 13. At the age of 17 and clearly talented Shilton had told the Leicester board that if he wasn't going to be picked he was going to move on to another club which was fair enough really and Leicester fearing they would lose him decided to cash in Banksy and thank goodness they did. I think Gordon was definitely surprised by Leicester's decision but he in no way held any animosity towards Shilton it was an entirely professional issue. They always had a good relationship.
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Post by standbutler1 on May 28, 2020 19:35:39 GMT
The hard thing to understand is why no big clubs came in for him. £50.000 was a bargain even in those days for such a world class player(goalkeeper). Gordon said in the programme that he was called in the office and the chairman said we are thinking of selling you. To wich feeling let down he said I will go then. Stoke were the ones to make the offer.
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Post by AlliG on May 28, 2020 19:52:47 GMT
The hard thing to understand is why no big clubs came in for him. £50.000 was a bargain even in those days for such a world class player(goalkeeper). Gordon said in the programme that he was called in the office and the chairman said we are thinking of selling you. To wich feeling let down he said I will go then. Stoke were the ones to make the offer. £50,000 was an enormous fee for a goalkeeper at the time (especially one who was nearly 30 and therefore considered almost at the end of his career). At the time the British record fee for a goalkeeper was £55,000 paid the previous year by Manchester Utd for Alex Stepney who was 4 years younger. Liverpool were certainly interested but Gordon had already given his word to Stoke.
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Post by standbutler1 on May 28, 2020 20:56:59 GMT
The hard thing to understand is why no big clubs came in for him. £50.000 was a bargain even in those days for such a world class player(goalkeeper). Gordon said in the programme that he was called in the office and the chairman said we are thinking of selling you. To wich feeling let down he said I will go then. Stoke were the ones to make the offer. £50,000 was an enormous fee for a goalkeeper at the time (especially one who was nearly 30 and therefore considered almost at the end of his career). At the time the British record fee for a goalkeeper was £55,000 paid the previous year by Manchester Utd for Alex Stepney who was 4 years younger. Liverpool were certainly interested but Gordon had already given his word to Stoke. Your knowledge is better than mine sir.
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Post by Scouse on May 29, 2020 10:28:27 GMT
Idolised him .. footage doesn’t always do him justice ..not least because many of the clips saved from those years are goals ( as that’s were the focus was ) his kicking and distribution one of his only real weaknesses ..but in an era when it was less important
Spent several games just watching and focussing on him ..his positional play both natural and worked on was years ahead of its time , something to behold , meaning he turned many very dangerous moments into simple ball collecting ..when others would be flinging themselves and letting in lesser goals
Shanks was certainly an admirer , as was the Kop ..coming from his performance in the 1963 FA cup semi final .. witness the reverence Shankls and Liverpool paid him at the first game of the season following his retirement ..I’ve always supposed the fixture was specifically requested
Still hurts now..RIP
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Post by AlliG on May 29, 2020 10:34:48 GMT
£50,000 was an enormous fee for a goalkeeper at the time (especially one who was nearly 30 and therefore considered almost at the end of his career). At the time the British record fee for a goalkeeper was £55,000 paid the previous year by Manchester Utd for Alex Stepney who was 4 years younger. Liverpool were certainly interested but Gordon had already given his word to Stoke. Your knowledge is better than mine sir. Age has its benefits. The signing of Banksie went some way to healing the broken heart of a 9 year old kid after we sold my all time favourite John Ritchie the previous year.
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Post by Do it for dobing on Jun 4, 2020 12:05:32 GMT
How good was that for us oldies A lot of the matches those of us who weren't around for that you see footage of, show him being prone to quite a few mistakes. I take it these are doing him an injustice. The Arse and West Ham semi finals, he gets caught with the ball and in the ref's ear but to be fair were his own doing. The brilliant pen save v West Ham was his own fault but he made up for it brilliantly and seemed desperately nervous v Arsenal. The final Chelsea he's quite magnificent though. What I can never understand is why Leicester sold him. When you see the clips from the 1966/70 World Cup finals he was impeccable.The 1st semi final at Hillsborough was a traversty he had clearly being fouled and the referee was playing injury time which was never there.He made everything look very simple had he have been around for the mid 70s we would have won the title.
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Post by nott1 on Jun 8, 2020 7:54:12 GMT
Showed in last nights replay just how great he really was!
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Post by bigjohnritchie on Jun 8, 2020 8:16:06 GMT
Idolised him .. footage doesn’t always do him justice ..not least because many of the clips saved from those years are goals ( as that’s were the focus was ) his kicking and distribution one of his only real weaknesses ..but in an era when it was less important Spent several games just watching and focussing on him ..his positional play both natural and worked on was years ahead of its time , something to behold , meaning he turned many very dangerous moments into simple ball collecting ..when others would be flinging themselves and letting in lesser goals Shanks was certainly an admirer , as was the Kop ..coming from his performance in the 1963 FA cup semi final .. witness the reverence Shankls and Liverpool paid him at the first game of the season following his retirement ..I’ve always supposed the fixture was specifically requested Still hurts now..RIP Your middle paragraph says much about his greatness for me Scouse. Whilst Bonetti, Jennings or Sprake ( great goalies in their own right ) pulled off the exceptional good save Banks' skill for me was his positional sense....to the six inches...closing down the angles, not just sideways but coming out at the right time. And secondly whilst the crowd were admiring the attack/ his save he would quickly distribute, creating an attack.
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Post by mrcoke on Jun 8, 2020 8:23:54 GMT
Your knowledge is better than mine sir. Age has its benefits. The signing of Banksie went some way to healing the broken heart of a 9 year old kid after we sold my all time favourite John Ritchie the previous year. I think few of today's fans would realise how gutting it was when Ritchie was sold. It totally devastated many Stoke fans. You might be interested in this: www.amazon.co.uk/Shoot-football-magazine-RITCHIE-collectable/dp/B00FDX05EK
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