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Post by insideright on Feb 12, 2023 18:20:42 GMT
4 years today since the passing of Sir Gordon Banks. RIP Legend!
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Feb 12, 2023 18:26:02 GMT
Th3 first love of my life. My very first and last hero a true giant of football . Colossus of stoke city and a absolute gentleman to meet later in life .
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Post by Bagwash on Feb 12, 2023 19:50:33 GMT
Echo above post by Benji except unfortunately I never got the chance to meet the great man.
My all time sporting hero.
RIP Sir Gordon.
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Post by Gods on Feb 12, 2023 20:18:43 GMT
I always remember newspaper headlines.
One was "As safe as the Banks of England"
He was the best goalkeeper in the world and he played for Stoke City.
It just seemed ridiculous to me as a 10 year old.
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Post by iglugluk on Feb 12, 2023 20:19:23 GMT
A genuine legend from an era where shameless self-promotion wasn't rewarded.
RIP.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 12, 2023 21:04:09 GMT
What a great man and goalkeeper. That is all
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Post by Malcolm Clarke on Feb 13, 2023 8:23:57 GMT
My favourite GB story, told to me by Terry Conroy, was after the "Marvellous" film came out, Nello, as he often does, joined the Stoke old boys for a coffee before and after their weekly walk at Trentham. He was sitting next to Gordon when a lady came up and asked if she could have a selfie. Gordon said "of course" but she said, " I didn't mean you, I meant Mr.Baldwin". Such was Gordon's instinctive humility that he just replied "Oh, I'm really sorry, would you like me to take it ?" which he did. TC said she went happily on her way without realising that her photo had been taken by the one of the world's greatest ever goalkeepers !
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Feb 13, 2023 10:12:23 GMT
My favourite GB story, told to me by Terry Conroy, was after the "Marvellous" film came out, Nello, as he often does, joined the Stoke old boys for a coffee before and after their weekly walk at Trentham. He was sitting next to Gordon when a lady came up and asked if she could have a selfie. Gordon said "of course" but she said, " I didn't mean you, I meant Mr.Baldwin". Such was Gordon's instinctive humility that he just replied "Oh, I'm really sorry, would you like me to take it ?" which he did. TC said she went happily on her way without realising that her photo had been taken by the one of the world's greatest ever goalkeepers ! Absolute classic |
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Post by elystokie on Oct 21, 2024 12:25:51 GMT
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Post by flea79 on Oct 21, 2024 12:58:24 GMT
a true gentleman and sadly never got the gong he deserved
it galls me when i saw the way that Maradonna was held up like a saint when he died, he was a cheating drug abusing scumbag, i know who i would rather young miss flea79 looked up too and aspired to be like in the future! (throw other players of that ilk into the good egg mix too, Sir Stan, Pele etc etc)
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Oct 21, 2024 13:07:48 GMT
a true gentleman and sadly never got the gong he deserved it galls me when i saw the way that Maradonna was held up like a saint when he died, he was a cheating drug abusing scumbag, i know who i would rather young miss flea79 looked up too and aspired to be like in the future! (throw other players of that ilk into the good egg mix too, Sir Stan, Pele etc etc) Maradona was arguably the greatest player ever. Drugs didn't make him a genius of a player. Could watch him all day Many people hold Gascoigne in such high regards in England. Was he much better? Certainly not on the same planet football wise I found a copy if Banks' book a few weeks ago signed by him and the author, another great guy and a cheeky note to my Mum mocking her local football team. Didn't Rob used to post on here? Came to the races with Gordon and his wife one day with us and TC and his family . Was good fun . I think was the day we signed Darel Russel and Keith Andrews |
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Post by flea79 on Oct 21, 2024 13:12:04 GMT
a true gentleman and sadly never got the gong he deserved it galls me when i saw the way that Maradonna was held up like a saint when he died, he was a cheating drug abusing scumbag, i know who i would rather young miss flea79 looked up too and aspired to be like in the future! (throw other players of that ilk into the good egg mix too, Sir Stan, Pele etc etc) Maradona was arguably the greatest player ever. Drugs didn't make him a genius of a player. Could watch him all day Many people hold Gascoigne in such high regards in England. Was he much better? Certainly not on the same planet football wise I found a copy if Banks' book a few weeks ago signed by him and the author, another great guy and a cheeky note to my Mum mocking her local football team. Didn't Rob used to post on here? Came to the races with Gordon and his wife one day with us and TC and his family . Was good fun . I think was the day we signed Darel Russel and Keith Andrews he was a genius player yes, but he was a terrible example to the kids on the pitch, in a similar vein to Gazza and to a certain extent Georgie Best, to my memory i never saw any footage of either of them handballing a goal into the net celebrating it then proceeding to rub our noses in it for the rest of their lives! anyway i digress Banks deserved a knighthood but we know he didnt really need one, he was Sir Gordon to us |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Oct 21, 2024 13:19:01 GMT
Maradona was arguably the greatest player ever. Drugs didn't make him a genius of a player. Could watch him all day Many people hold Gascoigne in such high regards in England. Was he much better? Certainly not on the same planet football wise I found a copy if Banks' book a few weeks ago signed by him and the author, another great guy and a cheeky note to my Mum mocking her local football team. Didn't Rob used to post on here? Came to the races with Gordon and his wife one day with us and TC and his family . Was good fun . I think was the day we signed Darel Russel and Keith Andrews he was a genius player yes, but he was a terrible example to the kids on the pitch, in a similar vein to Gazza and to a certain extent Georgie Best, to my memory i never saw any footage of either of them handballing a goal into the net celebrating it then proceeding to rub our noses in it for the rest of their lives! anyway i digress Banks deserved a knighthood but we know he didnt really need one, he was Sir Gordon to us Dennis Wise once scored for England in Turkey with his hand and England won 1-0 in a qualifying game. Poor old Turkey He celebrated and Turkey were out |
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Post by flea79 on Oct 21, 2024 13:23:17 GMT
he was a genius player yes, but he was a terrible example to the kids on the pitch, in a similar vein to Gazza and to a certain extent Georgie Best, to my memory i never saw any footage of either of them handballing a goal into the net celebrating it then proceeding to rub our noses in it for the rest of their lives! anyway i digress Banks deserved a knighthood but we know he didnt really need one, he was Sir Gordon to us Dennis Wise once scored for England in Turkey with his hand and England won 1-0 in a qualifying game. Poor old Turkey He celebrated and Turkey were out ok smart arse!  Love too Sir Gordon! |
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Post by redstriper on Oct 21, 2024 13:56:12 GMT
he was a genius player yes, but he was a terrible example to the kids on the pitch, in a similar vein to Gazza and to a certain extent Georgie Best, to my memory i never saw any footage of either of them handballing a goal into the net celebrating it then proceeding to rub our noses in it for the rest of their lives! anyway i digress Banks deserved a knighthood but we know he didnt really need one, he was Sir Gordon to us Dennis Wise once scored for England in Turkey with his hand and England won 1-0 in a qualifying game. Poor old Turkey He celebrated and Turkey were out I don't think Dennis was so fucking arrogant and disrespectful to suggest it was "the hand of god" though was he ? |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Oct 21, 2024 14:55:08 GMT
Dennis Wise once scored for England in Turkey with his hand and England won 1-0 in a qualifying game. Poor old Turkey He celebrated and Turkey were out I don't think Dennis was so fucking arrogant and disrespectful to suggest it was "the hand of god" though was he ? Doesn't alter the fact that one was hardly mentioned and Maradona a cheat . I understand they weren't as high profile The physical abuse Maradona took that day never gets a mention either |
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