Wretched Vengeance
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Sad news.
True icon of the sport.
RIP
True icon of the sport.
RIP
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R.I.P Gordon Banks
- Thread starter Bozzie
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gordondaviesmoustache
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Probably best you don’t turn the TV on for a few days.Very sorry to hear about this. He was a great keeper.
tbh, I am sick of hearing about that "save", it was good but nothing special.
RIP.
bornblueegg
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Sorry guys lost connection.....
nmc
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Bumped into him at Euston station a couple of years ago. His wife had been taken I’ll and he was trying to get home in a hurry. He had a pre booked ticket and Virgin Trains were fucking him over. He was really distressed. I travelled with him as far as Crewe - once he had waited an hour for his train!. He was a lovely humble man. I wrote to Virgin Trains that night to tell them how disgusted I was at the way they’d upset him. They promised to contact him and apologise- I’ve no idea if they did. Rest in peace you legend.
nmc
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Probably best you don’t turn the TV on for a few days.
RIP.
The sort of save that was routine for Dibble, Margetson et al.
marco
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didnt see this one coming,TBH did not know he had hit 81,true gent and great keeper
Prestwich_Blue
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The bastard cost us a league title with an incredible display for Stoke at Maine Road in the 1971/2 season. Always in the right place at the right time and therefore rarely needed to make a flashy save, unlike Bonetti. And if Joe Mercer hadn't tried to be clever and drive down the price when he left Leicester, he'd have been playing for us instead.
Also a friend of mine who used to be part of our little travelling party to away games lost an eye in an accident and Gordon got in touch with him. A class act all round. RIP.
Also a friend of mine who used to be part of our little travelling party to away games lost an eye in an accident and Gordon got in touch with him. A class act all round. RIP.
lancs blue
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Great keeper, I still think he cost us the title in 71/72 with his performance for Stoke at Maine Rd, he made some excellent saves, one double save from Frannie Lee was quite incredible.
Always came across as a decent man, a shame that his career was cut short by the eye injury.
RIP
Edit - beat me to it PB!
Always came across as a decent man, a shame that his career was cut short by the eye injury.
RIP
Edit - beat me to it PB!
Magicpole
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Another of the 66 heroes leaves us, the wonderful save he made from Pele will live in the memory
RiP Gordon Commiserations to family and friends
What a save and what a keeper. A legend. RIP.
blue b4 the moon
Well-Known Member
I too was at that 71/72 game, shame his career was blighted by that car crash.
RIP Gordon, the only English WC winning keeper i think I'll ever see play in my lifetime.
RIP Gordon, the only English WC winning keeper i think I'll ever see play in my lifetime.