Stan Bowles RIP

Alan Hudson, a player of similar skill to Stan, and, like Stan, criminally underused by England, also liked a bet.

When I lived in Stoke, I was told that he was often in the pub, after training, on the phone to the bookies, placing large bets on several horses.
 
Cant remember the actual details but seem to remember he held a record for playing for england and the Crossroads in the sunday league...in the same week.
 
I was privileged (and that word is justified in this case) to see Stan play for City but his best years were undoubtedly with QPR. Supremely gifted, in my eyes better than Rodney Marsh. Criminally underused by England but when have England ever played such geniuses?
Probably as entertaining off the pitch as he was on it. He leaves behind many great memories and will never be forgotten by those who saw him.
RIP Stanley and condolences to his family.
 
Vienna_70 said:
Alan Hudson, a player of similar skill to Stan, and, like Stan, criminally underused by England, also liked a bet.

When I lived in Stoke, I was told that he was often in the pub, after training, on the phone to the bookies, placing large bets on several horses.
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Read his autobiography if you can get hold of a copy, it's ace (the Sunderland FA Cup story springs to mind).

Once asked a ref, ‘What would you do if I called you a c**t?’
Ref: ’Obviously, I’d send you off.’
Stan: ‘What would you do if I thought you were a c**t?’
Ref: ‘I wouldn’t be able to do anything about that.’
Stan: ‘Well.. I think you’re a c**t’.

RIP Stan
 
Anyone remember an obscure incident when City played QPR at Loftus Rd in the 70s. There was a little bit of a heated argument in the middle of the pitch when out of nowhere Willie Donachie comes from behind and leapfrogs over Stan.
 
Great bloke. I last saw him in my cousins funeral. We were in the wake in Woodhouses and he was panicking because there wasnt a bookies nearby and he had to go into Failsworth. Taxi was late and he missed the race
 
Keith Moon said:
RIP Stan. He was Kiddos best friend back in the days.
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I vaguely remember reading Stan & Brian were sent off for fighting in a Manchester Derby.
Can anybody remember this and provide more details ?
I'm assuming Kiddo would have gone to a Catholic school and Stan ?
They may have been rivals at schoolboy level and played against each other growing up ?
 
Stan, Frank Worthington, Tony Currey and Alan Hudson.

All brilliantly skilful players, none of whom played for England as many times as they should have.

There was, and still is, something seriously flawed in the way the national team treats its most gifted players, as seen with the Waistcoat's treatment of one, Philip Walter Foden.
 
It may be the Mail but great article from 15 years ago about Stan, the FA cup and nearly causing a riot at Roker Park in May 1973.

EXCLUSIVE: Stan Bowles doesn't care who goes down... as long as it's Sunderland

He sparked a riot after denting their FA Cup in 1973 and became the most hated man in Sunderland. Any regrets? No, Stan Bowles hopes they get relegated. Sportsmail reporter Ivan Speck discovers that the Seventies idol has lost none of his mischievous charm in the 30 years since football took...
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
 
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