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Stan Bowles
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Gregory2Smith1
J'les aurai!
great player,isn't he hated by Sunderland fans
after Sunderland won the FA Cup in 1973 they had one more game at home to QPR
the FA Cup was put on display and I think a few QPR players had bets as to who could knock it over with the ball during the match
the QPR team that finished 2nd to Liverpool was a very good team & entertaining
after Sunderland won the FA Cup in 1973 they had one more game at home to QPR
the FA Cup was put on display and I think a few QPR players had bets as to who could knock it over with the ball during the match
the QPR team that finished 2nd to Liverpool was a very good team & entertaining
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Did he end up knocking it over?
Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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I think he did.
Shuggie
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Sad news. Pure genius that man. God given talent but smoked like a chimney, went on a daily round of pubs and bookies and stuck two fingers up to authority more than once. Womaniser as well by all accounts.
I wish I'd been him.
As they used to sing at QPR ...
Our friend Stan is a footballing man
And from the way he scores his gow-als
You know his name is Stanley Bowles
...
(Slade - My Friend Stan)
Manager Ernie Tagg (Crewe Manager 1964-71) once said: "If Stan could pass a betting shop like he can pass a football, he would be all right." Tagg even used to give Bowles' wages directly to his wife.
I wish I'd been him.
As they used to sing at QPR ...
Our friend Stan is a footballing man
And from the way he scores his gow-als
You know his name is Stanley Bowles
...
(Slade - My Friend Stan)
Manager Ernie Tagg (Crewe Manager 1964-71) once said: "If Stan could pass a betting shop like he can pass a football, he would be all right." Tagg even used to give Bowles' wages directly to his wife.
Robinjakarta
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Flair player in the mould of Rodney Marsh, who Manager Gordon Jago replaced with Bowles, who did even better in a great QPR team including Dave Thomas flying down the right, Don Givens down the left and Gerry Francis attacking midfield.
Captain Sensible
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Bowles was a superb player. Sublime. His book is s good read.
Saladpack Seagull
Just Shut Up and Paddle
Flawed genius; but with a talent like that you can forgive the flaws, which, after all, hurt nobody but him...
Leekbrookgull
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You know when you mention that side,plus Parkes in goal that was some side. Just look at the first goal against Liverpool if a Brazil or Italian side in their heyday had scored a goal like that you would never hear the end of it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgPNPpEeQvw
Gregory2Smith1
J'les aurai!
he won a tenner (reckon about 100 quid in today's money)
although Jago had been quoted as saying it was actually Tony Hazell
Gregory2Smith1
J'les aurai!
those where the days when you could name entire teams as the starting 11 was usually the same
Parkes in goal
Clement & Gillard fullbacks
Hollins,McLintock & Webb
Francis,Bowles,Leach
Thomas,Masson,Givens
should have won the league that year,lost a crucial game at Norwich 3-2
fair play to Liverpool,they were involved in a two legged UEFA Cup Final against Bruges
and had to go and win at Wolves which they did