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[Football] Gordon Banks RIP



zefarelly

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As a relative youngster, it was Clemence and Shilton, sometimes Corrigan as England keepers, Moseley, Steele at Brighton, when I was a lad, But Gordon Banks was always THE keeper, no one else came close.
 




Weststander

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zefarelly said:
As a relative youngster, it was Clemence and Shilton, sometimes Corrigan as England keepers, Moseley, Steele at Brighton, when I was a lad, But Gordon Banks was always THE keeper, no one else came close.
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Similar football timing for me. Peter Grummitt was the Albion’s goalkeeping god, I was lucky to see the very end of his career.
 


One Teddy Maybank

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Choked and saddened. I was ten in '66 and from then on, Banks was, for me, never surpassed by any of his successors in the England goal. I actually cried when I heard this sad news - his family must be devastated. RIP.
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Quite.

So sad, hadn’t realised he had cancer....

The penalty save against Stoke often gets forgotten. That was brilliant as well.


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Gregory2Smith1

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Weststander said:
Digressing, I went to an annual Albion dinner at the Brighton Centre about 12 years ago, where the guest speaker was George Cohen. All tables were sold, a big crowd. During George’s short talk, a lot of punters carried on talking and laughing. Dick Knight grabbed the mic and told the audience to show respect to an England legend.
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I think George Cohen went into the building game after he hung up his boots,I'm not sure,but I remember being on a site in the early 80's
I think he was a rep or something, this bloke said to me,do you know who that was? I said no and he replied that's George Cohen!
 


AmexRuislip

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This was taken with my father at Gatwick 1991/92, where Gatwick Rail Station won an award for best station saving on electricity, I also met the guy, what a gent and an honour.
 






Pickles

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AmexRuislip said:
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This was taken with my father at Gatwick 1991/92, where Gatwick Rail Station won an award for best station saving on electricity, I also met the guy, what a gent and an honour.
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He epitomised the adjective of class, in my opinion.
 






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