RIP Gordon Banks

[f321ffc]

Just heard Englad World Cup winning goalkeeper has passed away.

[Andy S]

A good innings or not a great goal keeper RIP

[Mince n Tatties]

Sad News....The Best IMO....RIP

[bog]

Very sad news. A wonderful goalkeeper. Will we ever forget that save v Pele in 1970? RIP Gordon.

[Tonywa]

Just heard Englad World Cup winning goalkeeper has passed away.

He was a great, great keeper as is proved by his international career, however as a kid I can recall him having several distinctly dodgy games at the Cottage. RIP

[SG]

Very sad news. A wonderful goalkeeper. Will we ever forget that save v Pele in 1970? RIP Gordon.

Will never forget it, can even remember exactly where I was watching the game. A true gentleman and a real legend

[Andy S]

Every keeper has the odd dodgy game but Banksie didn't have many lt was his positioning that was so good

[Woolly Mammoth]

Absolutely Magnificent Goalkeeper, the best, made goalkeeping look easy. His positioning was sublime, and that save in 1970 from Pele, bordered on the miraculous.
In those days there was no protection for Goalkeepers like today, where now you only have to breath on a keeper and he his rolling over holding his wallet.
What a bunch of spoilt pansies many footballers are today.
Rest in Peace Gordon, they don't make them like you anymore.

[Cambridge Pete]

Another true great gone. RIP Gordon

[WhiteJC]

yet another of our World Cup heroes gone, brilliant keeper, RIP  9739.gif

[grandad]

RIP Gordon Banks. Not many of the ´66 left.

[Peabody]

Even better Tony Macedo. RIP Gordon

[Twig]

The word legend is much overused but if ever there was a legend of the game Gordon Banks was one. RIP Gordon Banks, you made the art of goalkeeping look deceptively simple.

[HV71]

Wonderful goalkeeper and the definition of ' safe hands' . The man was a giant in that World Cup winning team and a true gentleman off the pitch RIP

[F(f)CUK]

When I was a kid, I used to say that I supported Stoke City.  The reason being that I was told Gordon Banks was the greatest goalkeeper in the world and he played for Stoke.  He was my hero as a kid.  As a 9 year old my school had a trip to Chessington Zoo.  Most of my classmates were in one train carriage, but I was in another with a couple of friends.  All my classmates in that other carriage got off the train with Gordon Banks' autograph.  I was totally gutted that I had missed meeting my hero.  RIP Gordon.

[toshes mate]

Echo all the tributes to Gordon Banks, that save of all time from Pele, and one of the most gifted keepers ever to have played in England.  RIP.

[Fernhurst]

Very sad news .... Condolences to his family and many friends.

All the 66 squad feel like special  members  of the old sods army as they were young when we were young.
Rest In Peace Gordon, so much respect from so many people.

[SG]

RIP Gordon Banks. Not many of the ´66 left.

Grandad - only 4 have gone I think. Still a large number surviving

[davew]

Very sad news, a great goalkeeper and a true professional!

[davew]

RIP Gordon Banks. Not many of the ´66 left.

Grandad - only 4 have gone I think. Still a large number surviving

Correct 4, Bobby Moore, Alan Ball, Ray Wilson and Banks'y.