Just heard Englad World Cup winning goalkeeper has passed away.
A good innings or not a great goal keeper RIP
Sad News....The Best IMO....RIP
Very sad news. A wonderful goalkeeper. Will we ever forget that save v Pele in 1970? RIP Gordon.
Quote from: f321ffc on February 12, 2019, 09:54:18 AM
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
Quote from: bog on February 12, 2019, 10:13:22 AM
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
Every keeper has the odd dodgy game but Banksie didn't have many lt was his positioning that was so good
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.
Another true great gone. RIP Gordon
yet another of our World Cup heroes gone, brilliant keeper, RIP 9739.gif
RIP Gordon Banks. Not many of the ´66 left.
Even better Tony Macedo. RIP Gordon
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Quote from: grandad on February 12, 2019, 11:33:27 AM
RIP Gordon Banks. Not many of the ´66 left.
Grandad - only 4 have gone I think. Still a large number surviving
Very sad news, a great goalkeeper and a true professional!
Quote from: SG on February 12, 2019, 04:10:37 PM
Quote from: grandad on February 12, 2019, 11:33:27 AM
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.
A legend, a great keeper and one of football's gentlemen.
RIP Gordon Banks.
Never get tired of watching THAT save against Pele.
Very sad news.
Another real legend gone :(
RIP
In the 60's my friend and I were both keepers in our school teams and we called ourselves Yashin and Banks, unfortunately he took Banks, so I wore a black kit. Saw him in an exhibition match in the 70's over here, still remember a brilliant point blank save he made. A great keeper but an even greater man.
Gordon Banks was my hero as a youngster, i wanted to be him and was why i wanted to be a goalkeeper as a kid.
My nan knitted me a yellow keepers top and i wrote a letter to him when he was in hospital after he car crash.
Best thing was that in 2008 we were in Disney world and i saw him, felt bad about interupting his holiday but promptly took my daughters disney autograph book and got his autograph with a handshake from him.
The autograph book reads goofy, donald duck, belle, mickey mouse, snow white, Gordon Banks and Cinderella. 😁
Gordon Banks retired before I was watching football. So were many great players. But what a sad day. One of the class of 1966, and, a gent by all accounts. Anything else football wise passes into insignificance for a while.
Our own George Cohen is one of the few heroes of 66 left. They never really got the recognition, and certainly the status and rewards that their great achievement deserved.
Banksy was certainly a great keeper, one of he best ever, and modest and assuming like all those players of that era -football has changed a lot, and not always for the best!
RIP
Will be sadly missed RIP Gordon.
