Geoff Hurst
Well-Known Member
Sad news indeed a goalkeeping great who was a credit to the game
I started as a keeper and was overjoyed when I got a set of Gordon Banks goalie gloves as a birthday or maybe a Xmas present.Mine too. Undoubtedly one of the greats of the game. I always hated going in goals as a kid but when I had to I imagined I was him and instantly enjoyed being in goal.
I agree he was one of the best, if not THE best of his generation,Way way before my time, but any football fan worth his salt knows he was the greatest goalkeeper of his generation.
The save from Pele is legendary.
Sad news.
Before Keepers were appreciated, Brian Clough and Peter Shilton changed thatRIP Gordon Banks, best keeper in the world when I was growing up. Am I correct in remembering he only won one honour, a League Cup with Stoke? Regardless of that up there with the best of the best.
Can’t be many of the 66 team left now apart from Bobby Chartlon I think he will live foreverGoalkeeper sorted for team upstairs...RIP big lad.
Watched that happening, live. Honestly couldn't believe he'd managed to keep that out.
Quite a few still alive, both Charltons, Hurst, Hunt etc. Apart from Gordon Banks, those departed are Bobby Moore, Alan Ball and Ray Wilson.Can’t be many of the 66 team left now apart from Bobby Chartlon I think he will live forever
George Cohen the right back I believe died quite a few years ago.Quite a few still alive, both Charltons, Hurst, Hunt etc. Apart from Gordon Banks, those departed are Bobby Moore, Alan Ball and Ray Wilson.
Furthermore, I think Sir Alf took off Bobby Charlton which was an error.Sad news, the loss one of the truly great keepers of my youth who always came across as a good guy.
A winner of the WC in 66 and but for his illness on the day of the 70’s quarter final who knows. One thing for certain is the England would have progressed to the semi final had Bonetti not sold the jerseys and England were the only team to give Brazil a game in that tournament.
I was at Windsor that day. Seems like yesterday getting lifted over for an international !Very sad news. Banks must now be the 4th member of the England 1966 World Cup team to die. He was a magnificent keeper back in the day. Many in the game also thought that had Banks been in goal in the 1970 World Cup QF (he couldn't play due to 'food poisioning'!) they would not have lost 3 v 2 to West Germany after being 2 v 0 up. Peter Bonetti replaced him and he wasn't half as good.
I am not an England fan, and I am not much fond their media going on about 66 either but maybe they should retire the No 1 jersey in Bank's honour as the only World Cup winning England keeper. The English FA won't though. They even treated their World Cup winning captain, Bobby Moore abysmally. Moore should have had a knighthood and a job as an ambassador representing English football in the years after his retirement.
However, one minor point is when George Best cleverly kicked the ball into the net when Banks had thrown it up in the air to kick it upfield in the Northern Ireland v England match at Windsor Park in 1971, it was a perfectly good goal and Banks had made one his few mistakes!
He's way before my time but must have saw that clip 1000 times. I still can't quite work out how he keeps the ball out. Got to be one of the best saves ever recorded .
One of footballs iconic moments. Still possibly the greatest save ever. Rip Gordon
Certainly lost a FA cup final with Leicester in 1963 v Man Utd but don't think Stoke were in a FA cup final while he played, might be wrong . Greatest keeper in my lifetime.
Furthermore, I think Sir Alf took off Bobby Charlton which was an error.
Huge mistake by Sir Alf in retrospect. Charlton's withdrawal freed up Becekenbauer who scored the goal which turned the tide.Yes he did but they were two up and crusin’ at the time.
Yes a sad day.So sad RIP Gordon Banks.
The save from Pele’s header in Mexico ‘70 was the best I have seen. Still don’t know how he kept it out.
Agree....but what about the pass....sensational....that's all.....sensational.Everything in that clip eptomized World class football
The run …the cross …the header… the save!
Condolences to his fiends and family
No....FA cups.1972 League Cup Final mate, 2-1 win v Chelsea.
Huge mistake by Sir Alf in retrospect. Charlton's withdrawal freed up Becekenbauer who scored the goal which turned the tide.