Has checked out aged 81 World Cup winner local lad and great goalkeeper RIP
No doubt rod will be along later claiming he put it up first
No doubt rod will be along later claiming he put it up first
yeah agree with that mr block fantastic goalkeeper r.i.p. gordonRidiculous that he was never given a knighthood,RIP GB, and thank you
the other brilliant save from gordon that i remember was against west ham in league cup semi at upton park in 72 penalty from geoff hurst that he blasted towards the top right hand corner and gordon tipped it over the bar fantastic save although the one from pele was unbelievable the way he not only saved the header but scooped it over the bar great memories of a great keeper and gentleman ?Simply the BEST.
I kept goal at school and in local leagues and there was only one man I wanted to emulate,
Still can't believe how he got that header from Pele over the bar.
read his autobiography a couple of years ago great read with great memories for our generationSlowly they go soon all will have left us. RIP Gordon. Take your place in the best English team in the heavens.
the other brilliant save from gordon that i remember was against west ham in league cup semi at upton park in 72 penalty from geoff hurst that he blasted towards the top right hand corner and gordon tipped it over the bar fantastic save although the one from pele was unbelievable the way he not only saved the header but scooped it over the bar great memories of a great keeper and gentleman ?
yeah thats the one unbelievable save think seamans save from peschi is the nearest to rival those 2This one SOB
I remember that one too SOB.. I will be re-reading his book over the next few days and he tries to describe exactly how he manages to flick it over the bar.the other brilliant save from gordon that i remember was against west ham in league cup semi at upton park in 72 penalty from geoff hurst that he blasted towards the top right hand corner and gordon tipped it over the bar fantastic save although the one from pele was unbelievable the way he not only saved the header but scooped it over the bar great memories of a great keeper and gentleman ?
yeah think he was knobbled for that quarter final tt mysterious food poisoning my a**e peter bonetti was a great keeper but a combination of gordon not being between the sticks and alfs decision to take bobby charlton off cost us that game all the kaiser did that game was follow charlton everywhere but ran the game after he came off would almost certainly been a brazil v england final otherwiseI remember that one too SOB.. I will be re-reading his book over the next few days and he tries to describe exactly how he manages to flick it over the bar.
Apparently he had practised stopping the shots/headers out there as the pitches had more bounce than he was used to.
Who know? We could well have had 2 Wold Cups had he played the 1/4 final in 1970.
Definitely nobbled.yeah think he was knobbled for that quarter final tt mysterious food poisoning my a**e peter bonetti was a great keeper but a combination of gordon not being between the sticks and alfs decision to take bobby charlton off cost us that game all the kaiser did that game was follow charlton everywhere but ran the game after he came off would almost certainly been a brazil v england final otherwise
oh tt stop reminding us lol ???Definitely nobbled.
As we know well, making substitutions when you're a couple of goals to the good can be very costly
Definitely nobbled.
As we know well, making substitutions when you're a couple of goals to the good can be very costly
It was a bit of a tap in SOB.oh tt stop reminding us lol ???
he played for stoke in the game after that old trafford match in 71 when we lost 3 - 2 at the lane got a feeling we were winning that game 2 - 1 but threw it away nowt changes eh ???It was a bit of a tap in SOB.
Didn't realise that Gordon was FIFA keeper of the year for 6 years, just read it in the Stir online.
RIP to the best Goalkeeper i've ever seen.His nephew used to go to some games wi us back in the day and the Banks family had a bookies shop in Catcliffe.I'd never want to cheapen a tribute to this legend Bully.All the players shudda been knighted that played in 66 in my view.RIP GORDON.UTCBHas checked out aged 81 World Cup winner local lad and great goalkeeper RIP
No doubt rod will be along later claiming he put it up first