| Gordon Banks | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Gordon Banks | |
| Date of birth | 30 December 1937 | |
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland 83 m) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1955-1959 1959-1966 1966-1972 1967 1977 1977-1978 |
Chesterfield Leicester City Stoke City →Cleveland Stokers St Patrick's Athletic Fort Lauderdale Strikers |
23 (0) 293 (0) 194 (0) 12 (0) 1 (0) 39 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1963-1972 | England | 73 (0) |
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Gordon Banks, OBE (born 30 December 1937 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is a former English footballer, elected in a poll by the IFFHS as the second best goalkeeper of the 20th Century - after Lev Yashin (1st) and before Dino Zoff (3rd). The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England Divisions and environs South Yorkshire is divided into four local government districts they are the City of Sheffield, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS is an organization that chronicles the history of football. In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Лев Ива́нович Я́шин (22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990 was a Russian Soviet football goalkeeper, considered by many to be Dino Zoff (born February 28, 1942 in Mariano del Friuli) is an Italian former football Goalkeeper and is the oldest winner [1]
Banks was a member of the England national team that won the 1966 World Cup. The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup was held in England from 11 July to 30 July Banks was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. The FIFA 100 is a list of the world-renowned Brazilian striker Pelé 's choice of the "greatest living footballers" "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
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Early years
Banks, born in Sheffield, was a careful student of goalkeepers during childhood. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England Banks played in local colliery football as a boy and was offered an apprenticeship by Chesterfield after initially going to work as a coal bagger and then as a bricklayer on leaving school. Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining. Apprenticeship is a system of Training a new generation of practitioners of a skill Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. A bricklayer or mason is a Tradesman who lays bricks to construct Brickwork.
After performances in the youth and A teams gained him promotion to the reserves, Banks was posted to Germany with the Royal Signals on National Service, winning the Rhine Cup with his regimental team. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. "National Service" redirects here For national service in other countries see National service. On his return he was offered a full-time contract by the Chesterfield manager, Ted Davison.
He reached the two-legged final of the FA Youth Cup with Chesterfield in 1956, losing 4-3 on aggregate to the Manchester United team of the famous Busby Babes. The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under-18 sides Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Alexander Matthew "Matt" Busby CBE KCSG (26 May 1909 – 20 January 1994 was a Scottish football player and manager most noted He made his debut for the first team at home in November 1958 against Colchester United in the newly formed Third Division. He played just 23 games for the club before First Division Leicester City offered Chesterfield 7,000 pounds in the summer of 1959. PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency
Banks' career started to rise rapidly from this point. After 4 games for the reserves, he replaced the injured Dave McLaren for his Leicester City debut in a 1-1 draw against Blackpool on 9 September 1959 and retained his place for the 2-0 defeat against Newcastle 3 days later. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. With McLaren fit again, Banks was sent back to the reserves but, after the first team conceded 14 goals in the next 5 games, he was recalled and became the first-choice goalie for the remainder of the season.
In 1961, Leicester City beat Sheffield United to reach the FA Cup final at Wembley, the first of three they would manage that decade. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the A decade is a period of 10 Years (since 1594 a factor of 10 difference between two numbers, or sometimes a set or a group of ten (since 1451 Their opponents were Tottenham Hotspur, who were a cut above everyone else having won the First Division title with ease and style. Tottenham Hotspur, ˈtɒʔnəm is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League. The Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League between 1993 and 2004 and the highest division of English football overall between Banks played well, but with the right back Len Chalmers carrying an injury, was powerless to prevent second half goals from Bobby Smith and Terry Dyson giving Spurs a 2-0 win and the first "double" of the 20th century. Robert Alfred Smith (born 22 February 1933, Lingdale, North Yorkshire, England) was an English footballer Terry Dyson (born 29 November 1934 in Malton, North Yorkshire, England) is a retired footballer.
At the time, Ron Springett was the goalkeeper for England, but after the 1962 World Cup in Chile, a new coach was appointed in former England right back Alf Ramsey. Ronald Springett (b 22 July, 1935) was a football Goalkeeper for Sheffield Wednesday, QPR and England. The 1962 FIFA World Cup, the seventh staging of the World Cup was held in Chile from May 30 to June 17. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Sir Alfred Ernest 'Alf' Ramsey (22 January 1920 &ndash 28 April 1999 was a footballer and manager of the English national football team from 1963 to 1974 Ramsey demanded sole control of team and began looking towards the next World Cup. He knew that he just needed to find a squad for the final stages as England were hosting the event and didn't need to undergo a qualifying campaign. In goal, Banks was checked out by Ramsey for the first time in April 1963 against Scotland at Wembley. The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Though England lost 2-1, Banks gained plaudits and Ramsey was pleased with his performance. He played in 13 of the next 15 internationals, including a 1-1 draw against Brazil.
Meanwhile, a month after his international bow, Banks was back at Wembley with Leicester for another FA Cup final, this time against Manchester United. United were looking for their first trophy since the Munich air disaster of five years earlier which had claimed the lives of eight of the Busby Babes whom Banks had faced as an adolescent. The Munich air disaster took place on 6 February 1958 when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a Slush -covered runway at Munich-Riem Banks failed to hold a Bobby Charlton shot from distance which gave a chance to David Herd. Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton, CBE (born 11 October 1937 in Ashington, Northumberland) is a former English Professional David George Herd (born 15 April 1934 in Hamilton) is a Scottish former football player the son of former Manchester City player Alec After that things got worse for England's newest keeper, when Denis Law wrongfooted Banks with a smart shot on the turn to put United 2-0 ahead. Denis After Leicester had pulled one back through a diving header from Ken Keyworth, Banks leapt high in the air to claim a high cross from Johnny Giles, only to drop the ball at Herd's feet. Johnny Giles (born 6 November 1940 in Dublin) is an Irish former Association football midfielder who played for Leeds United in the 1960s Herd scored his second to conclude a 3-1 win.
In 1964, Banks had some domestic success when Leicester beat Stoke City 4-3 in the League Cup final over two legs, though they lost the trophy a year later after a 3-2 defeat by Chelsea on aggregate in the final. Stoke City Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition The 1965 Football League Cup Final, the fifth to be staged since the competition's inception was contested between Leicester City and Chelsea over two legs
The 1966 World Cup
By 1965, Banks was indisputably the first-choice England goalkeeper. He was settling into the form of his life which would last for the next seven years; agile and alert, he was frequently seen making amazing reflex saves and possessed flawless positional sense and reading of attackers' movements and instincts.
When the World Cup began, Banks was in goal as England got through their group containing Uruguay, Mexico and France, drawing 0-0 with the former and clinching 2-0 victories over the latter. The Uruguay national football team is controlled by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol. The Mexican national football team is controlled by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol and represents Mexico in international football competition The French national football team represents the nation of France in international football. Banks wasn't greatly tested, but it was hugely encouraging that he emerged from the group with three clean sheets from three games, a trend that continued when England beat a physical Argentina side 1-0 in the last eight, with Geoff Hurst scoring with a header. The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst, MBE (born 8 December 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) is a former footballer of
Bobby Charlton scored twice in the semi final against Portugal before a late penalty was conceded by Jack Charlton handling the ball. Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton, CBE (born 11 October 1937 in Ashington, Northumberland) is a former English Professional The Portugal national football team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF finishing 4th at the last World Cup. John "Jack" Charlton, OBE, DL (born Ashington, Northumberland, 8 May 1935) is a former Footballer Banks was finally beaten after 43 minutes when Eusébio put away the spot kick to his right. Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, GCIH, GCM ( pron eu'zɛbiʊ dɐ 'siɫvɐ fɨ'ʁɐiɾɐ (born January 25, 1942 in That said, England had won 2-1 and were in the final, where West Germany awaited. The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since
It was England who dominated the final but it was Banks who was beaten first. A weak header from Ray Wilson handed a chance to Helmut Haller whose shot wasn't fierce but was on target and needed dealing with. Ramon (Ray Wilson MBE (born 17 December 1934) was a footballer who played at left back Helmut Haller (born July 21, 1939 in Augsburg, Germany) was a footballer who represented West Germany at three World Banks thought Jack Charlton was going to clear; Charlton in turn thought Banks had it covered. Neither went for it as a result, and the ball crept in the corner. England equalised through a Geoff Hurst header within six minutes and went ahead late in the second half through Martin Peters. Martin Stanford Peters MBE, (born 8 November 1943 in Plaistow, London) was a football player and member of the victorious
Banks had little to do during the second half but his known powers of concentration were required when Jack Charlton gave away a dubious free kick 30 yards from goal. Banks duly organised a defensive wall and got into position. Lothar Emmerich slammed the ball into the wall, the ball ricocheted across goal and Banks struggled to follow it across his six yard box, such was the speed and unpredictability of its movement as it took deflections and swipes. Lothar "Emma" Emmerich ( 29 November 1941 &ndash 13 August 2003) was a German Football (soccer player Ultimately German defender Wolfgang Weber reached it at the far post and swept it into the net with Banks diving in vain to get his palms to the ball. The final whistle went seconds later to send the game into extra time.
England took the lead in extra time with that hotly debated second goal from Hurst. Banks not troubled again until the final minute, when he saved a shot from Siggy Held and moments later could only watch as Uwe Seeler lunged for the ball and missed. Hurst then scored his hat-trick goal and the game was over. Gordon Banks had 33 England caps and was a world champion. But his career at club level was shortly to take an interesting and unexpected turn.
1966-1970
Coming through the ranks at Leicester City was a young local goalkeeper called Peter Shilton, who was given his debut as a 17-year-old in 1966. Peter Leslie Shilton, OBE (born Leicester, England, 18 September 1949) is a former football goalkeeper who holds the It was clear that Shilton was something special, yet the man he had to displace was now regarded as the world's number one goalkeeper. When Shilton told Leicester he wouldn't sign a professional contract unless he was guaranteed first team football, Banks found himself available for transfer, just a year after winning the World Cup.
Banks joined Stoke City and maintained his England place, while Shilton lost in Leicester's third FA Cup final of the 1960s (the 1969 game against Manchester City) and began to make his name. TalkManchester City FC before changing verbs to singular --> Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club Ramsey gave the odd chance to Chelsea keeper Peter Bonetti, Everton's Gordon West and Manchester United's Alex Stepney, but when the big games came along, it was only Banks. Peter Phillip Bonetti (born 27 September 1941 in Putney, London of Swiss parents from Canton Ticino) was a football Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. Gordon West (born April 24, 1943 in Darfield South Yorkshire) is a former English footballer. Alexander Cyril Stepney (born 18 September 1942 in Mitcham, Surrey) was an English football player who was Manchester United 's During this time, Gordon Banks moved to Madeley, Staffordshire. Madeley is a Village and ward in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Staffordshire, England. In one of the more bizarre episodes in football history, in 1967, Banks played a season for the Cleveland Stokers of the American United Soccer Association (USA). The Cleveland Stokers were a Soccer team based out of Cleveland Ohio that played in the United Soccer Association during 1967 and the North American The United Soccer Association is a former professional soccer league featuring teams from the United States and Canada. The USA was a short lived attempt to build a first division U. S. league by importing clubs from around the world to play as U. S. teams. The Stokers, with Banks, came to the U. S. where it played in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state The Stokers ran to a 5-4-3 record.
England reached the last four of the 1968 European Championships where they lost to Yugoslavia in Florence. The 1968 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Italy. The Yugoslavia national football team refers to the national football team that represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1920-1941 and the Socialist Federal Republic Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany A year later, Banks picked up his 50th cap as England defeated Scotland 4-1 at Wembley. He played in nine more internationals prior to the start of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, for which England once again had not needed to qualify, this time owing to their status as holders. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.
Banks, who discovered just after arriving in Mexico that he had been awarded the OBE, played his 60th England game in the opening group victory over Romania before taking to the field for the keenly-awaited clash with Brazil. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Romania national football team is the national football team of Romania and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation. The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF that represents Brazil in international After just ten minutes, Banks wrote himself into football folklore.
The 1970 save against Pelé
Playing at pace, Brazil were putting England under enormous pressure and an attack was begun by captain Carlos Alberto who sent a fizzing low ball down the right flank for the speedy Jairzinho to latch on to. See Carlos Alberto for other football players. Carlos Alberto Torres (born July 17, 1944, Rio de Janeiro Jairzinho, birth name Jair Ventura Filho, (born December 25 1944) is a former Brazilian footballer. The Brazilian winger sped past left back Terry Cooper and reached the byline. Terence "Terry" Cooper (born 12 July 1944 is an English former football player and manager born in Knottingley, Yorkshire, England Stretching slightly, he managed to get his toes underneath the fast ball and deliver a high but dipping cross towards the far post. Banks, like all goalkeepers reliant on positional sensibility, had been at the near post and suddenly had to turn on his heels and follow the ball to its back post destination.
Waiting for the ball was Pelé, who had arrived at speed and with perfect timing. He leapt hard at the ball above England right back Tommy Wright and thundered a harsh, pacy downward header towards Banks' near post corner. Thomas James (Tommy Wright (born 21 October 1944 in Liverpool) is a former footballer. The striker, the world's greatest, shouted "Goal!" as he connected with the ball. Banks was still making his way across the line from Jairzinho's cross and in the split-second of assessment the incident allowed, it seemed impossible for him to get to the ball. He also had to dive slightly backwards and down at the same time which is almost physically impossible. Yet he hurled himself downwards and backwards and got the base of his thumb to the ball, with the momentum sending him cascading to the ground. It was only when he heard the applause and praise of captain Bobby Moore and then looked up and saw the ball trundling towards the advertising hoardings at the far corner, that he realised he'd managed to divert the ball over the bar - he'd known he got a touch but still assumed the ball had gone in. Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE (12 April 1941 - 24 February 1993 was an English footballer. Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand England were not being well received by the locals after cutting comments made about Mexico prior to the tournament by Ramsey, but spontaneous applause rang around the Guadalajara, Jalisco stadium as Banks got back into position to defend the resulting corner. Guadalajara (ˌgwɑːdləˈhɑːrə Spanish pronunciation) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality Pelé, who'd begun to celebrate a goal when he headed the ball, would later describe the save as the greatest he'd ever seen.
Brazil still won 1-0 - Jairzinho guided a shot past Banks in the second half - but England missed chances to get something, with Jeff Astle infamously putting the ball wide of an open goal and Alan Ball striking the crossbar. Jeffrey (Jeff Astle ( 13 May 1942 &ndash 19 January 2002) was an English footballer. Alan James Ball Jr, MBE (12 May 1945 &ndash 25 April 2007 was an English professional footballer and football club manager England ultimately joined Brazil in the last eight after a win in the final group game against Czechoslovakia. The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national football team of Czechoslovakia, before the country was split into the Czech Republic The reward was a rematch of the 1966 final against West Germany.
England vs West Germany 1970
The day before the game Banks and England's hopes of making further inroads into the World Cup were dented when he started to complain of an upset stomach. He subsequently spent long periods in the bathroom and despite rest and medication, he did not seem to be recovering in time. A bathroom is a room that may have different functions depending on the cultural context But on the day of the game, he offered a glimmer of hope to Ramsey when he said he felt better and asked for a fitness test. He caught a few balls and did some short sprints but something was not right and Ramsey decided he couldn't risk him. Peter Bonetti was summoned to take his place. Peter Phillip Bonetti (born 27 September 1941 in Putney, London of Swiss parents from Canton Ticino) was a football The overheard remark by Ramsey after Banks' absence from the game was confirmed as: "Of all the players to lose, we had to lose him. "
Bonetti played fine for an hour and England went into a commanding 2-0 lead, with Peters scoring against the Germans again after Alan Mullery had put the defending champions ahead. Alan Patrick Mullery MBE (born 23 November 1941, Notting Hill, London) is a former English football player and Franz Beckenbauer then hit a low shot under the body of Bonetti, who had been slow to react. Franz Anton Beckenbauer (born September 11, 1945) is a German football coach manager and former player nicknamed der Kaiser Beckenbauer would later claim that he would not have scored had Banks been the goalkeeper.
The Germans had hope now, especially when Beckenbauer became more liberated in the game with Ramsey's decision to substitute Bobby Charlton. In the last ten minutes, veteran striker Uwe Seeler looped a back header over Bonetti to take the game into extra time; then Gerd Müller smashed home the winner in the added period. Uwe Seeler (born November 5 1936 in Hamburg) is a former German football official and retired football player Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (German ˈgɛʀt ˈmʏlɐ born November 3, 1945 in Nördlingen) is a former (West German football
Conspiracies began to surface that Banks had been "nobbled" by someone in England's hotel and that his food had been somehow spiked. A conspiracy theory attributes the ultimate cause of an event or chain of events (usually Political, Social or Historical events or the concealment This was dismissed by Banks, who watched the game on his hotel TV and saw England go 2-0 ahead. After another visit to the bathroom, he returned to his bed and, feeling rough and sleepy, switched off his TV set to take a nap, assuming the match was won. He was woken by his second understudy, Stepney, who came to his room to signal the devastating final score with his fingers. West Germany had beaten England 3-2.
England's No. 1 (1970-1972)
Banks did not play in England's first game after the World Cup, with Ramsey electing to give his old understudy Shilton a debut against East Germany at Wembley. 1|-| colspan=3|1 as United Team of Germany The East Germany national football team was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of the This would be a sign of things to come, but not for a little while. Banks would play in ten of the next 12 internationals as England tried to qualify for the 1972 European Championships but lost yet again to West Germany prior to the finals stage. The 1972 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Belgium. During this period, Banks was also involved in a notorious incident with Manchester United's George Best who, while playing against England for Northern Ireland, flicked the ball out of Banks' hands and headed it into the net as the protesting goalkeeper chased him. George Best (22 May 1946 &ndash 25 November 2005 was a Northern Irish professional football player best known for his years with Manchester United. The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international football. The goal was disallowed for ungentlemanly conduct and England won 1-0, but Banks was left feeling rather embarrassed.
At club level, Banks came up with his second most famous save when spectacularly palming a vicious penalty from his England team-mate Hurst over the crossbar as Stoke defeated West Ham United in the semi final of the 1972 League Cup. } West Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London, who have played Banks duly reached his third League Cup final and won it for the second time, when Stoke beat Chelsea 2-1 at Wembley. Having lost two FA Cup finals, Banks' attempts to be luckier with Stoke in the competition fell agonisingly short as Arsenal beat them in the semi finals of both the 1971 and 1972 competitions. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar.
Banks played his 73rd England game in a 1-0 win over Scotland at Hampden Park on 27th May 1972 and was awarded the Football Writers' Association Footballer Of The Year honour. Hampden Park in Glasgow is Scotland 's National stadium. Its primary use is as the home to Queen's Park F Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed The Football Writers' Association (the FWA) is an association of England football journalists and correspondents writing for newspapers and agencies founded in He was 34-years-old and at the peak of his abilities and powers. He began the next season with Stoke in his usual unflappable manner, but then his top-flight career would be suddenly and violently brought to an end.
A new life
On 22 October 1972, while driving home from a session with the Stoke physiotherapist, Banks lost control of his car which ended up in a ditch. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He lost consciousness and was rushed to hospital. When he came round, he was informed that though he had not suffered any life-threatening injury, he had lost the sight in his right eye. He considered trying to resume his career as a goalkeeper but even he had to accept that the loss of binocular vision was an obvious barrier to maintaining his goalkeeping livelihood. Binocular vision is vision in which both Eyes are used together Shilton became England's number one and it was he whom Stoke bought in 1974 as Banks' long-term replacement.
Banks went into scouting, managed non-league side Telford United and did some work on the commercial side of football. Telford United FC were an English football team based in Telford, Shropshire. In October 1977 he played for League of Ireland side St. Patrick's Athletic F.C.; he played just the once – a home game at Richmond Park on 2nd October 1977 against Shamrock Rovers, keeping a clean sheet in a 1-0 win. The Football League of Ireland, usually known simply as the League of Ireland or later the eircom League (from the league's sponsorship by Irish telecommunications St Patrick's Athletic Football Club ( Irish: Cumann Peile Lúthchleas Phádraig Naofa) is an Irish football club playing in the Shamrock Rovers Football Club (Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige are a football club from Dublin, Ireland. [2] He then went to play as a named superstar in the NASL for Fort Lauderdale Strikers alongside his old nemesis Best. North American Soccer League (NASL was a professional soccer League with teams in the United States of America (U This article is about the original Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the NASL He later began a business which distributed tickets for big events to corporate clients, but this fell into a mini-scandal when he received a restricted ban on getting tickets for the FA Cup final after some attributed to his company fell into the wrong hands.
Banks met his wife Ursula while on national service in Germany and they married after he returned to England. National service is a common name for mandatory or voluntary government service programs (most often focusing on military service He now lives in quiet retirement but is still regarded, as a Channel 4 poll to find England's greatest XI showed recently, as the best goalkeeper England has ever produced, and many would claim no goalkeeper in the world has been better. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Banks was an Inaugural Inductee to the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002. The Hall of Fame is housed at The National Football Museum in Preston, England. [3] He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Keele University in February 2006. Keele University is a research-intensive Campus university located near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England.
Sheffield Walk of Fame
On Tuesday 9 May 2006, Gordon Banks was the first "legend" to be inducted into a new Walk of Fame, by having a plaque installed in the pavement in front of the Town Hall. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Banks made a speech to an attendant crowd as to how thrilled he was to be given this honour. The plaque is made of bronze, and is a star set in a circle with a blue background, and the words "SHEFFIELD LEGEND" GORDON BANKS OBE. FOOTBALLER.
Gordon Banks: A Hero Who Could Fly
Best-selling Irish investigative author, Don Mullan, published a boyhood memoir in 2006 called GORDON BANKS: A Hero Who Could Fly[4] in which he wrote about the influence of the England goalkeeper on his life. Mullan discovered at the age of 38 that he is dyslexic but learned to read and write through a giant 500-page scrapbook which he began shortly after seeing Banks play in the 1966 World Cup Final. The Irish author grew up in the famous Republican stronghold of the Creggan Estate, Derry, Northern Ireland, at the height of the troubles and was a schoolboy witness to the tragic events of Bloody Sunday, 30 January 1972. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Bloody Sunday (Domhnach na Fola is the term used to describe an incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1972 in which 26 In his moving tribute to Gordon Banks he claims that his English hero was one of the reasons why he never choose the path of violence. Gordon Banks launched Mullan's book in Dublin, Derry and at the Britannia Stadium in Stoke in the Summer of 2006 and has described Mullan as 'my greatest fan'. GORDON BANKS: A Hero Who Could Fly was optioned by BBC Drama. [5][6]
Mullan is actively involved in erecting a monument to the England goalkeeper outside Stoke City FC's Britannia Stadium with the assistance of Banks' legendary teammate Terry Conroy and emerging local sculptor Andrew Edwards. Britannia was the term originally used by the Romans to refer first to the British Isles, and later to the island of Great Britain. Terry Conroy born Dublin 2 October 1946 was a professional footballer who spent most of his career with Stoke City. Edwards has taken inspiration from Mullan's book and has named the monument A Hero Who Could Fly and uses the following quote from the Irish author on the monument:
. . . we lived in an era when sporting heroes were ordinary and unassuming men whose very modesty was the oxygen of dreams. And across the water, on a neighbouring island with whom we Irish had been at war for centuries I had a hero who could fly. His name is GORDON BANKS. From being a timid, fearful young boy he taught me that impossible doesn't exist. Unknown to him he helped save a young fan from making choices that had brought too much sorrow and sadness to Irish and British alike. Who knows? Perhaps it was his best save ever.
The 1st phase of the monument is due to be unveiled by Pelé and Archbishop Desmond Tutu on 12 July 2008, followed by a Gordon Banks XI vs. Pelé XI celebrity charity football match. Archbishop Tutu will be assistant manager to Pelé. The 2nd phase of the monument, which will feature a reference to Mullan's giant scrapbook, will be unveiled in late 2008 and will involve the legendry 1970 Brazilian World Cup winning captian, Carlos Alberto.
Honours
Statistics
| Club Performance | League | Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| England | League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
| 1955-56 | Chesterfield | Third Division North | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1956-57 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1957-58 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1958-59 | 23 | 0 | ||||||
| 1959-60 | Leicester City | First Division | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 1960-61 | 40 | 0 | ||||||
| 1961-62 | 41 | 0 | ||||||
| 1962-63 | 38 | 0 | ||||||
| 1963-64 | 36 | 0 | ||||||
| 1964-65 | 38 | 0 | ||||||
| 1965-66 | 32 | 0 | ||||||
| 1966-67 | 36 | 0 | ||||||
| 1966-67 | Stoke City | First Division | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 1967-68 | 39 | 0 | ||||||
| 1968-69 | 30 | 0 | ||||||
| 1969-70 | 38 | 0 | ||||||
| 1970-71 | 40 | 0 | ||||||
| 1971-72 | 36 | 0 | ||||||
| 1972-73 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| USA | League | Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup | Total | |||||
| 1977 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | NASL | 26 | 0 | ||||
| 1978 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | England | 511 | 0 | |||||
| USA | 37 | 0 | ||||||
| Career Total | 548 | 0 | ||||||
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| NAME | Banks, Gordon |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | English footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sheffield, England |
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