Gordon Banks made his England debut on this day in 1963. It came in a British Home Championships match at Wembley against Scotland. Sadly for Banks, England lost the game 2-1 but he would go on and make a total of appearances for England. Three years later, the Leicester City goalkeeper played in all six […]
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On This Day – 21st November
Peter Shilton in his Stoke City debut against Wolves Peter Shilton joined Stoke City from Leicester City on this day in 1974 for £325,000, a world record sum at the time for a goalkeeper. Shilton had replaced Gordon Banks as Leicester City’s number one in 1967 and the World Cup-winner moved to Stoke City. Then […]
The Far Post Header ‘Hall of Fame’ No.5 Gordon Banks
Gordon Banks was one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of the game. He was the England goalkeeper when they lifted the World Cup in 1966, going down in English footballing history in the process. Four years later, England were defending their crown in Mexico. Banks made a world-class save from Brazil’s Pele in […]
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