Authors: Gordon Banks
1971 | | | |
3 Feb | Malta (ECQ) | Valletta | 1–0 |
21 Apr | Greece (ECQ) | Wembley | 3–0 |
12 May | Malta (ECQ) | Wembley | 5–0 |
15 May | Northern Ireland | Belfast | 1–0 |
22 May | Scotland | Wembley | 3–1 |
13 Oct | Switzerland (ECQ) | Basle | 3–2 |
1 Dec | Greece (ECQ) | Athens | 2–0 |
1972 | | | |
29 Apr | West Germany (ECQ) | Wembley | 1–3 |
13 May | West Germany (ECQ) | Berlin | 0–0 |
20 May | Wales | Cardiff | 3–0 |
27 May | Scotland | Glasgow | 1–0 |
Total caps: 73. |
| | Overall | | | |
| League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total |
Chesterfield | 23 | 3 | | | 26 |
Leicester City | 293 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 356 |
Stoke City | 194 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 246 |
England | | | | | 73 |
England Under-23s | | | | | 2 |
TOTAL | 510 | 64 | 44 | 10 | 703 |
Miscellaneous Statistics
Kept 162 clean sheets in 628 first-class matches in English domestic football.
Kept 35 clean sheets in 73 appearances for England and was on the losing side on only nine occasions.
Conceded 57 goals in 73 matches for England – an average of 0.78 per game.
Played in 23 consecutive matches for England between 1964 and 1967 without defeat.
Honours
OBE 1970
World Cup Winner 1966
League Cup Winner 1964, 1972
FA Cup runner-up 1961, 1963
League Cup runner-up 1965
English Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year 1972
FIFA Goalkeeper of the Year 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971
NASL Goalkeeper of the Year 1977
Daily Express
Sportsman of the Year 1971, 1972
agents
126
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Albert, Florian
246
Albrecht, Jorge
245
Aldershot
181
Allchurch, Len
96
Anderson, Jimmy
101
Andrews, Eamonn
368
Angus, John
98
Appleton, Colin
65
,
90
,
111
,
137
,
158
,
183
,
205
apprenticeships
82
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Argentina
194
–6
defeat of by England in World Cup (2002)
340
–1
quarter-final against England in World Cup (1966)
256
–61,
262
and World Cup (1966)
245
–6
v Stoke City
342
–3
v Stoke City in FA Cup semifinals
349
–50,
351
,
352
–5
Artime, Luis
260
Ashmore, Alf
42
Astle, Jeff
309
,
311
,
312
–13,
327
–8
Aston, Ken
257
Aston Villa
133
‘Back Home’ (single)
305
Bailey, Gary
287
Baillie, Joe
65
Baker, Joe
68
Bakhramov, Tofik
277
ball
changing nature of
388
–91
introduction of light ball for World Cup (2002)
392
–3
and World Cup (1966)
242
,
250
,
251
,
253
,
256
,
265
,
266
–7,
274
,
276
,
279
Bangor City
378
–9
Banks, David (brother)
5
Banks, Gordon
EARLY YEARS
and death of brother (Jack)
22
footballing heroes
22
–3
jobs after leaving school
23
,
24
–5
living close to the railway
8
–9
love of cinema
19
–20
passion for football
7
playing for Sheffield Schoolboys
23
and trainspotting
7
–8
upbringing and childhood in Sheffield
4
–6,
8
–15,
17
–19,
38
GOALKEEPING CAREER
best saves
329
–30
called up for England
134
–5
coaching job at Vale Park
377
–8
decision to retire from English League football
368
decision to retire from playing
377
injuries sustained
39
,
155
,
212
,
300
–1
job as coach to Stoke’s youth team
368
involved in 1966 World Cup team
385
last game
362
list of honours received
427
manager of Telford United
378
–80
plays for England
see
England
plays for Fort Lauderdale Strikers in Florida
369
–77
plays for Chesterfield
see
Chesterfield
plays for England Under 23-squad
98
–9
plays for Leicester
see
Leicester City
plays for Millspaugh
23
–4
plays for Rawmarsh Welfare
24
plays for Stoke
see
Stoke City and press
190
–1,
204
sacking from Telford
380
–1
save from Hurst in League Cup semi-final and photograph of
357
–9
save from Pelé in World Cup (1970)
3
–4,
325
,
328
–9,
330
selected for full England team by Ramsey (1963)
167
testimonial at Stoke
368
use of chewing gum on hands
263
–4,
271
voted Football Writers’ Footballer of the Year (1972)
361
voted NASL Goalkeeper of the Year
376
–7
PERSONAL LIFE
car accident and eye injury
362
–6
charity work
385
and death of father
318
–19
house near Stoke
291
importance of family values
38
letters from well-wishers after eye injury
367
living in Florida
371
–2
marriage and family life
38
,
78
–9,
80
and National Service
38
philosophy
400
running a corporate hospitality business
381
–2
stomach tumour
386
and This is Your Life
368
–9
working on pools panel
383
–5
Banks, John (Jack) (brother)
5
,
20
,
22
Banks, Julia (daughter)
400
Banks, Michael (brother)
5
Banks, Robert (son)
400
Banks, Ursula (wife)
38
,
56
,
78
–9,
190
–1,
330
,
364
,
400
Banks, Wendy (daughter)
400
Barison, Paolo
246
Barnes, Wally
114
Barnwell, John
98
Barthez, Fabien
393
Barton, Tony
76
Bath, Lord
384
Beckenbauer, Franz
238
Beckham, David
128
,
345
,
389
,
394
,
399
Bell, Colin
202
Bell, Eric
114
Bene, Ferenc
246
Bent, Jeff
114
Bentley, Bill
297
Billy Cotton Band Show, The
16
–17
Bircham, Clive
42
Blackburn Rovers
393
Blakey, Dave
43
,
48
,
50
,
53
,
54
,
55
,
57
–8
Blanchflower, Danny
90
,
100
–102,
112
,
209
,
399
Blanchflower, Jackie
114
Bonetti, Peter
205
,
228
,
338
,
339
–40,
341
Book, Tony
42
Bottom, Arthur
47
Brabrook, Peter
98
Brazil
194
–6
v England (1963)
173
–5
v England in World Cup (1970)
1
–4,
322
–30
v England in World Cup (2002)
391
–2
and World Cup (1966)
238
–9,
246
–8
and World Cup (1970)
304
,
321
–9,
341
bribery scandal (1963–64)
192
Briggs, Ronnie
102
–4
Bristol City
90
Broadbent, Peter
73
Brown, Alan
198
Bryceland, Tommy
182
Buckingham, Vic
200
–201
Bulgaria
and World Cup (1966)
246
Busby, Sir Matt
102
,
236
,
346
,
392
,
397
Butler, Bryon
329
Butler, Dennis
377
Byrne, Johnny
226
Byrne, Roger
114
Caldow, Eric
171
Campbell, Sol
278
Carlisle United
49
Carlos, José
266
Cavan, Harry
257
Chalmers, Len
65
,
73
,
85
,
111
,
112
–13,
118
Chapman, Herbert
59
Charles Buchan’s Football Monthly
53
Charles, John
30
–31
Charlton, Bobby
115
and Banks’ testimonial
368
matches played for England
295
and Moore’s bracelet incident in World Cup (1970)
309
,
311
plays for England
82
,
168
,
176
,
211
,
222
,
223
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