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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

Index

Adamson, Jimmy
76
,
167

agents
126
–8

Albert, Florian
246

Alberto, Carlos
2
,
324

Albrecht, Jorge
245

Aldershot
181

Allchurch, Len
96

Allen, Les
87
,
90

Allen, Tony
168
,
297

Anderson, Jimmy
101

Anderson, Johnny
62
,
64
,
84

Andrews, Eamonn
368

Angus, John
98

Appleton, Colin
65
,
90
,
111
,
137
,
158
,
183
,
205

apprenticeships
82
–3

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

Armfield, Jimmy
171
,
228

Arsenal
59
,
175
,
179

v Leicester City
132
,
180

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

Atletico Madrid
134
,
136
–8

‘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

Ball, Alan
209
–10,
297

and World Cup (1966)
242
,
250
,
251
,
253
,
256
,
265
,
266
–7,
274
,
276
,
279

and World Cup (1970)
323
,
327
,

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

awarded OBE
319
–20,
330

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

Barnsley
90
–1,
92
–3

Barnwell, John
98

Barthez, Fabien
393

Barton, Tony
76

Bath, Lord
384

Baxter, Jim
171
,
172

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

Best, George
245
–8,
361
,
356
,
374

Billy Cotton Band Show, The
16
–17

Bircham, Clive
42

Birmingham City
90
,
148
,
180

Blackburn Rovers
393

Blackpool
32
,
33
,
54

v Leicester City
64
–5,
85

Blakey, Dave
43
,
48
,
50
,
53
,
54
,
55
,
57
–8

Blanchflower, Danny
90
,
100
–102,
112
,
209
,
399

Blanchflower, Jackie
114

Bloor, Alan
203
,
360
,
377
,
378

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

Bristol Rovers
179
,
356

Broadbent, Peter
73

Brown, Alan
198

Brown, Paul
34
,
35
–6

Bryceland, Tommy
182

Buckingham, Vic
200
–201

Bulgaria

and World Cup (1966)
246

Burgin, Ted
22
,
34
–5

Burnley
73
,
100
,
131
,
139

Burrows, Harry
298
,
303

Busby, Sir Matt
102
,
236
,
346
,
392
,
397

Butler, Bryon
329

Butler, Dennis
377

Byrne, Gerry
98
,
169

Byrne, Johnny
226

Byrne, Roger
114

Callaghan, Ian
251
,
302

Caldow, Eric
171

Campbell, Sol
278

Carlisle United
49

Carlos, José
266

Catterick, Harry
103
–104,
155

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
–4

plays for Manchester United
40
,
41
,
86
,
157

and World Cup (1966)
245
,
265
,
266
,
270
,
276
,
279

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