Good god how very sad and has shocked me. One, if not, THE greatest goalkeeper that ever played the game at international level. Was an all time great in my eyes, and yes that Pele save was just phenomenal and I doubt could ever be bettered. RIP Gordon and thanks for some fantastic memories.
Really sad. Aside from being a magnificent keeper he was one of those people that no one ever had a bad word for and everyone had time for, and he them.
Shocked to hear of his death---what a keeper,so consistent,so calm,so modest.Top,top class. He set the standard that very few have touched since.Geoff Hurst is still wondering how he saved his penalty at Upton Park when he blasted it at full power,and that was some shot he had.If you haven't seen it then please watch it. RIP Gordon and thank you so much.
I remember my mate telling me he went to see Spurs play either Leicester or Stoke. Spurs were awarded a penalty and Gordon was kicking his boots against the post to shake the mud off. The ref wasn't having that, blew his whistle and Jimmy Greaves stuck it in the other corner. Banksy chased the ref back to the halfway line and told him that it was unfair, in more colourful terms than that i imagine. What a goalie. RIP Banksy.
Saw him play a lot when he was at Leicester and Stoke. RIP a Legend. To coin a phrase ''Safe as the Banks of England''. Sadly don't think we will ever have a team as great as the 1966 World cup winners.
Had the pleasure of meeting him not long after the 66 world cup win, that England team played a charity match at Dulwich Hamlet. True gent to me that day as a young star struck kid and what a great player. RIP
A lovely and very modest man .. I met Gordon a few times at fund raisers/charity events, unless you knew who he was you'd never have known that he was a world famous ex footballer .. he made no mention of his exploits or the fact that he was blind in one eye following a car crash way back in 1972 and was reluctant to talk about them even when prompted … England's greatest ever goalkeeper who like almost all of his World Cup team mates, never made the cash fortune or received the adulation that would have been his due if he had done the same thing in (say) 2018 .. still he lived to a good age and always seemed to be a happy and contented man
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RIP Gordon.
He set the standard that very few have touched since.Geoff Hurst is still wondering how he saved his penalty at Upton Park when he blasted it at full power,and that was some shot he had.If you haven't seen it then please watch it.
RIP Gordon and thank you so much.
Spurs were awarded a penalty and Gordon was kicking his boots against the post to shake the mud off. The ref wasn't having that, blew his whistle and Jimmy Greaves stuck it in the other corner. Banksy chased the ref back to the halfway line and told him that it was unfair, in more colourful terms than that i imagine. What a goalie. RIP Banksy.
Certainly the best English keeper I have ever seen and always came across as a thoroughly good bloke.
RIP a Legend. To coin a phrase ''Safe as the Banks of England''.
Sadly don't think we will ever have a team as great as the 1966
World cup winners.
RIP World Cup winning Legend
RIP
True gent to me that day as a young star struck kid and what a great player.
RIP
England's greatest ever goalkeeper who like almost all of his World Cup team mates, never made the cash fortune or received the adulation that would have been his due if he had done the same thing in (say) 2018 .. still he lived to a good age and always seemed to be a happy and contented man
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Nice man. RIP Gordon