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John Cowen RIP

CharltonAthMuseum
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  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    RIP



    I actually know someone else of the same name, RIP none the less
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,334
    edited December 2022
    RIP John Cowen.  Not just a Little World Cup winner, but a goalkeeper in the winning team who kept a clean sheet in the Final, Semi-Final, and all three group games.  So a pretty conspicuous performance, especially when considering the Final opponents' keeper went on to play 757 times in the League in England and 119 times for his full, international side. That keeper?  Pat Jennings.  

    John Cowen, third from the left in the back row 


    England's World Cup winning captain was Chopper Harris, fifth from the left. 

    England retained the Little World Cup the following year, in the Netherlands.  
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited December 2022
    Tommy Smith (Liverpool) to the left of Chopper Harris holding the ball and John Samuel(Arsenal) to the right of John Cowen. The guy next to Tommy Smith holding the ball is John Sissons of West Ham. 
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,334
    Sorry to hear this news. RIP.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    R I P
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    RIP
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    RIP
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,334
    Until I found out about John Cowen, I thought Nobby Stiles was England's only famous little World Cup winter.

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