#Brazil v #England
Pelé (not pictured) headed the ball down and already had his arms raised to celebrate the goal when goalkeeper #GordonBanks sent what seemed like an impossible ball into the corner...It was called “the save of the century”.
#worldcup1970 #1970worldcup.
Gordon Banks (1937-2019), English football goalkeeper
Died #otd Gordon Banks (1937-2019), English football goalkeeper, 7 years ago today #GordonBanks life story...
#GordonBanks the #StokeCity goalkeeper punches clear from #ChelseaFC centre-half #JohnDempsey with #MikeBernard and #PeterDobing looking on.
#England (June 1964):
Gordon Milne #BobbyCharlton, Maurice Norman #GordonBanks, Bobby Thomson, Ray Wilson #BobbyMoore;
#JimmyGreaves, Johnny Byrne, Peter Thompson, George Eastham.
Goalkeeper #GordonBanks says goodbye to #PeterShilton ahead of his move to Stoke City in 1967.
📸 Getty Images.
In 1963, goalkeeper #GordonBanks celebrated with his #LeicesterCity teammates after securing a place in the FA Cup Final.
Banks, already emerging as one of England’s finest keepers, had been instrumental in Leicester’s cup run with his brilliant reflexes and calm presence.
Goalkeeper #GordonBanks in his first public appearance since his car accident, approximately five & half weeks later (November 1972).
30th November 1972: #StokeCity and #England goalkeeper #GordonBanks, wearing sunglasses, giving a press conference at the Stoke ground. This is his first public appearance since his car accident five weeks earlier.
📷 Gerry Crowther.
🧤⚽ The Save of the Century!
Goalkeeper #GordonBanks made a legendary save against #Pelé in the match between #England and #Brazil at the #1970WorldCup in Mexico.
Pelé was already shouting it... but Banks stopped it!
#England players #KeithNewton, #GordonBanks, #RayWilson, #BobbyCharlton, #NobbyStiles and #RogerHunt sightseeing in Rome, June 1968.
#Euro1968
#Brazil 1-0 #England.
Goalkeeper #GordonBanks makes the save of the century.
#Worldcup1970 #1970worldcup
