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THE BANKS OF ENGLAND

GOALKEEPING LEGEND
KEVIN HALLS PAYS HIS PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO THE LATE, GREAT GORDON BANKS WHO DIED RECENTLY AT THE AGEOF 81…

Flying: Gordon Banks at full stretch for Leicester

Happy days: Banks lifts the League Cup with Stoke

SADLY, another football legend and icon has passed away. Gordon Banks was, without doubt, one of the greatest goalkeepers of all-time.
In my opinion, he ranks alongside the great Russian Lev Yashin - they were both fantastic keepers.
Born in Shefield in 1937, Gordon left school aged 15 to work in a local coal merchant, where he grafted as a coal bagger, har...

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