Talk:Gordon Banks

1971 George Best incident not described correctly
Currently - "On 15 May 1971, Banks was involved in a notorious incident with George Best who, while playing against England for Northern Ireland, flicked the ball out of Banks's hands and headed it into the net.[125] The move was audacious, but was disallowed by the referee, who judged it to be dangerous play."

The goal was disallowed for the reason stated by the referee, but Banks had thrown the ball into the air with his hands to then kick it down field. Best famously kicked the ball whilst it was still in the air for that very short amount of time (he notably didn't actually kick the ball out of Bank's hands). The ball went bouncing high towards the goal and both players chased after it, Best heading it in.

Video of the incident - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D8IW_3_6D8 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.16.72.221 (talk) 19:54, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Early comments
One source says December 20 was his birthday. Is this just rubbish/a typo?
 * Typo I suppose.--EchetusXe 22:05, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

''one of his most famous stories tells of how he casually said "See you Alf!" to his England boss after one get-together ended, only for Ramsey to reply "Will you?"'' - Didn't Geoff Hurst say that?
 * No, it was Ramsey.--EchetusXe 22:05, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Was he born in Tamworth. All the other things I've found say Sheffield. http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_781528516/Banks_Gordon.html
 * Sheffield.--EchetusXe 22:05, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Try top line of Gordon Banks official website for DOB and place. Regards JRPG (talk) 21:57, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Dubious Information
Caps and goal figures in the article likely contain European cup/Domestic cup data in addition to Domestic League data (this is very certain based on this user's previous edits containing similar information . Please correct this issue and leave a note here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Alfmaster#Footballers.27_European_goals, to warn this person about putting improper information on Wikipedia. --Palffy 21:12, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
 * According to his Football Heroes profile, a reliable and professional site run by a photographic and journalism agency, he made 194 League appearances for Stoke. Bentley Banana 17:45, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Chesterfield FC historian adds - to the best of my knowledge his dob is 20th December, and he was born in Sheffield.
 * Try top line of Gordon Banks official website for DOB and place. DOB: 30 December, 1937 (Rotherham) Regards JRPG (talk) 22:01, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Born 30 December 1937 at 15 Arthur Road, Abbeydale, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire registered in Sheffield, March 1938. Thank you.--EchetusXe 22:12, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Jargon
Can somebody please explain (and rewrite) what a "5-4-3 record" is, please. Guinness (talk) 13:00, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Clean sheets
Excuse the accuser but wouldn't it make more sense to display clean sheets for a goalkeeper beside the appearances in the information box.After all they are not outfield players. To the uninitiated to see 0 goals beside people like Gordon banks would cause an inaccurate impression of his impact as a footballer. Debarpan18 (talk) 18:40, 15 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I completely agree with this. But that's enforced by the policy of Wiki Project Football. However, I've started a discussion to look at changing this in the talk page. Feel free to contribute by going to the talk page. CoffeeGiraffe (talk) 21:11, 2 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Paraguay's José Luis Chilavert scored more international goals than Emile Heskey managed. Mr Larrington (talk) 21:27, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Manager of Telford 1980
I went to Telford for the Chelsea friendly on 6th May 1980. At the time Geoff Hurst was manager of Chelsea and Gordon Banks was manager of Telford United. I have no idea how long he was manager other than that he was defintely manager at the time. It was a big thing to see these two heroes of 66 shaking hands before the match.

I have googled it and found this: > England football legend Gordon Banks has revealed his sacking as manager of Telford United in 1980 was the reason why he did not manage again. The 1966 World Cup winner was boss at Telford from January 1979 to September 1980, but was sacked after just a season and a half. "They were good days for me, I thought I'd done a good job," Banks, now 73, told BBC Radio Shropshire. "They asked me to get them out of relegation, which I did do." He added: "Unfortunately we lost in a cup match, to a team lower down in the division away from home, and they gave me the big boot, which I was disappointed about." > Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/8940802.stm

I won't update the main page, someone else can decide how to do that and where to insert this information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.217.237.195 (talk) 23:44, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Place & date of birth -sources differ!
Hi EchetusXe & thanks for your useful edit reasons. From personal experience I've learnt to accept unexceptional routine statements like the above from a WP:BLP's own website -as I've found they can argue fairly persuasively that they are world authorities on themselves :) Even with eyesight problems, I would have expected GB to get the first line right. Whilst we may need to say that sources differ I think that's unlikely as I expect someone senior to Banks made a mistake & it got copied.

For comparison, I edited HMS Montagu some time ago having read her story in the Ilfracombe museum. She ran aground off Lundy and two RN officers went to a nearby lighthouse and ordered the keeper to send a message that they had run aground off Hartland point! He was having none of it & the ensuing argument ended suddenly when he said "I know what bloody light I'm keeping" I expect this will be similar. I don't know if Keith D has any additional Yorkshire knowledge. Regards JRPG (talk) 23:57, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * haha, well please bear in mind that it is unlikely that Banks himself had much to do with the website. Most likely his agent outsourced it relatively cost effectively. Englandfootballonline used his birth certificate to find 30 December 1937 at 15 Arthur Road, Abbeydale, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire registered in Sheffield, March 1938, and his own autobiography, which he will have spent infinitely more time on than his website, supports that 'Banks was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire and brought up in the working class area of Tinsley. The family later moved to the village of Catcliffe after his father set up a (then illegal) betting shop'. Catliffe is in Rotherham.--EchetusXe 09:31, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Point conceded but I'm contacting his website to see if they can fix it. Regards JRPG (talk) 12:41, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * It will be interesting to see the reply, assuming there is one. Thanks!--EchetusXe 18:52, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

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Death
Gordan Banks died on 15th February 2019 following a 3 year battle with kidney cancer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.224.0.42 (talk) 09:56, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Seeing that today is the 12th, you may wish to check the date of death with your source. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:02, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Career statistics
The 'Career statistics' section is rather underwhelming (as noted above several years ago). Goals scored by Banks (zero in every instance) are not exactly informative; surely it's the goals that he conceded that is the crucial statistic here? JezGrove (talk) 10:17, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

FIFA Goalkeeper of the Year award
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This was something added to his honours section in 2012 seemingly without a source. Does anyone have any proof or source to show that this actually happened? I’ve looked everywhere and have failed to find proof of it whenever I’ve tried. The closest I’ve seen is him being the highest ranked goalkeeper in the Ballon d’Or twice (not even six) and don’t think a FIFA Goalkeeper of the Year award even existed for the years mentioned. I haven’t removed it as I could be wrong but yeah, does anyone have any proof that this is actually true and if so then add the source. 82.29.133.248 (talk) 10:48, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
 * It appears to have been listed in his autobiography.--EchetusXe 08:44, 31 May 2023 (UTC)