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POTTERS SALUTE LEGEND BANKS

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The LeaguePaper Team
17 February 2019

Tributes pour in for England keeper
By Tom Blackett

MAGIC MOMENT: Stoke City goalkeeper Gordon Banks holds aloft the League Cup in 1972
PICTURE: PA Images

PAYING HIS RESPECTS: Stoke City goalkeeper Jack Butland is interviewed in front of the Gordon Banks statue at the bet365 Stadium

STOKE City have led the tributes to England’s World Cup-winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 81 after a long-term battle with cancer.
Banks spent six years with the Potters in the late 60s to early 70s, winning the League Cup in 1972. It’s still their only m...

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