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General Topics => Football => Topic started by: Jacqui Harvey on February 08, 2013, 08:33:59 AM
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Royal Mail is producing 11 stamps of Famous/Iconic British Footballers.
This is the list.
Gordon Banks, Bobby Moore, Dave Mackay, John Charles, Bryan Robson, Denis Law, Bobby Charlton, John Barnes, George Best, Jimmy Greaves, Kevin Keegan.
Now who do you think is missing?
I will start it off Ian Rush, King Kenny.
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Carlton Palmer
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Seriously - I think whoever you put in there would be the same call for the one who had to leave to accommodate him.
No Geoff Hurst or Gary Lineker but career international underachiever John Barnes is in? Outrageous.
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Gordon Banks, great yes, always remembered for great save against Pele, but not as good as Peter Shilton. IMHO.
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Carlton Palmer
Never !! ;)
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On the subject of Gordon Banks...
Where I used to work, football was not a subject for any of the women in our department but they did try, bless them. Gordon Banks was actually the only name one lady to come up with. Sensing football wasn't a subject that was going to last I decided to throw in a bit of trivia. "Did you know, he had a car crash and he's blind in one eye?"
"I certainly didn't know that. Imagine how good he'd have been with sight in both eyes"...
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what about Sir Stanley Matthews!!!!
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On the subject of Gordon Banks...
Where I used to work, football was not a subject for any of the women in our department but they did try, bless them. Gordon Banks was actually the only name one lady to come up with. Sensing football wasn't a subject that was going to last I decided to throw in a bit of trivia. "Did you know, he had a car crash and he's blind in one eye?"
"I certainly didn't know that. Imagine how good he'd have been with sight in both eyes"...
Very Sexist.. ;D Personally, I don't understand women who don't like football, it baffles me. ;)
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It's all about being politically correct:
Gordon Banks - disabled - one eye.
Dave Mackay - Scottish - Spurs
John Charles - Welsh
Bryan Robson - Manu
Denis Law - Scottish and Manu
Bobby Charlton - Bald and Manu
John Barnes - Black - Liverpool
George Best - Irish, Alcoholic and Manu
Jimmy Greaves - Alcoholic and Spurs
Kevin Keegan - Perm and Liverpool
Seriously though - John Barnes? Charles was probably the most versatile player of all time - only Paul Madeley comes any where close imo.
I can understand most of the names and I guess they had to stop somewhere. Billy Bremner would have been in it for me though - along with Liam Brady.
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.. and Gazza? I'd have him in front of Robson, Barnes and Keegan.
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Liam Brady isn't British Stoop :D
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Sam Allardyce, he's got a great face for a stamp.
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Liam Brady isn't British Stoop :D
Never liked him anyway ;)
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Gordon Banks, great yes, always remembered for great save against Pele, but not as good as Peter Shilton. IMHO.
Not sure about better but there was a time when you just knew Forest couldn't be beaten and Shilton was the main reason. I remember England almost rotating him and Ray Clemence game by game - and you always felt we were stronger when Shilts was between the sticks. He's surely earned a stamp himself.
When it comes to iconic footballers, a blood stained, bandaged Terry Butcher would be my choice from those not in.
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If you want something done etc
(http://www.calis-beach.co.uk/butcher.jpg)
:D
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They could have also had blood tasting sticky stuff on the back that made your tongue go red after licking it :)
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Shilton, Gazza, Linekar, Scholes, Beckham, Hurst, Stiles, Dalgleish, and if Managers are allowed Ferguson, Busby, Ramsey, Paisley, Shankley and Clough.
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Peter ozgood ( sorry if I've got spelling wrong)
Peter Bonettie Aka The Cat
Malcolm macdonld
Dixie Dean
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Kenny Dalglish
Slim Jim Baxter
Matt Le Tissier
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Alan Shearer
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Charlie George !
WW
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Nobby Styles
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Tony Adams, Giggs, Hurst, a whole host of Liverpool players from 70s and early eighties who were a mile ahead of 'one good goal' Barnes. And my favourite Scottish footballer of all times John Robertson boy could he tear it up
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Not if you saw him now UBT - he "works" across the way from us and has put on nearly as much weight as I have. :(
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Roy Of The Rovers ?
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Fann Lee
Jackie Chalton
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"Fann Lee" is that some sort of Greeting for the Chinese New Year ??? ;D
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Bearing in mind the title states iconic, and iconic and best are two different things, I add the following to my Terry Butcher...
(http://www.calis-beach.co.uk/pearce.jpg)
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No matter which one you buy at the Post Office .... it will have John Terry on it.
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Definitely Gazza and Shearer
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Billy Wright,great player and England captain,
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Definitely Gazza and Shearer
Says the unbiased Geordie :)
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Thanks Scunner I knew that would get you - but Iam right !
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I know, I said both earlier too :)
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Darren Anderton, of course.