THE GREAT GORDON BANKS DIES AT EIGHTY ONE YEARS..

The former England Leicester City, and Stoke City goalkeeper died on 12/2/2019, at the ripe old age of eighty one years , he died peacefully in his sleep. But he wa sadly suffering from Kidney cancer lately. Gordon Banks was also one of the heaviest goalkeepers, but that did not stop him from being one of the greatest goalkeepers ever. As he is ranked the second best goalkeeper ever, they are as follows 1) Lev Yashin, Russia, 2) Gordon Banks England 3) Dino Zoff Italy. Gordon Banks was the goalkeeper when England won their only world cup in 1966. But he is equally remembered for that goal save from a header by Pele , I the 1970 world cup, this save was so very good that for a minute Pele thought it was a goal, but it was saved by Gordon Banks. In fact this particular save has gone down in the football records as the save of the century, and football lovers still speak proudly about that greatest save ever. But things to a very sad turn for Gordon Banks and football, the great goalkeeper was involved in a car accident in the year 1972, and in which Gordon Banks lost a eye, bringing his glittering football career to a sad and sudden end. And it was a very dark and gloomy day for football as a whole, a great career cut sort b a tragedy.

THE POSTER BOY FOR THE 2018 WORLD CUP IN RUSSIA IS LEV YASHIN.

The poster boy for the world cup 2018 is none other then the greatest goalkeeper ever. His name is Lev Yashin, and he was the goalkeeper for the U.S.S.R., during the great Pele's period. His pet name was THE BLACK SPIDER , as he always wore a black jersey and black shorts as well as black stockings. He as called the Black spider as he was a very good goalkeeper and in his time as a goalkeeper he saved well over 50, fifty penalties. Jokingly people said he had eight hands like a spider to save that many penalties. He sis the only goalkeeper ever to win the footballer of the year. But even though he was such a good goalkeeper, but this was far from the truth , he openly admitted that he was always a nervous person before a match, and had to have a smoke and a drink to calm his bag of nerves He died of stomach cancer. So rightfully he is the right poster boy for the 2018 world cup in Russia.

LEV YASHIN IS THE ONLY GOALKEEPER TO WIN EUROPEAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR.

Lev Yashin the Russian goalkeeper has been a one club man, and was called the Black Spider, two reasons being, he always wore black jerseys and black shorts, and as he saved a huge number of penalties in his life time.It looked as if he had eight hands to stop the balls.
He is ranked as the top goalkeeper of all time, he also becomes the the only goalkeeper ever, to win the European footballer of the year, it usually goes to strikers.
Lev yashin won the European footballer of the year in 1963. And yearly the best goalkeeper award is called the Lev yashin award. He saved over 150 penalties in his career.

10 TOP GOALKEEPERS OF ALL TIME.

In this top ten goalkeepers of all time. Not a single goalkeeper comes from South America or Africa.
1) Iker Casillas. Spain
2) Ray Clemence. Wales.
3) Gianluigi Buffon Italy.
4) Dino Zoff. Italy.
5) Lev Yashin. Russia.
6) Neville. England.
7) Pat Jennings. England
8) Peter Shilton.
9) Peter SchMechiel. Denmark.
10) Gordon Banks.

LEV YASHIN THE BLACK SPIDERMAN.

Lev Yashin , who is considered the greatest goalkeeper ever. Was always called the Black Spiderman as he always wore black jersey and black shortsand stockings.He was born in the U.S.S.R on 22/10/1929. He played a total of 812 games for Russia , he kept a total of 480 cleansheets, and saved a total of 150 penalties.He was Russias goalkeeper from the year 1954 to the year 1967.He also played in three world cups 1958, 1962 andand 1966. He was also in the team for Russia in the year 1960 when they were crowned Europen champions in 1960.
Even now he is talked of the highest class as a goalkeeper.