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Post by tarporleyblue on Feb 24, 2024 21:11:47 GMT 1
Sad news for a Saturday evening, Stan Bowles has passed away at the age of 75.
What an entertainer he was back in the day.
RIP
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Feb 24, 2024 21:30:02 GMT 1
Certainly was a great entertainer. RIP.
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Post by gainsparkshrew on Feb 24, 2024 21:33:59 GMT 1
Very very sad to hear, they don't make them like him anymore.RIP Stan
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Post by Pilch on Feb 24, 2024 21:35:36 GMT 1
I think I saw him once at the meadow and our fans sang "where's your wife stanly Bowles" , never known why or even looked into
RIP all the same
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Post by jamo on Feb 24, 2024 21:52:44 GMT 1
Great entertainer on the field of play.
And a massive character of the field of play also, a man who loved to gamble and live the highlife, and mixing with some serious people. I think he had been ill for a very long time , I think with dementia but I could be wrong.
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Post by ssshrew on Feb 24, 2024 22:34:30 GMT 1
It says he had Alzheimer’s on the BBC news.
As has been said another good one gone.
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Post by armchairfan on Feb 24, 2024 22:42:21 GMT 1
It says he had Alzheimer’s on the BBC news. As has been said another good one gone. Another sad loss. I used to place him in the Rodney Marsh category, which was later augmented by the arrival of Mr Gascoigne; great players, all of them, and just as important, entertainers!
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Post by harboroughshrew on Feb 25, 2024 9:12:43 GMT 1
It says he had Alzheimer’s on the BBC news. As has been said another good one gone. Another sad loss. I used to place him in the Rodney Marsh category, which was later augmented by the arrival of Mr Gascoigne; great players, all of them, and just as important, entertainers! Very interesting comment that - I was thinking along the same lines. I wonder if players like Bowles who placed style above all else would have a place at the top in the modern game. Of the three you mentioned I would say Gascoigne was a cut above the other two in terms of consistency of performance. The most gifted English player I have seen since Gascoigne is Foden, but the difference is that Foden combines his technical excellence with a prodigious workrate. Players like Bowles will always be remembered for the wonderful memories they provided.
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Post by armchairfan on Feb 25, 2024 12:27:53 GMT 1
Quite an interesting debate, this, actually: whilst I doubt whether anyone would deny that the overall standard of football is better nowadays, I do sometimes wonder whether that improvement has been at the cost of curtailing the talent of the aforementioned (plus Matt le Tissier, possibly)...those who could not just put bums on seats, but also get crowds OUT of their seats with moments of sumptuous artistry.....
I agree about Phil Foden, but even he isn't guaranteed a starting spot in England teams....
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Post by kl8-2 on Feb 25, 2024 13:58:53 GMT 1
RIP.
Not sure if he played for QPR in the League Cup game at Gay Meadow in September 1975. I think they were top of Division One at the time (ultimately finished second behind Liverpool by one point) They were an excellent, entertaining team during that period with some outstanding players such as Bowles, Francis,Thomas,Givens,Parkes,Webb and Masson. Chic gave us an early lead that night but Rangers showed their class and ran out comfortable 4-1 winners.
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Feb 25, 2024 14:00:29 GMT 1
Quite an interesting debate, this, actually: whilst I doubt whether anyone would deny that the overall standard of football is better nowadays, I do sometimes wonder whether that improvement has been at the cost of curtailing the talent of the aforementioned (plus Matt le Tissier, possibly)...those who could not just put bums on seats, but also get crowds OUT of their seats with moments of sumptuous artistry..... I agree about Phil Foden, but even he isn't guaranteed a starting spot in England teams.... Alan Hudson and Tony Currie could be added to your list. The football is better now, the players fitter with much more care taken over diet etc. But they don’t have to play on mud heaps and get much more protection from physical assault because of changes to the laws of the game.
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Post by harboroughshrew on Feb 25, 2024 14:16:59 GMT 1
Quite an interesting debate, this, actually: whilst I doubt whether anyone would deny that the overall standard of football is better nowadays, I do sometimes wonder whether that improvement has been at the cost of curtailing the talent of the aforementioned (plus Matt le Tissier, possibly)...those who could not just put bums on seats, but also get crowds OUT of their seats with moments of sumptuous artistry..... I agree about Phil Foden, but even he isn't guaranteed a starting spot in England teams.... I think Foden has moved to a new level this season (coinciding with his move to the central playmaker role in De Bruyne's absence). I would be very disappointed if he does not make the England team in a similar role behind Kane and Bellingham with the lattter having a great deal of success playing that more advanced role for Real Madrid. England are really strong upfront and Southgate should drop the idea of having two holding midfielders (Rice is good enough to do that job on his own) and go for a more attacking line-up.
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Post by hectord0g137 on Feb 25, 2024 15:15:56 GMT 1
May I add Frank Worthington to this list. For me the most entertaining player I have ever seen in the game.
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Post by tarporleyblue on Feb 25, 2024 17:05:26 GMT 1
Quite an interesting debate, this, actually: whilst I doubt whether anyone would deny that the overall standard of football is better nowadays, I do sometimes wonder whether that improvement has been at the cost of curtailing the talent of the aforementioned (plus Matt le Tissier, possibly)...those who could not just put bums on seats, but also get crowds OUT of their seats with moments of sumptuous artistry..... I agree about Phil Foden, but even he isn't guaranteed a starting spot in England teams.... Alan Hudson and Tony Currie could be added to your list. The football is better now, the players fitter with much more care taken over diet etc. But they don’t have to play on mud heaps and get much more protection from physical assault because of changes to the laws of the game. Tony Currie, good shout.
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Post by armchairfan on Feb 25, 2024 18:38:21 GMT 1
Frank Worthington, Tony Currie and Alan Hudson.....all good additions! Is there room for the "maverick" footballer nowadays? Indeed what exactly IS a "maverick"
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Post by harboroughshrew on Feb 27, 2024 10:39:50 GMT 1
Very good full-page obituary in yesterday's Times with some great anecdotes. Gerry Francis recalls sitting at the dinner table with Bowles and his first wife Ann when the bailiffs came round and everything apart from the chairs they were sitting on. When playing away at Roker Park after Sunderland had just won the FA Cup and had the trophy displayed on a stand at the halfway line Bowles got the ball near the Sunderland goal but dribbled backwards and then launched the ball at the Cup and knocked it right off its perch. In one match he was waiting to defend a corner but his mind was wondering about a horse he had backed so he grabbed a copy of the Sporting Life he had spotted from someone in the crowd and was thumbing through it when the ball came in but he still headed it away while keeping hold of the paper. Finally, when Tommy Docherty came in to manage QPR he told Bowles 'You can trust me Stan' but Bowles replied ' I'd rather trust my chickens with Colonel Sanders' Great stuff!
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Post by Minormorris64 on Feb 27, 2024 10:58:08 GMT 1
RIP. Not sure if he played for QPR in the League Cup game at Gay Meadow in September 1975. I think they were top of Division One at the time (ultimately finished second behind Liverpool by one point) They were an excellent, entertaining team during that period with some outstanding players such as Bowles, Francis,Thomas,Givens,Parkes,Webb and Masson. Chic gave us an early lead that night but Rangers showed their class and ran out comfortable 4-1 winners. The only game I ever watched from the old "Enclosure" the attendance was a rather "convenient" 11250 I think the XI was: Phil Parkes, Dave Clement, Ian Gillard, David Webb, Frank McLintock Gerry Francis, Don Masson, Mick Leach Stan Bowles, Don Givens, Dave Thomas Sub: Peter Eastoe or John Beck (not sure)Goalscorers: Webb, Masson, Thomas, Leach
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Feb 27, 2024 11:57:01 GMT 1
Very good full-page obituary in yesterday's Times with some great anecdotes. Gerry Francis recalls sitting at the dinner table with Bowles and his first wife Ann when the bailiffs came round and everything apart from the chairs they were sitting on. When playing away at Roker Park after Sunderland had just won the FA Cup and had the trophy displayed on a stand at the halfway line Bowles got the ball near the Sunderland goal but dribbled backwards and then launched the ball at the Cup and knocked it right off its perch. In one match he was waiting to defend a corner but his mind was wondering about a horse he had backed so he grabbed a copy of the Sporting Life he had spotted from someone in the crowd and was thumbing through it when the ball came in but he still headed it away while keeping hold of the paper. Finally, when Tommy Docherty came in to manage QPR he told Bowles 'You can trust me Sam' but Bowles replied ' I'd rather trust my chickens with Colonel Sanders' Great stuff! There is a picture doing the rounds on FB of Stan checking the newspaper while waiting for the corner.
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