THIS IS WHAT BANKS CLAIMS WAS HIS BEST SAVE
MANY thought his finest save was from Pele’s header in the 1970 World Cup... but Gordon Banks insisted his best was in Stoke’s League Cup semi-final against West Ham in December 1971 when he got both hands to Geoff Hurst’s penalty to push it over the bar (left). A proud Banks read all about it in the Daily Mail the next day (right).