For us to put three goals past Banks says it all about our performance

knows, we might have got nine! Denis could have had a hat-trick with the chances and when I watched it back it could have been 5-4 or 6-5.” Banks, speaking in the book Denis Law: King and Country, recalled that save and said: “Denis was leaping to celebrate what he thought was another goal when I catapulted back and palmed away his shot for a corner.

“Denis, one of the game’s great showmen, dropped to his knees in disbelief. ‘Brilliant,’ he cried, adding swiftly ‘You b ***** d!’”

“He called it out in a mixture of appreciation and annoyance. Denis was one of those players who always had a word for you during battle.”

Celtic’s European Cup winner Willie Wallace, who played that memorable afternoon, added: “I’m sure Denis actually came close to applauding that stop from Banks.

“It was a truly remarkable save. Law wriggled clear of the England defence and spotted the English keeper off his line.

“He deftly lifted the ball up and over Banks with his right foot. It was floating towards the top corner when the keeper somehow miraculously somersaulted backwards, threw his right paw at the ball and clawed it round the post.

“It was genius from Denis to swiftly sum up that situation in the first place but it was equally genius from Banks to thwart him.

“Two world-class players pitting their wits against each other in a sublime moment of football.”

As well as being regarded as one of the world’s greatest goalies, Banks was also the perfect gentleman off the park.

JIM McCALLIOG ON THE FAMOUS WIN OVER ENGLAND

And McCalliog said: “He was a lovely guy, very dedicated and it was such sad news to hear of his passing.

“What made him such a great keeper is that he wasn’t one for diving