Former England goalkeeper Ray Clemence has died at the age of 72.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at some of the best keepers to have played for the national team.
Gordon Banks
Is this the ‘greatest save’ in history? Gordon Banks fended off Pele’s now-iconic goal attempt at the 1970 World Cup. It was a move that defined his legacy as a player.
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— ITV News (@itvnews) February 12, 2019
The former Leicester and Stoke number one is regarded as one of the best keepers of all time. A key member of England’s 1966 World Cup-winning squad, Banks won 73 caps and produced what is widely regarded as the greatest ever save to keep out Pele’s header in a match against Brazil at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. Banks died in February 2019 aged 81.
Ray Clemence
Peter Shilton
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— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) June 4, 2018
With 125 appearances, Shilton is England’s most capped player and his international career spanned some 20 years and took in three World Cups. In 1986 he was involved in one of the most controversial World Cup incidents as Argentina’s Diego Maradona scored his ‘Hand of God’ goal to help knock England out in the quarter-finals. Four years later, Shilton was part of Bobby Robson’s squad which reached the semi-finals of Italia ’90, only to this time lose a penalty shoot-out to West Germany. Shilton enjoyed a long playing career with Leicester, Stoke, Nottingham Forest, where he won the European Cup twice, Southampton and Derby before joining Plymouth as player-manager in 1992.
David Seaman
