Thursday, January 17, 2008
Gordon Banks statue
England World Cup winner Gordon Banks is still No1 after plans were revealed for a bronze stature of the goalkeeper.
The 70-year-old is set to be immortalized in two different goalkeeping poses making legendary saves on raised plinths and a third of him holding the World Cup.
The third figure will be at ground level at Stoke City's Britannia Stadium for fans to have the opportunity to their photographs taken with.
Don Mullan, author of Gordon Banks – A Hero Who Could Fly, has launched a fund-raising campaign for the statue, which has been designed and will be cast by Andy Edwards a local sculptor who has also sculpted statues of other football legends such as Sir Stanley Matthews.
It would be the first statue of a goalkeeper in the United Kingdom.
The 70-year-old is set to be immortalized in two different goalkeeping poses making legendary saves on raised plinths and a third of him holding the World Cup.
The third figure will be at ground level at Stoke City's Britannia Stadium for fans to have the opportunity to their photographs taken with.
Don Mullan, author of Gordon Banks – A Hero Who Could Fly, has launched a fund-raising campaign for the statue, which has been designed and will be cast by Andy Edwards a local sculptor who has also sculpted statues of other football legends such as Sir Stanley Matthews.
It would be the first statue of a goalkeeper in the United Kingdom.
