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Touching advice Leicester City, Stoke City & England legend Gordon Banks gave aspiring eight-year-old goalkeeper

World Cup winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks gave advice to young goalkeeper, Lucas Marlow, during an interview with his dad, Lee, a journalist at the Leicester Mercury.

Ben Gelblum by Ben Gelblum
2019-02-12 16:07
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A touching letter of advice that Gordon Banks gave to an aspiring eight-year-old has emerged following the England legend’s death aged 81.

Journalist Lee Marlow has revealed how Banks generously detailed his top tips after they finished an interview for the Leicester Mercury in 2011.

Lee’s son Lucas, now 15, has kept it framed on his wall ever since – but has now made it public following Banks’ death.

The letter advised him to work hard, get lots of practice, be brave, and accept his mistakes.

It also contained some useful training techniques, such as playing with a smaller ball and practising table tennis to heighten his reactions.

Lee, now 48, from Leicester, conducted the interview with Banks about a campaign to get a statue of him – in Stoke – relocated to the city.

During the interview, Lee mentioned his son’s goalkeeping aspirations and Banks went on to reel off his best advice for how to succeed.

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Father-of-two Lee took down the notes and later typed it up and gave it to his son.

For the last seven years the letter has been kept on Lucas’ bedroom wall, and showcases Banks’ unrivalled “class.”

The letter, said: “Hello Lucas, your dad told me that you wanted to be a goalkeeper? Good lad. We always need good goalkeepers.

“Here’s some advice from me…

“First of all you have to work hard. Being a goalkeeper is not easy. But the more you play, the more you practice, the easier it gets.

“The more you play, your eyes will get better at spotting the angles. You will begin to know where the ball will go. This is called anticipation – great goalies have good anticipation.

“The eyes pick up the direction of the ball, how it floats through the air, and send messages to your brain and then to your hands. Keep practising – and you’ll get better and better at this.

“Always know where you are in the goal, narrow the angles down, make it as hard as possible for the striker to score.

“Play with a smaller ball. Playing with a bigger ball with seem much easier if you’ve been used to playing with a smaller one.

“Play games like table tennis – that will help to sharpen your reflexes and your hand eye coordination. Throw a table tennis against the wall and catch it.

“And be brave – you have to be brave to come out for crosses, or dive at the feet of a centre forward trying to score past you.

“And be brave too, if you lose or make a mistake. We all make them, I made some mistakes, but I never let anyone see I was upset.

“Good Luck Lucas.”

By Ben Gelblum and Jack Longstaff

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/sport/tributes-to-england-stoke-leicester-goalkeeper-world-cup-winner-gordon-banks-who-has-died-aged-81/12/02/

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