Peter Bonetti R.I.P

Another player who died recently was former Chelsea and England goalkeeper Peter Bonetti, he was 78 and had suffered a long illness.
I hadn't realised until today he had died as it didn't get as much coverage as Norman Hunter?

Probably missed the best of him as I didn't watch much football when I was little, the first game I remember watching all the way through was the 1970 F.A Cup Final with Chelsea against Leeds.
Sadly the only real memory of him I have is the 1970 World Cup when he was called in as a late replacement for Gordon Banks in the Quarter Finals against West Germany, and my Dad saying we would have beaten them if we'd had a proper goalkeeper 😔

He obviously had a fine career apart from that game and will be a sad loss for Chelsea fans 😢

Norman Hunter R.I.P

Sadly Norman Hunter became the first high profile ex-footballer to die of the Coronavirus today at the age of 76.
In interviews he seemed like a nice fella, but obviously during his playing days he was one of the most disliked players (outside of Leeds) in the infamous "dirty" Leeds team of the late 60's and early 70's.
Known as Norman "bite yer legs" Hunter by most after a famous banner in the crowd at Wembley at the Leeds v Sunderland F.A Cup Final in 1973 as far as I remember.
I'm pretty sure I did actually see him play in the flesh a couple of times in the early 70's remember us beating Leeds 2-1 but not sure if Hunter was playing?
In my memory 2 incidents stand out but neither were good for Norman, one was when he let the ball go under his foot leading to Poland scoring against England which knocked us out of World Cup 74.
The other was his famous fight with Franny Lee as they were both being  sent off (look it up on You Tube).

Here's the title winning Leeds team from 68/69 season and that banner.

Alan Shearer

If you've got 2 hours to spare? this is a really good interview.