Reply With Quote"Stanley, Stanley, how's your wife" - that was some 40 years ago
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Quite a sad listen for those who remember Stan Bowles, a football character and legend from my youth, who regularly got good stick off City and football fans and for those who know people affected by this illness. Stan and his family talking about him dealing with Alzeimhers.
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"Stanley, Stanley, how's your wife" - that was some 40 years ago
Where's your wife
Literally he doesn't know now!!Originally Posted by kendoddsdadsdogsdead
To be serious, it's a terrible condition. All the very best to the guy, legend.
guys a legend, copped the "stanley,stanley, where s you wife" chant in front of the grange and turned around and shrugged his shouldersterrible illness for him and his family
I remember that classic moment as England took a corner in front of the real Grangend, Stanley heard the chant and responded by a shrug of the shoulders. Classic moment. Be strong Stan great talent."Stanley, Stanley, how's your wife" - that was some 40 years ago
When with QPR he was sharing a flat with Don Givens, apparently they were quite Jack the lads. One Saturday as always they'd had a fair old punt on the horses and one of their nags was going in the 3.15 (or sometime during the game) and they were playing at Loftus Rd. The story goes that they had a mate with a radio in the crowd near the corner flag, they engineered a corner to coincide with the finish of the race and both got together within listening range and did that thing where two players prior to a corner sort of discuss which training ground routine they're going to attempt. I'd love this story to be true as it emphasises the sort of characters we had in the game when we were growing up.
Yes it was 'Where's your wife' great player in his day was Stan Bowles.
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The golden age of mavericks alongside Frank Worthington, Tony Currie and Charlie George.
It's a real shame. At least he got to to live his dream for a while though.
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