Stan Bowles

[SOXY BOY]

According to the BBC news website, Stan Bowles, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s,has died aged 75. A top player in his day.

[Mr Soul '68]

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According to the BBC news website, Stan Bowles, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s,has died aged 75. A top player in his day.

R.I.P Stan. I remember seeing him playing at NP with QPR. A true maverick.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68394453

[MOZZER2]

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RIP Stan Bowles #QPR
A proper entertainer and character of the game!#StanBowles pic.twitter.com/KI0UPPxVsp

— TV Football 1968-92 (@1968Tv) February 24, 2024

[Hot Shot Hamish.]

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RIP Stanley. When football had so many entertainers.

[Madassa]

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😢

[MacAdder]

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Sad news. Amazing talent.

QPR being on London Weekend Television had more than their fair share of TV coverage back in the day... three channels and Stan was a household name, a shining light.

Not your Gary Lineker type shining light, more of a Paul Gascoigne or Eric Cantona I'll do what I want when I want kind of player.

Two fingers to the hierarchy 👏 👏 👏

RIP Stan.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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So many of that generation seem to have suffered from alzheimer’s.

[the other bob wilson]

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RIP Stan Bowles #QPR
A proper entertainer and character of the game!#StanBowles pic.twitter.com/KI0UPPxVsp

— TV Football 1968-92 (@1968Tv) February 24, 2024

And the side in red shirts and yellow shorts in that sequence was?

QPR were a really entertaining side around 1975 to 77 and Stan Bowles was the main reason for that - I really wanted them to win the title in the tear they finished second to Liverpool.

RIP

[NYCBlue]

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Fantastic player. Amazing that back then, if your team got relegated, you stayed with them. Good to see Dave Thomas too, socks down. Always rated him.

[Des Parrot]

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The game today lacks characters like Stan Bowles, a talented & enigmatic player. RIP

[NottinghamBlue]

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R.I.P. Stan Bowles, the great entertainter.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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"Stanley, Stanley where's your wife, where's your wife, where's your wife...." :shrug:

[SweetFA]

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Did Rodney Marsh and Stan Bowles ever play together in the same side. It got me thinking that over the years England wasted some amazing talent and entertainers such as the 2 above and others such as Alan Hudson, Matt Le Tissier, Duncan Mackenzie, Frank Worthington, Paul Gascogne to name a few. They never seemed to achieve their full potential on the international stage.

[KingOfSiamIAm]

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"Stanley, Stanley where's your wife, where's your wife, where's your wife...." :shrug:

It was only last week that I was saying how much abuse would be thrown at the opposition’s best players in the fans attempt to put them off their game, and was was recalling that exact story about Stan Bowles… right down to Stanley suddenly stopping in his tracks and the shrugging of his shoulders. Followed by the ironic cheer from the fans, and the increase in the volume of the song until the end of the game.

With so many individual talents during those days, it took someone special to stand out amongst them and Stanley Bowles was one of those standouts.

[Big_Bill_Irwin_Fan]

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TOBW - the side in red shirts and yellow shorts in that sequence was Cardiff City - it was my birthday treat and we lost 3-0 and the game was shown on the Big Match the next day. My birthday treat the previous year was a 4-3 defeat at Fulham when Tony Villars made his debut. There is a common threat every time my birthday treat was to see the City in London we lost.