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Gordon Banks

That save from Pele's header was the best I ever made. I didn't have any idea how famous it would become - to start with, I didn't even realise I'd made it at all.

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Gordon Banks is saying that the save he made against Pele was the best one in his career, even though at the moment he didn’t fully notice or appreciate it. He also didn’t expect that this particular moment would become so well-known and celebrated later on.

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