Stan Bowles

Thats my age. Had Alzheimers. Guaranteed related to heading the ball.
Had to admire him as a footballer even if I wasn't a fan.
 
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He was a great player. Remember him playing against us in the 74 QF.
Loved a bet. Apparently his manager, Sexton or Jago?, was doing a pre match chat at 2.45 when he realised Bowles wasn’t in the dressing room. Suddenly Stan burst in and apologised saying he’d just run back from the bookies around the corner of Loftus Rd!
He also was about to take a throw in and was asking the crowd who’d won the 3.30 at Kempton.
The phrase used was if Stan could pass a betting shop as well as he passed a football he’d be a very rich man. A real character. RIP Stanley.
 
Sohofox said:
Thats my age. Had Alzheimers. Guaranteed related to heading the ball.
Had to admire him as a footballer even if I wasn't a fan.
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You should realise that non-footballers get dementia before making claims like that.
Plus, was he really known as a frequent header of the ball??
 
It wasn't necessarily in the matches that heading the ball caused alzheimers. It was the heading sessions during training when even non-headers would have intensive heading sessions lasting all morning.
 
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What a player he was ! I used to watch QPR the season they almost won the league and he was their super star. He'd be around the pubs and bookies in Hammersmith most days. RIP.
 
He did have a spell at F*rest, Clough did not approve of his attitude, Stan was a maverick, moments of genius but liked to be at the bookies a. and enjoyed a drink or two, he did not train the way Clough liked and would not be moulded in to the Clough way. Along with our Frankie Worthington, Tony Curry of the Blades, Hudson of Chelsea and Stoke, Charlie George of Arsenal and the Sheep they were brilliant entertaining footballers all mavericks. Only a handful of England games between them, typical English FA attitude about yes men deprived the national team, more than a coincidence that England failed to get through the qualifying games for the World cup of 74 and 78. RIP Stan Bowles, a true maverick.
 
Glastotorfox said:
He did have a spell at F*rest, Clough did not approve of his attitude, Stan was a maverick, moments of genius but liked to be at the bookies a. and enjoyed a drink or two, he did not train the way Clough liked and would not be moulded in to the Clough way. Along with our Frankie Worthington, Tony Curry of the Blades, Hudson of Chelsea and Stoke, Charlie George of Arsenal and the Sheep they were brilliant entertaining footballers all mavericks. Only a handful of England games between them, typical English FA attitude about yes men deprived the national team, more than a coincidence that England failed to get through the qualifying games for the World cup of 74 and 78. RIP Stan Bowles, a true maverick.
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78 was Revie's fault. He had already switched off and booked his ticket to Dubai. 74 was a freak. Maybe Ramsey distrusted the type of players you mention but the team that lost to Poland included Bell, Currie, Channon, Chivers, Clarke and Peters. Not much wrong with them except they couldn't score that night.
 
Made his senior debut for Man City v us in the League Cup 1967 which we lost 4-0.

Couple of good articles/obit's

www.theguardian.com

Stan Bowles obituary

Star player with QPR admired for his breathtaking speed whose wild exploits made him a tabloid favourite in the 1970s
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Stan Bowles’ chaotic lifestyle could not disguise his brilliance on the pitch | Paul Hayward

The playmaker, compared to Kenny Dalglish by Terry Venables, made his name at QPR in the mid-1970s but earned only a handful of caps for England
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Second article mentions Stan being subbed against N. Ireland in 74. Frank Worthington came on in his place for his debut and changed the game.
 
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