Recently, the club has teamed up with the Stanley Matthews Foundation to mount a small museum in his memory at the Britannia. He never lost sight of his home town though, and in his last years returned to Stoke to live in the Penkhull district. Met die club haalde hij driemaal de FA Cup-finale. Read more.

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Hij maakte zijn profdebuut in 1932 bij Stoke City FC. In 1948 en 1951 werd er verloren, maar in 1953 tegen Bolton Wanderers gewonnen. He played his last international - against Scotland - in 1957, and in the same year was made a CBE. Known as 'The Wizard of Dribble', Sir Stan's professional career covered some 33 years. Read more. Hij deed tweemaal mee aan een wereldkampioenschap voetbal, in 1950 en 1954. Sir Stanley Matthews CBE (born 1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer.

Sir Stanley Matthews (Stoke-on-Trent, 1 februari 1915 – Newcastle-under-Lyme, 23 februari 2000) was een Engels voetballer. Sir Stanley Matthews (Stoke-on-Trent, 1 februari 1915 – Newcastle-under-Lyme, 23 februari 2000) was een Engels voetballer.. Hij maakte zijn profdebuut in 1932 bij Stoke City FC.Als jonge speler speelde hij als rechtsbuiten en viel hij al op met zijn dribbels.

It was said Matthews' presence in a team could add 10,000 to away gates. Na zijn stoppen werd Matthews, als eerste Britse voetballer, geridderd. From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, "Sir Stanley Matthews - International Appearances", https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&oldid=6766509, British military personnel of World War II, Commanders of the Order of the British Empire, Pages using infobox football biography with position matching retired, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License, * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. and died in February 2000, 3 weeks after his 85th birthday. Twee jaar later speelde hij zijn eerste interland voor Engeland, een 4-0-overwinning op Wales. Wolverhampton Wanderers, Birmingham City, Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion were all rumoured to be interested in Matthews in the wake of his appearance for England Schoolboys.

Sir Stanley Matthews - the first professional footballer to be knighted - was the most renowned player of modern times. Sir Stanley Matthews CBE (born 1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English … The Stoke City manager Tom Mather persuaded Matthews' father to allow Stanley to join his club's staff as an office boy on his 15th birthday for pay of £1 a week.

In 1956 werd Matthews gekozen als de eerste Europees voetballer van het jaar. Copyright © 2020 BBC. Hij was drie jaar trainer van Port Vale FC. Matthews kwam 54 keer uit voor het Engels elftal, waar hij een aanvalsduo vormde met onder anderen Tom Finney. It was during the period with the Seasiders that Sir Stan achieved his greatest triumph in the 1953 FA Cup final. Matthews played football for Stoke City and Blackpool. In 1947, after war service in the RAF, he left Stoke City, and joined Blackpool Football Club, where he stayed for 14 years. Deze wedstrijd wordt in Engeland de "Matthews Final" genoemd, hoewel zijn teamgenoot Stan Mortenson drie keer scoorde. Great players from all over Europe including Lev Yashin, Alfredo di Stefano and Karl-Heinz Schnellinger came to Stoke to take part in his testimonial match on April 28, 1965.

He was born in Stoke-on-Trent.

Overwinningen waren er tegen onder meer Portugal (10-0) in 1947 en op dat moment regerend wereldkampioen Italië (0-4 zege in Turijn). Deze pagina is voor het laatst bewerkt op 11 jan 2020 om 13:04. and died in February 2000, 3 weeks after his 85th birthday. Toen hij in 2000 overleed, waren er in Stoke meer dan 100.000 mensen op de been om hem de laatste eer te bewijzen. In 1956, the first-ever European Footballer of the Year award ceremony was held, and, almost inevitably, it was Sir Stan who received the tribute. Daarna verhuisde hij naar Malta, waar hij de club Hibernians trainde.

Matthews played for Stoke's reserve team during the 1930–31 season, coming up first against Burnley. Following the death of his beloved wife, Betty, Sir Stan became more and more frail, De tekst is beschikbaar onder de licentie. Stanley Matthews was born on February 1, 1915, at Seymour Street, Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent.

He was knighted in 1965 and died in 2000. Matthews was daarmee ruim 50 jaar de oudste profvoetballer aller tijden, tot Kazuyoshi Miura zijn record op 5 maart 2017 verbrak. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so. Aan zijn in 1934 begonnen interlandcarrière kwam een eind in 1957. After that unsuccessful stint in management he went on to become better known as a coach, particularly in Malta and South Africa. Lijst van spelers van het Engelse voetbalelftal, https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&oldid=55423230, Wikipedia:Lokale afbeelding anders dan op Wikidata, Wikipedia:Commonscat met lokaal zelfde link als op Wikidata, Creative Commons Naamsvermelding/Gelijk delen. When he retired in 1965, aged 50, he had made nearly 700 League appearances for Stoke City and Blackpool. He was often referred to as "the first gentleman of soccer". Matthews rejoined Stoke City in 1961, when they were near the bottom of the second division. Many footballing greats, such as Bobby and Jack Charlton, Gordon Banks, and Tom Finney attended his funeral, and it's estimated that 10,000 people stood in tribute as his funeral procession passed through the city. In een wedstrijd tegen Tsjechoslowakije in 1937 kwam Engeland met tien man te spelen (wissels waren nog niet toegestaan), maar Matthews besliste de match in Engels voordeel met een hattrick. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog diende hij in de Royal Air Force.

Twee jaar later speelde hij zijn eerste interland voor Engeland, een 4-0-overwinning op Wales. Known as 'The Wizard of Dribble', Sir Stan's professional career covered some 33 years. Tot ver in de zestig bleef hij zelf op amateurniveau spelen. Zijn laatste wedstrijd op het hoogste niveau speelde hij op 5 februari 1965, kort na zijn vijftigste verjaardag. His passing was extraordinarily accurate, and he was not so much a scorer as a creator of goals for others. In 1961 verliet hij Blackpool en keerde hij terug naar Stoke City. In 2002 Sir Stan was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame. After giving up playing, Sir Stan took on the thankless task of reviving Port Vale's fortunes as their manager (he was a Vale fan from his youth, ironically). His ashes were buried beneath the centre circle of the Britannia Stadium, and a statue showing different stages of his career was put up in his honour outside the ground.

Met die club promoveerde hij het volgende seizoen naar de First Division. However many Stoke City fans believe that their team would have won the First Division title in 1947, had not the club decided to sell him to Blackpool with just a few games remaining in the season. Als jonge speler speelde hij als rechtsbuiten en viel hij al op met zijn dribbels. The team was transformed, gates rose from 9,000 to 36,000 and the following year they were promoted. After the game his father gave his usual realist assessment: "I've seen y… The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Sir Stan made almost 700 professional appearances and won 84 England caps, Sir Stan's skills earned him the nickname the Wizard of Dribble, Sir Stan inspired the comeback which saw Blackpool win the 1953 FA Cup. Hij bleef bij Stoke tot het einde van zijn spelersloopbaan. A thin, frail-looking man, Sir Stan had a marvellous sense of balance and timing. When he retired in 1965, aged 50, he had made nearly 700 League appearances for … He was feted by Stoke City and made Club President - an honorary title, but one that Sir Stan much appreciated.

While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. The son of a professional featherweight boxer, he joined Stoke City straight from school at the age of fourteen.