Gabriel Gatehouse
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And yeah, I mean, suffice it to say, when I started, I thought this is nonsense.
Now, I think, bloody hell, this could have happened.
on your fair islands but who is who is gordon banks i mean do you want me to go because i i literally didn't know anything about gordon banks except that he was the goalkeeper for the 1966 england team that won the world cup the one and only time we did win the world cup and that was literally all i knew about him but um gordon you're more into this stuff well i am because i've got a tiny personal connection right which i can reveal now on it which is i am named after gordon banks are you serious oh my god
I think there's some disagreement among the family as to whether it was illegal, strictly speaking, or just not quite legal, a betting shop.
And I think Pele, who provided the header, also didn't know how he kept it out.
I mean, you can see he's just like, he's about to go.
He's like, what the?
Yeah.
So this is a story that I knew nothing about, but is quite famous in sort of footballing circles.
And it's known as the Bogota bracelet incident.
So which I when I first heard about this story, it had something to do with a Colombian necktie where a Colombian player got murdered after he scored an own goal.
Colombian necktie is, yes, obligatory attire on this show.
Okay, so...
Bobby Moore is the captain of the England team.
He is, I think, probably the first, certainly the first English footballing celebrity.
Bobby and Tina Moore were like the Posh and Becks of the swinging 60s.
I don't know if Posh and Becks means anything to you, David.
Okay, so Bobby Moore, he's a defender, he's the captain, and the tournament is being held in Mexico, which is at altitude.
I mean, Mexico City is at, I think, 7,500 feet or something like that.
Which, of course, is a problem for sports people because the air is thinner, basically.