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I came across profiles cut out of a paper back in the day I will try to post Monty's first.
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Tomorrow Cec.My first game was that season. On my dad's shoulders on the big step in the Fulwell
Peter "the cat" bonetti and some bloke called Gordon Banks kept him out.How close was monty to being an international?
My first proper season supporting Sunderland
Yeah I get that but did ever get called up?Peter "the cat" bonetti and some bloke called Gordon Banks kept him out.
If he’d played down south he would have had caps.How close was monty to being an international?
Me Da got me Martin Harvey's shirt, wonder what happened to it...........Jimmy Montgomery
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Mine anarlMy first proper season supporting Sunderland
Aye aye aye aye Monty is better than Yashin....Peter "the cat" bonetti and some bloke called Gordon Banks kept him out.
I'd forgotten all about the big step in the Fulwell. Cheers for the memoryMy first game was that season. On my dad's shoulders on the big step in the Fulwell
And Sharkey was better than Eusebio.Mine anarl
Aye aye aye aye Monty is better than Yashin....
Lot of good goalies not just Cat and Banksy,the Springetts,Westy etc
IIRC Bonetti got the reserve goalie spot for Mexico 70 just ahead of Monty. I recall watching us get knocked out and the older relatives in the room reckoned Monty would not have conceded at least a couple of the german goals.How close was monty to being an international?
And Leeds are in for a thrashingAnd Sharkey was better than Eusebio.
Oops missed cals post sorryAnd Leeds are in for a thrashing
Very...but not close enough. A disgrace really. Banks was deservedly No1 but Monty should have won caps.How close was monty to being an international?
CrazyVery...but not close enough. A disgrace really. Banks was deservedly No1 but Monty should have won caps.
Bonetti was NOT better than Monty but other keepers also won caps - Gordon West, Alex Stepney, Ron Springett and, later in his career, Joe Corrigan, when Monty, in my view, was superior.
He should have been in Mexico.
His closest to a cap come when he was on the bench for a game against France circa 69-70 ...but that was it.
He got quite a few Under-23 caps and also played for the Football League team and, IIRC, England B.
Not any way good enough a reward for a top, top keeper. Thank goodness for 73...his brilliance gave him - and all of us - a day in the sun.
Our 1970 relegation probably weighed on Ramsey's decision to axe him from the Mexico squad when it was cut from 40 to 22. And then Div 2 football from 70 to 76 did him no favours.
But no caps? Still unfathomable.