💙🤍 Remembering Stan: Gerry Francis & Ian Gillard
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- čas přidán 3. 03. 2024
- Gerry Francis and Ian Gillard sat down to remember their former team-mate, and one of the club's all-time greats, Stan Bowles following his sad passing last month at the age of 75.
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I fell privileged that I saw every game that he played at Loftus Road . RIP Stan🔵⚪️🔵⚪️🔵⚪️
I am 70 now and can remember what a fantastic player Stan Bowles was and indeed the whole 75/76 team were the best ever! RIP Stan the Man
Had Rangers won that league it might have changed the course of football history.
It might have been my Rams' first home game that season. We were the Champions. QPR stuffed us 5-1. Thing is, I only recall it as an entertaining game.
As a Birmingham fan you might think I should be talking about Trevor Francis but my very first game watching Birmingham was against QPR iway back in the 70' s Stan that day was absolutely off the charts with his skills flicks and tricks and was he who I wanted to be when I grew up . Fantastic player fantastic memories thanks Stan and may you rest in peace.
Spurs fan here. Stan was a brilliant footballer and a wonderful entertainer. He was a very special talent. RIP.
Derby fan from the 1960s. Those Rangers teams sparkled. Best wishes from then and forever on.
That’s very generous, considering Stan’s hat trick at the Baseball Ground in a 5-1 win a week after that game v Liverpool.
Getting emotional seeing these two legends together, even without thinking of Stan. What a team we had. You Rs. We sang your name at Leicester, Stan. Rest in Peace.
What a lovely watch. Two team mates of Stan’s reminiscing about the man and footballer. Both QPR ‘royalty’ themselves. I was lucky to watch all 3 together in the shirt 💙 RIP Stan gone but never ever forgotten.
Always remember Leeds fans at Elland Road singing ' Stanley, Stanley, wheres your wife,Stanley, wheres your wife'..Stan turned round to the kop and just shrugged his shoulders. It was at the time hilarious and got a raucous cheer from the crowd. A real character.
Charlton fan here, huge fan of Stan from the old days. Feel for Gerry there can see he's devastated.
Thoughts to Stan's family, friends and to QPR. Stan was a player every fan would love at their club.
Thanks Stan 👌
Many thanks, Gerry and Ian.
2 absolute QPR legends.
Discussing our best player Stan The Man. RIP Stan. I never saw u play, but what a great player u were for QPR.
You will never be forgotten.
Thoughts are with Stan's family and friends.
Good to see Ian Gillard again after all these years. I met him when i was a kid, he came to open a new shop in South Harrow (yes top flight footballers done that kind of stuff in the 1970's. R.I.P. Stan
Just heard the news. Condolences from a Bournemouth fan who can still remember when football was fun. Stan (and Rodney before him) had an awful lot to do with that. Two of the greatest ever - thank goodness they never played together as the rest of us might as well have packed up and gone home. RIP Stan. Long live Rodders. And all the best to all you R's at this sad time.
What a player he was
I saw him. That’s enough. R.I.P., Stan. 💙🤍 COYRs !
Stan (RIP), Gerry and Ian would all make it into a greatest all-time QPR XI.
United for 60yrs.Would have loved Stan at United.Brilliant player was Stan.RIP
Stan,Ian and Gerry hero's and legends
Had the pleasure of meeting Gerry in Peterborough few months ago and he was sadly at a funeral but still had time to speak true legend
As for Stan one legends don't come often but that side was full of talent but Stan was the sprinkling of magic
Every now & again a player comes along & even hardened pros stand back in awe. Stan was one such player. Gerry was another!
I am Arsenal condolence to Stan's family and everyone at QPR he was a fantastic player I watched him live and he was a big character and a big player. Brought a lot of joy to the game and his legacy lives on.
Stan Bowles was for me one of my main memories of 70s football. Sure we gave him banter when he came to old trafford but we did it with a smike on our face because we recognized what a slecial player he was. Legend.
What a brilliant interview.
3 brilliant men stars of their time qpr legends loads of memories
THANK YOU FOR MAKING A LITTLE KIDS DREAMS COME TRUE
Also privileged to see the boys 75 76 Liverpool home first game❤
QP.R best team 1976,,, loved the goal against Liverpool
The Great Ian Gillard or the Shovel as me and my mates from the early 70s would call him . Great defender .
Same!!
A great tribute from 2 great R's players about one of our best ever players. RIP Stan ❤.
I have been enjoying watching the games of the great 75/76 team and remember going to so many home games and loving watching a great team with great players in every position. I miss those days and am sorry to see the passing of Stan Bowles. A great player and a funny man. RIP Stan!
A fitting tribute from two of our legendary sons about our King!
An outstanding player from an outstanding team. Thank you, Stanley. Thank you, Gerry, Ian, and the rest of the greatest team in QPR history. As a kid, you all made me so proud to shout to the world that we were the best team in England!
Rest in Power Mr Bowles
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Rest In Peace Stan. Frank Bennett's My uncle, Great to here about the old stories of the pub's back in the day!
Magical QPR team that went so close to winning the title in the 70s I was lucky to have been there great memories.I wish it was like those days now todays game nothing like those magical times .QPR fighting for the first division title amazing a great team full of internationals.Stan was pure gold .R.I.P. Dear Stan .God bless you .🙏🙏🙏
Fantastic interview with two of our greats.
Two legends from the golden era which gave me loads of joy. Gerry was the best midfielder in England at the time. Stan just lit up Loftus Road.
In the days when the players never fell to the ground as if they had been shot. Stan was a great player and character. From a Blackpool fan who saw Matthew’s play..and Stan too!!
No doubt about it Stan Bowles was at home on the pitch. I went to see the side around that time, with Stan on the pitch QPR had every chance to win. He was not a conventional footballer but as Gerry said he was a smart footballer and was intelligent in reading and playing the game. His low centre of gravity made him an artist on the ball. That's what the R'rrrs need in the present age footballing partnerships. Him and Gerry just loved playing together. I was saddened to hear that he contracted that vile disease. Great that his family looked after him during that time.
They were great days!
Lovely memories from gerry and Ian 2 qpr legends talking about our beloved stan all the stories they are telling bring a smile.such a great entertainer no ifs or buts just get on with it and turn on the style in a prolific side.stan we all admired what you did at rangers forever in our thoughts godbless mate.
Rangers fan came down from Scotland at 21. Found a place in Holland park and a new job in Kew. First call on a Saturday was Loftus Road to see QPR. Many home games followed because it was a brilliant team with Stan and co. They nearly won the league that year. Unfortunately the football after that season was marred by a lot of hooliganism at the grounds and I stopped going. Glad to see that dark period in the game has created better stadiums and safety for the fans today.
Spurs, Pompey fan here, thankyou Stan, Ian and Gerry. I observed your football during the 1970s as a child and you are my heroes. Thankyou, lads. You are loved. Regards.
Brilliant player to watch. So skinful. Sending my condolences to his family and friends. Thanks Stan for all the great football.
I started following them from australia back in them days and can remember stan ...he was everyone...2 great blokes in the interview as well ..
Rip stan a true character and a a better footballer.
As Ian Gillard and GF infer, people were either prepared to leave Stan to his own devices or they weren't. The ones that weren't stymied his England career, and I think we were the losers in that respect...four caps!? Bowlsey was a one off, a fantastic football player; as a kid in Bristol I watched him every chance I got. Whilst I'm at it, many unforgettable memories of Gerry F at Bristol Rovers - whom he took to the second division in 1990.
what a fantastic tribute by these two legends, i will be haunted to my grave by Rangers failure to win the league in 76, as the video showed as a pure footballing side they were considerably better than Liverpool with all due respect to them, if only the Norwich result had been different, to have won the title in what was only the 4th top flight campaign in the clubs history would have been so fitting for Stan, Ian gillard is spot on about modern players, robots, yes absolutely, Stan is obviously so well loved and that's brilliant and i'm sure the QPR faithful will make wednesday night a very special occasion(fitting that the opponents are west brom given the history, 67 league cup and 82 fa cup semi) how much better was football in the 70's? i've fallen out of love with the game as it slides to woke predictability and all sorts of crap, RIP Sir Stanley of Bowles, a great player and character forever loved by QPR and all real football fans
RIP
Great chat, looking back now I can see how good for the game it would've been had QPR won the title in 76-am a Red who certainly didn't think that at the time!-but Gerry Francis is a bloody decent bloke isn't he? The last down to earth captain of England? Loved hearing the chemistry between Stan and Gerry on the pitch especially...doesn't happen all the time so you recognise how great that stuff is, whatever the level of footy.
The King of Loftus Road.
Sadly we don’t see characters like stan anymore.. sleep well sir
My first season as a kid watching football was watching Man Utd get edged into 3rd by these guys playing great football in a great kit.
A good man rest in peace 🙏🙏🙏
Lovely stuff! Providing smiles is a great legacy.
Wish he could have come to leeds-united in the early 70s rip Stan bowles
I'd walk a million miles ....
Lovely 🥰😍🤩
Nice interview..Come on you Rs!!!!!
AWESOME !
2 Rangers that both played for England…God they are Royalty…🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💙🤍💙🤍💙
Only one Bowlesy. RIP
Seen him play many times Absolutely brilliant player what a character RIP