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Quiet unassuming man, very popular goalie(even in W12), always seemed grounded. Became a postman on a Scottish island after football(how times have changed), though I think he found it a little too peaceful even for himself. Son of Swiss Italians had brothers, no idea what they were involved with but remember reading a piece years ago written about some of his family members, think there was a girl doing well in sport. Sad to see him go, though I believe he'd been ill for a few years. RIP.
Boston, do you know which Scottish Island as coincidentally David Harvey (ex Leeds and Scotland) became a postie on the island of Sanday up here. Lives very quietly and retired now of course. Bonetti seemed to play on for quite a while and I seem to remember him playing for a Scottish team, possibly Dundee?
Edit. Wiki says Isle of Mull and Dundee Utd. I do business with company from Mull, will see if there's any stories of him locally
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Peter Bonetti RIP on 17:51 - Apr 12 with 1722 views
I feel terrible now that he’s gone.At the cup tie at their place in 2008 I got to the ground at about 2.50 and saw him walking to the corporate section through the shed end,where we were sitting,and I threw some mild abuse at him about costing us the World Cup in 1970,and flapping my arms about. He walked straight past me so he definitely heard me.I suppose the last thing he wanted was to be reminded of it by some half cut QPR supporter,but it seemed like a good idea at the time. I’m sure he’d heard it all before though.
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Peter Bonetti RIP on 17:58 - Apr 12 with 1707 views
Visiting relatives in Cardiff who dragged me off to see Cardiff v Chelsea. Coming down from Landan I assured everyone that Bonetti was way past his sell by and it should be a doddle. He had an absolute blinder. He was The Cat that day. Unforgettable. P.s. Cardiff dominated but could not score and Chelsea won.
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Strong and stable my arse.
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Peter Bonetti RIP on 20:18 - Apr 12 with 1563 views
Nothing he could do about the third goal and Seeler's equaliser was a bit of a freak but definitely at fault for their first by Beckenbauer, a shot he would have saved 99 times out of a 100. Prior to the West Germany game he'd only played six times in the previous four years but England had won every game and he'd only conceded one goal.
Some of the blame should be with Sir Alf though in not giving him any playing time in either of the two warm up games before the tournament against Colombia and Ecuador. He hadn't played a competitive game since the FA Cup Final replay seven weeks earlier and was completely cold going into that important game.
And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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