• Stanley Matthews was an English footballer. Regarded as one of the greatest players of the British game, he is the only player to have been knighted while still...
  • 1939: Stanley Matthews plays in the Berlin Olympic Stadium where England are forced to give the Nazi Salute at the beginning of the game.
  • In total, Stanley Matthews made 54 official England appearances scoring 11 goals (as well as 29 unofficial wartime appearances with 2 goals).
  • Stanley Matthews, who has died aged 85, was the first ever European Footballer of the Year, and arguably the outstanding British player of his generation.
  • Stanley Matthews was the strongest of his time in terms of dribble breakthrough and accurate cross, which are considered the most necessary concepts as a...
  • 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.
  • Stanley Matthews 1962 (crop).jpg 1,206 × 1,550; 300 KB.
  • Stanley Matthews is a perfectionist, and when he gets the ball he refuses to pass it just for the sake of passing it.
  • 1954 FIFA Dünya Kupası'nda da 2 maçta oynyan Matthews, 54 kez giydiği milli formaya 1957 yılında veda etti.
  • Matthews, 1929 yılında alt yapısına katıldığı Stoke City kulübüyle kariyerinin ilk profesyonel sözleşmesini 1932'de yaptı.