Ay, ay, ay, ay, Banks is better Yashin Ay, ay, ay, ay, Forest are in for a thrashin’ a thrashin’, a thrashin’, a thrashin’.
2 October 2015
THIS LEADEN PAUL
Voted best goalkeeper of the 20th century by the secretive IFFHS. At time of writing, the only goalie to be awarded the Ballon d’Or. Also played in goal for Dynamo Moscow…in ice hockey. Believed to have inspired the aesthetic choices of Johnny Cash (q.v.).
2 October 2015
peter mcornithologist
I was fortunate enough to see the great man live. 1966 World Cup quarter final. Russia 2 Hungary 1. Yashin was fantastic. I remember frustrated Hungarians thumping the Roker Park turf on several occasions. Poor Hungary on the other hand had a goalie with no arms and a face like his.
2 October 2015
Eric olthwaite
I never saw him. However, when I was a student, in Coleraine, I lived in the seaside town of Portstewart. Harry Gregg owned a hotel there and in the bar displayed shirts he had swapped when playing international matches, one of which was Lev’s. It was black, his own choice of colour, apparently, as he believed it made him look bigger to onrushing forwards.
2 October 2015
Steve nice
Yes he did the greatest save I have ever seen. It could have been in that Hungary game. Mind you I was only 11 and quite impressionable. (Gordon Banks’ 1970 Pele save is a close second)
3 October 2016
Chris The Siteowner
If I wear this to the Public Service Broadcasting gig tonight, it’s because life is a PB/PSBR, I guess.
10 April 2018
Transit Full Of Keith
As mentioned on a couple of other threads, here’s a link to the Russian song “Goalkeeper” dedicated to Lev Yashin by Vladimir Vystotskiy (top Soviet singer-songwriter). As recently played to Bob Wilson on the radio. Some nice footage in the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKMyogEUwQ4
Can’t manage a translation, but the basic premise of the song is a keeper getting quite irate as he’s heckled by a press photographer – who wants him to let one in so he can get the perfect picture for the back page of Pravda …
4 May 2018
Transit Full Of Keith
^ sorry, typo. The name’s Vysotskiy (or Vysotsky, depending on preference).
“The report said nothing about how he suffered concussions but carried on, nothing about the rest of the team, only about Lev. They said he was sleeping and the goals flew in.”
This first appeared in 2018. When I first referenced it I didn’t notice the author. Is the Goalkeepers’ Union providing journalism training for its members when they hang up their gloves?
27 December 2018
Ferencváros fan
Currently watching a film on BT Sport about goalies, which I recorded a while ago. It includes this quotation from Lev Yashin: ‘The joy of seeing Yuri Gagarin flying in space is only superseded by the joy of a good penalty save.’ So two Biscuit references here for the price of one. Nice one, Lev.
18 November 2022
Parsfan
See link in Chris’s comment #6.
I have the long sleeved version, suitably altered a couple of years ago.
19 November 2022
EXXO
The Philosophy football Yashin, Camus and Shankly long-sleeveds were the staples of my wardrobe in the late 80’s. Three perfect quotes. I loved the first two, but it was only the last that has been regularly repurchased through the years. I once deliberately donned the Shankly shirt to match the identical garment that John Peel was wearing, in order to instigate a conversation with the broadcasting hero when he finished his shift.
19 November 2022
Ferencváros fan
Conceded 3 late goals in a 4-4 draw with Colombia in the group phase of the 1962 World Cup. Soviet Union went on to top the group, while Colombia finished bottom with just the one point. That’s football, you may think, but I did read that, in an age when it wasn’t uncommon to take a nip of something or other before the match, on this occasion the great man was guilty of over-fortifying himself…
Bobby SVARC
Ay, ay, ay, ay, Banks is better Yashin
Ay, ay, ay, ay, Forest are in for a thrashin’
a thrashin’, a thrashin’, a thrashin’.
2 October 2015
THIS LEADEN PAUL
Voted best goalkeeper of the 20th century by the secretive IFFHS. At time of writing, the only goalie to be awarded the Ballon d’Or. Also played in goal for Dynamo Moscow…in ice hockey. Believed to have inspired the aesthetic choices of Johnny Cash (q.v.).
2 October 2015
peter mcornithologist
I was fortunate enough to see the great man live. 1966 World Cup quarter final. Russia 2 Hungary 1. Yashin was fantastic. I remember frustrated Hungarians thumping the Roker Park turf on several occasions. Poor Hungary on the other hand had a goalie with no arms and a face like his.
2 October 2015
Eric olthwaite
I never saw him. However, when I was a student, in Coleraine, I lived in the seaside town of Portstewart. Harry Gregg owned a hotel there and in the bar displayed shirts he had swapped when playing international matches, one of which was Lev’s. It was black, his own choice of colour, apparently, as he believed it made him look bigger to onrushing forwards.
2 October 2015
Steve nice
Yes he did the greatest save I have ever seen. It could have been in that Hungary game. Mind you I was only 11 and quite impressionable. (Gordon Banks’ 1970 Pele save is a close second)
3 October 2016
Chris The Siteowner
If I wear this to the Public Service Broadcasting gig tonight, it’s because life is a PB/PSBR, I guess.
10 April 2018
Transit Full Of Keith
As mentioned on a couple of other threads, here’s a link to the Russian song “Goalkeeper” dedicated to Lev Yashin by Vladimir Vystotskiy (top Soviet singer-songwriter). As recently played to Bob Wilson on the radio. Some nice footage in the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKMyogEUwQ4
Can’t manage a translation, but the basic premise of the song is a keeper getting quite irate as he’s heckled by a press photographer – who wants him to let one in so he can get the perfect picture for the back page of Pravda …
4 May 2018
Transit Full Of Keith
^ sorry, typo. The name’s Vysotskiy (or Vysotsky, depending on preference).
4 May 2018
Cream cheese and chives
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/yashin
A great thing to read first thing in the morning…
7 June 2018
paul f
And very topical:
“The report said nothing about how he suffered concussions but carried on, nothing about the rest of the team, only about Lev. They said he was sleeping and the goals flew in.”
7 June 2018
Chris Quinn
A great piece about the great man:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/yashin
27 December 2018
Cream cheese and chives
This first appeared in 2018. When I first referenced it I didn’t notice the author. Is the Goalkeepers’ Union providing journalism training for its members when they hang up their gloves?
27 December 2018
Ferencváros fan
Currently watching a film on BT Sport about goalies, which I recorded a while ago. It includes this quotation from Lev Yashin: ‘The joy of seeing Yuri Gagarin flying in space is only superseded by the joy of a good penalty save.’ So two Biscuit references here for the price of one. Nice one, Lev.
18 November 2022
Parsfan
See link in Chris’s comment #6.
I have the long sleeved version, suitably altered a couple of years ago.
19 November 2022
EXXO
The Philosophy football Yashin, Camus and Shankly long-sleeveds were the staples of my wardrobe in the late 80’s. Three perfect quotes. I loved the first two, but it was only the last that has been regularly repurchased through the years. I once deliberately donned the Shankly shirt to match the identical garment that John Peel was wearing, in order to instigate a conversation with the broadcasting hero when he finished his shift.
19 November 2022
Ferencváros fan
Conceded 3 late goals in a 4-4 draw with Colombia in the group phase of the 1962 World Cup. Soviet Union went on to top the group, while Colombia finished bottom with just the one point. That’s football, you may think, but I did read that, in an age when it wasn’t uncommon to take a nip of something or other before the match, on this occasion the great man was guilty of over-fortifying himself…
3 October 2023