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Peter Shilton - Local Boy Made Good, England Calls, Stoke City, Nottingham Forest and cups with Clough |
 | | Shilton was 13 when he started training at schoolboy level with his local club Leicester City, where he caught the eye of first team goalkeeper Gordon Banks, who commented to the coach about how promising he was. |
 | | Thankfully for Shilton and England, the result was right this time and England were going to their first World Cup for a dozen years, with Shilton appearing in the finals for the first time at the comparatively ripe age of 32. |
 | | Shilton had won his 90th cap for England in a 2-0 win over Northern Ireland in a European Championship qualifier - as it turned out, his 100th cap was due during the finals themselves, assuming he was selected, though this looked a certainty. |
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