ALEX STEPNEY GENUINE HAND SIGNED ENGLAND SHIRT WITH COA EX MAN UTD

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YOU ARE LOOKING AT A GENUINE HAND SIGNED ENGLAND FOOTBALL SHIRT THIS ITEM IS SIGNED BY THE EX ENGLAND AND MANCHESTER UNITED PLAYER ALEX STEPNEY IT IS A BRAND NEW WITH TAGS TOFFS SHIRT A GREAT ITEM AT A GREAT PRICE PLEASE SEE MY OTHER ITEMS DETAILS ABOUT THE MAN ful trials with Fulham and joined Tooting & Mitcham United in the non-league pyramid afterwards. From there, he was spotted by Millwall , who signed him as an amateur in 1963, but quickly realised his potential and made him a professional within two months of his arrival. Stepney was ever-present for almost three seasons, making 158 appearances, only missing the last game of the 1965–66 season. During this period, he achieved three England under-23 caps. [1 ]In May 1966, Stepney joined Chelsea for £50,000. Manager Tommy Docherty initially intended to play Stepney and fellow goalkeeper Peter Bonetti in alternate weeks, but just three months later Stepney was sold to Manchester United for a record fee of £55,000, having made just one appearance for the club. He made his debut for United later the same year against Manchester City at Old Trafford which United won 1–0 with a first half goal from Denis Law . [ edit ] League and European honours With Stepney in goal, Manchester United won the League Championship in 1967, entitling them to entry into the European Cup the following season, a competition which no English club had yet won. Stepney featured throughout United's progress to the final at Wembley , memorably making a late close-range save from Benfica striker Eusebio in the closing stages with the score at 1–1. Eusébio was so astonished at Stepney's save – he caught a vicious close-range shot – that he stopped to applaud the keeper as Stepney threw the ball back into play. United eventually won 4–1 after extra time. Stepney will also be remembered for conceding a goal scored by Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper, Pat Jennings , in the 1967 Charity Shield match at Old Trafford. With Tottenham leading 1–0, Jennings punted the ball upfield from the Stretford End . The ball bounced over the stranded Stepney into the net. The game ended 3–3. [ edit ] International recognition Although a highly talented keeper, Stepney was a distance down the pecking order when it came to the England team. Gordon Banks was the undisputed number one, with Peter Bonetti , Gordon West and the more experienced Ron Springett all in Stepney's way. When England qualified for the final stages of the 1968 European Championships , coach Alf Ramsey selected Stepney and West as his two back-up keepers to Banks and, in what turned into a momentous week for Stepney, he made his England debut in a friendly win over Sweden in May 1968, seven days before the European Cup final. England won 3–1.Ramsey kept Stepney in his thoughts in his preparations for England's defence of the 1970 World Cup , for which England didn't have to qualify due to their status as holders, but didn't give him another cap as the likes of Bonetti and West added to their meagre tallies of appearances. However, when the preliminary squad of 27 was announced, Stepney was in, along with Banks, Bonetti and uncapped rookie Peter Shilton , with no sign of West. When the final 22 who would travel to Mexico was confirmed, Shilton was the goalkeeper sent home.Nevertheless, Stepney was clearly the third choice goalkeeper in the squad and the chances of his appearing on the pitch in Mexico were negligible. When Banks went down with food poisoning prior to the quarter final with West Germany , it was to the slightly more experienced Bonetti – who had six caps to Stepney's one – whom Ramsey turned. England squandered a two goal lead to lose 3–2 and it was Stepney who told the groggy, ill Banks the scoreline in his hotel room by holding up three fingers on one hand and two on the other. [ edit ] United's fall and rise Stepney was occasionally recalled by Ramsey but would ultimately not add to his solitary England cap, with Shilton emergin... read more

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