Totally agree. Sensational when playing and infuriating on occasions. Good human being post footballPeter Knowles, nobody since him has been better, in fact not really close.
I got 10,000 lines and the cane at school for putting several pictures of Peter up in the hall over the top of the list of notable pupils.
I felt the same, the expectant buzz when the ball went out to him.....our George Best of that era..David Wagstaffe receiving the ball ..... it was like an electric current going around the ground ... something fairly magical was about to happen !!
He was magic you know
Way before my time but Iv heard loads about Peter Knowles. Saw him about 12 months ago looking fit and healthy.
In his post football life I would say yes. By chance played badminton against him years later and we was very self effacing. A friend of mine knew him well and spoke very highly of him. In his football years I gather he was something of a tit and by his own admission he was embarrassed by what he became in those days.
I saw him a few times but was only a nipper so cannot remember in great detail, I was gutted when he left to join the God-squad though..Peter Knowles, nobody since him has been better, in fact not really close.
I got 10,000 lines and the cane at school for putting several pictures of Peter up in the hall over the top of the list of notable pupils.
Peter Knowles, without a doubt.
Dave Wagstaffe, without another doubt.
You never knew what PK was going to do when he got the ball, not even his own players sometimes.
The one abiding memory I have of Peter that epitomised the blend of incredible skill and sheer impudency that he possessed was a home match against Newcastle United in the late 60s..... (I’ve recounted this on MM before, no apologies for repeating it!):-
Racing clear from about the half way line, avoiding Newcastle’s “offside trap”, he approached the edge of the penalty area, at the North Bank end, with just their keeper to beat.
What he did next just stunned me.
Instead of picking his spot and shooting, he stopped. He turned around with his back to the goal, flicked the ball up into the air and scored with an overhead kick!!
Jota is the only forward IMO so far that has come anywhere near to Peter Knowles in terms of that sort of “impishness” and confidence in their own ability.
My favourite memory of Waggy was against Chelsea at home (late 60s?/early 70s):-
He picked the ball up in the right back position (!! -he was predominantly an out-and-out attacking left winger with a wand of a left peg), dribbled past several players all the way up the RIGHT wing, cut inside onto his left at the edge of the penalty area and then smashed a shot into the net off the underside of the bar!!
We won 3-0, IIRC.
Those were the days, my friend
But I have a strong feeling that those days are about to return soon.........
He is actually quoted as saying something along the lines was the waste was that he discovered football in the first place.
David Wagstaffe receiving the ball ..... it was like an electric current going around the ground ... something fairly magical was about to happen !!
He was magic you know
You missed a treat. But there are several highlights on YouTube including extended highlights v Portsmouth (?) where Knowles plays very well
Without question the incomparable Peter Knowles for me followed by Waggy.
