RIP Stan Bowles

[SuperGran]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1761482182428639688

 

[Mark Rankines Lovechild]

QPR legend, remember him as a 70s icon.

 

[Wednesbury Wolf]

He was bought as a replacement for the great Rodney Marsh and became even better than he was, RIP.
Played when the game had a lot of characters which we sadly don't see any more.

 

[Stourport wolf]

RIP.

 

[The Clock]

A real character
RIP

 

[Jack Russell]

A great player, a great character and a great maverick. The game needs a few like him around.

You certainly left your mark Stan. RIP.

 

[round oak wolf]

Used to love watching this guy as a kid. Really talented footballer and proper character.
R.I.P Mr Stan Bowles.

 

[Rowzed]

What a player! Remember watching him and Rodney Marsh. May he RIP
On a slightly lighter note, one of the very few players who didn’t play for Wolves to get two threads on the Mix within a minute of one another

 

[Justawolf]

What a player. RIP

 

[MickHolmesFanClub]

Great player. Such a talent. One a few from that era who were real mavericks.

RIP

 

[northnorfolkwolf]

One of the greats imho. Him, Rodney Marsh, Frank Worthington, Tony Currie - sort of football mavericks if you like. We don't seem to have these type of plyers now; perhaps the game and the money involved has killed them off. We need characters, that's why I loved the Doog and also Peter Knowles, players who broke the mould and the rules. RIP Stan.

 

[BlahBlah]

One of the greats imho. Him, Rodney Marsh, Frank Worthington, Tony Currie - sort of football mavericks if you like. We don't seem to have these type of plyers now; perhaps the game and the money involved has killed them off. We need characters, that's why I loved the Doog and also Peter Knowles, players who broke the mould and the rules. RIP Stan.

Unfortunately we've learned that all professional sport success is based on minimisation of risk.
Players that either aren't fit, give the ball away, do unusual things or see discipline as a problem are a coaches nightmare and they've largely been eliminated, even if you could call them geniuses.

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Stan Bowles was an entertainer who thrilled fans, friends or foe. On his day he was unplayable. You couldn’t coach the talent he had. He was one of the best.

R.I.P.

 

[WW1963]

Stan Bowles, Frank Worthington, Rodney Marsh - a trio of mavericks that blessed my eyes as an impressionable kid in the 70s.

They weren't world class in the vein of George Best but were born entertainers that I'd love to see play against Wolves and look out for on Match of the Day and Star Soccer.

 

[HICKO]

RIP Stan, great footballer and character.

 

[Big Saft Kid]

I had a wacky Dutch mate when Stan was in his pomp, mid 70s. "Stanley Bowles and Boz Scaggs", he used to say, " I like ze names!"

 

[rincewind]

As others have said a superb player and someone 'different", a characte, the sort of playereven oppositionfans admired and respected. And skillful in an age where such players weren't protected like today.

 

[Scallywolf]

I remember Stan Bowles and compare him to the likes of Charlie George, Alan Hudson, Tony Currie, Rodney Marsh (ugh) as great players to watch. They all had loads of skill, did the unexpected and made football enjoyable.

Once again, really sad news. Stan put a smile on people’s faces, he was that type of player.

RIP Stan Bowles with condolences to family and friends.

 

[Noweimannnocry]

A showman that opposition fans enjoyed as much as the home ones.

Thanks for the memories from the away end.

RIP

 

[Wolf79]

One of the greats imho. Him, Rodney Marsh, Frank Worthington, Tony Currie - sort of football mavericks if you like. We don't seem to have these type of plyers now; perhaps the game and the money involved has killed them off. We need characters, that's why I loved the Doog and also Peter Knowles, players who broke the mould and the rules. RIP Stan.

Would put Alan Hudson in there as well

 

[Ercall Wolves]

Great player and great to watch
Thoughts and prayers to all his family and friends at this sad time

 

[SA Wolf]

Would put Alan Hudson in there as well

And Knocker, although he wasn't around as long as we wanted.

 

[steve vena]

Rip Stan, a proper entertainer and a great player.

 

[Norman Bell]

What a player Stan was and what a team QPR had in that awful season ( from a Wolves point of view ! ) in 1975/76. Don Givens, John Hollins, Mick Leach, Dave Thomas, Gerry Francis, Dave Clement and Stan were all part of that team that if we had held off the Scousers in that game on May 4th 1976 would have been football league champions.

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

RIP Stan

Pint before the game that starts in 10 mins Iv heard a few funny stories about his QPR days

 

[Spitfire]

RIP Stan

Pint before the game that starts in 10 mins Iv heard a few funny stories about his QPR days

One of his ex team mates told the tale of when the manager once said 20 minutes before kick off, “Where’s Stan? I need to do the team talk.” Someone replied that he’d just popped out to put a bet on . Apparently he’d gone out in his full kit, wearing a coat over the top of it.

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

One of his ex team mates told the tale of when the manager once said 20 minutes before kick off, “Where’s Stan? I need to do the team talk.” Someone replied that he’d just popped out to put a bet on . Apparently he’d gone out in his full kit, wearing a coat over the top of it.

Brilliant. The good old days

 

[kentish wolf]

Absolutely brilliant player, also one hell of a character.
RIP ..Stanley

 

[oldgolded]

Another of the '70s 'Mavericks' bites the dust.
RIP Stan

 

[Wednesbury Wolf]

RIP Stan

Pint before the game that starts in 10 mins Iv heard a few funny stories about his QPR days

According to the paper this was his home matchday routine -

Stan The Man would breeze into the Queen’s Tavern in South Africa Road about half an hour before the 3 pm kick-off, after popping into the corner shop to buy a packet of fags.
He would smoke the first of those cigarettes for luck, down his pint, then stop at the adjacent betting shop to place his bets for the day’s races. He would make it to the home dressing room too late for the manager’s team talk but just in time to pull on his kit and boots and run last out of the tunnel. To roars of acclamation from the crowd.

Whether or not there was a break in play he would drift towards the touchline shortly before half time and call out to a couple of regular fans close to the home dug-out, who would tell him which nag had won the 3.30 at somewhere like Haydock Park.

That would be repeated during the second half for information on more of the day’s races. After the post-match interviews – always jocular affairs win or lose on the gee-gees or in the game -we would reconvene at the pub. Then he would be off carousing through Saturday night with Don Shanks, his team-mate and flat-mate. Perhaps via a punter’s house call at the nearest dog track.

 

[Beowulf]

Apart from his flair my greatest memory of him was at the 1980 league Cup final. He didn't play for some reason or another but walked past the Wolves fans on the dog track to the chorus of "Where's your wife gone, where's your wife gone, where's your wife gone Stanley Bowls. With the milkman with the milkman, with the milkman Stanley Bowls!" I remember he gave us a huge smile. I was only 15 so may not remember it too factually.

 

[Darvo]

A sad loss. What a player he was. RIP

 

[Middlesex Mixer]

Apart from his flair my greatest memory of him was at the 1980 league Cup final. He didn't play for some reason or another but walked past the Wolves fans on the dog track to the chorus of "Where's your wife gone, where's your wife gone, where's your wife gone Stanley Bowls. With the milkman with the milkman, with the milkman Stanley Bowls!" I remember he gave us a huge smile. I was only 15 so may not remember it too factually.

I remember once going to Loftus Road in those days to see us play away there, and our fans were singing those very same words at Stan Bowles during the match! In a sad coincidence, I think it was at that match when Paul Bradshaw RIP stooped to collect a weak shot to his goal, and the ball went between his legs and into the goal! No doubt they’ll be comparing notes in the celestial dressing room. RIP both.