Introduction: Gordon Banks, OBE (born 30 December 1937) is… well, he’s Gordon Banks isn’t he! He made 194 appearances for Stoke between 1967 and 1972, and won 73 caps for his country. He was named FWA Footballer of the Year in 1972, and was named FIFA Goalkeeper of the Year on six occasions.
Clearly an animal lover, here he is saving a dog.
Banks made what he believed to be three of the best saves of his career in a Stoke shirt. He saved and caught a powerful, well placed header from Manchester City’s Wyn Davies from eight yards. The second was a Francis Lee header, which he saved at Maine Road, and the third was catching a volley from Spur’s Alan Gilzean hit from just six yards out at White Hart Lane.
Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 10 mins
Home kit: rolling pin, large frying pan, 3 saucers
Away kit: a large serving plate and some kitchen roll
Serves: A kickball team as finger food but 4 as a starter
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts
- 1 egg
- ½ cup of flour
- 1 matchbox of Parmesan cheese , grated
- 1 tsp. Basil
- 1 tsp. Oregano
- 1 tsp. thyme
- Handful of breadcrumbs
- Some oil for frying
Method: Preheat the oven to 75oC and put in the large serving plate to warm
First half
Put the chicken breasts between two bits of cling-film and whack them with the rolling pin to flatten.
Cut the chicken into fingers about ½ inch wide. Put the flour, egg and breadcrumbs separately into the three saucers. Grate the Parmesan and add the herbs to the breadcrumbs.
Second half – heat the oil in the frying pan
Dip the chicken fingers into the flour, then the egg and then the breadcrumb mixture and shallow fry in the frying pan over a medium heat until golden brown. Do them a few at at time putting them on the kitchen roll on the plate in the oven.
Full time results
Serve from the warmed plate with tomato sauce, mayonnaise or just a squeeze of lemon juice.