"Stanley Bowles" is a former leading England/English football (soccer)/footballer who gained a reputation as one of the game's greatest mavericks. He is a cousin of Paul Bowles (footballer)/Paul Bowles.

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I would still be making bets that would hurt me. If I woke up and everything was comfortable, there were no problems, it would probably be too easy.

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He said to me, 'If you go boss-eyed in the final, you've got a grand'. Well, I only stood to get £200 if we won the final, so I said, 'Certainly'. I scored a goal but we lost 6-1, and our manager, Gerry Francis, said to me afterwards, 'You looked a bit tired in the second half'. ... But it was only five-a-side. It didn't matter.

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