Stanley Matthews he helped Blackpool to win the cup with a formidable personal performance in the "Matthews Final" of 1953. Between 1934 and 1957 he won 54 caps for England, playing in the FIFA World Cup in 1950 and 1954, and winning nine British Home Championship titles. Following an unsuccessful stint as Port Vale's general manager between 1965 and 1968, he travelled around the world, coaching enthusiastic amateurs. The most notable of his coaching experiences came in 1975 in South Africa, where in spite of the harsh apartheid laws of the time he established an all-black team in Soweto known as "Stan's
Stanley Matthews (tennis) ended his tournament in the fourth round. At Beaulieu the same year he was knocked out in straight sets in the first round by Peter Pokorney. In June, at Wimbledon, Matthews was knocked out in straight sets in the first round by Scott Eugene. At 1966's Border Championships, Pat Cramer knocked Matthews out in the first round. At Wimbledon, his first-round match with Ismail El Shafei went to four sets, but the Egyptian won the final set 7–5. In 1973 Matthews quit playing tennis and tried his hand in the business world, selling air bubbles to cover tennis courts; however,