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
Samuel Matthews (footballer) Samuel Matthews (footballer) Samuel Lloyd "Sam" Matthews (born 10 March 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bristol Rovers. Matthews joined Bournemouth at the age of 10 and signed his first senior contract with the club in 2014, on his 17th birthday. His first taste of senior football came in a loan spell with his hometown club of Poole Town in 2014. Unfortunately he suffered a serious ankle injury just 29 minutes into his debut in a 4–0 FA Cup win over Bradford Town and was forced to return to his parent club. On 31 August