Peter Shilton choice keeper, but the remaining brace of back-ups from the 1970 World Cup, Peter Bonetti and Alex Stepney, had been cast aside by Ramsey so Shilton could begin to regard himself as his country's number two goalkeeper at the age of 22. His fourth and fifth England caps came towards the end of 1972, before a tragic incident suddenly saw Shilton propelled into the limelight as England's number one keeper. In October 1972, Gordon Banks was involved in a car crash which resulted in the loss of the sight in one eye and thus ended his career. Liverpool goalkeeper Ray
Peter Shilton the Order of Merit by the PFA and a year later he received the Football Writers' Tribute Award. Shilton was made an Inaugural Inductee of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002. Shilton was charged with drinking and driving in March 2013. He was banned for 20 months and ordered to pay £1,020 costs, which he claimed would be 'difficult', due to his divorce from his wife and subsequent sale of their house. Shilton is a supporter of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union. Source: Source: Leicester City Nottingham Forest Southampton England Peter Shilton Peter Leslie Shilton (born 18