Gordon Banks' funeral to be broadcast live by Stoke at bet365 Stadium
Monday 25 February 2019 15:49, UK
Stoke are to broadcast Gordon Banks' funeral live on the big screens at the bet365 Stadium and on the club's official website.
The funeral service will take place at Stoke Minster next Monday (March 4) and is strictly by invitation only.
However fans and the general public who wish to pay their respects to the former England, Stoke and Leicester goalkeeper, who died earlier this month aged 81, are invited to do so at the bet365 Stadium.
The Franklyn Stand will be open from 11.30am with the service starting at 1.30pm.
Details of the exact route for the funeral cortege is yet to be announced but the club has confirmed it will pass through the stadium on it's way to the Minster.
Once the cortege has left the stadium, archive footage of the World Cup winner in action will be broadcast on the two big screens before the service gets underway.
Fans who cannot make it to the stadium will still be able to watch the funeral service in full on stokecityfc.com.
Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland wore a plain green jersey for the first home match since Banks' death against Aston Villa last Saturday in a tribute to the legendary stopper.
It had no name, no sponsor and no badge to replicate the shirt Banks wore when Stoke won their only major trophy in 1972.
