On Friday, Local time, Chelsea held a memorial service for the club's legendary goalkeeper Peter Bonetti, and more than 1,000 fans, family, friends, former teammates, club representatives and others from the football community came to mourn.
Peter Bonetti passed away in April 2020 at the age of 78. Since then, Bonetti's memorial service has been postponed due to the epidemic. Bonnetti's widow, Kay, said: "When Peter came here in his later years, no matter what he remembered, he always knew it was home. When he approached, it seemed as if wings had grown, and this was his home. When I played "Nobody Sleeps Tonight" today, I really felt that he was flying. ”
Former team-mate John Dempsey said: "It was a sad moment to lose Peter a few years ago, it was amazing to be able to play more than 700 games for a club, I was lucky to be able to play with him, what a great goalkeeper he is! He was in the same era as Gordon Banks, but because we played with him, we listed him as number one. ”
"I can always hear him giving orders behind me, although he is not very tall for the goalkeeper, but when the opponent shoots, he always catches the ball above me and doesn't let it fall. You always knew he would be behind you and you were safe. ”
Another teammate, Charlie Cook, came to Stamford Bridge from the United States to express his memory of Bonetti. "You can't find a better man than him, a real gentleman, a lovely man."
In addition, Chelsea fan Pastor Martin Swann presided over the memorial service, while actor Clive Mantel also spoke as a fan representative. Bonetti's ashes are buried behind the goal at Stamford Bridge, the real home of the Cats.
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