Sir Stanley Matthews - #Throwback to 1956: England football team's first ever match v. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, hosted at Wembley. The #ThreeLions triumphed 4-2 against the soon-to-be FIFA World Cup Winners,
![Sir Stanley Matthews' family selling off carved African throne which tells amazing story of legend's lasting legacy - Mirror Online Sir Stanley Matthews' family selling off carved African throne which tells amazing story of legend's lasting legacy - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article11540032.ece/ALTERNATES/n310p/Sir-Stanley-Matthews.jpg)
Sir Stanley Matthews' family selling off carved African throne which tells amazing story of legend's lasting legacy - Mirror Online
![Footballer of the Year 1948 & 1963: Stanley Matthews, Blackpool and Stoke City – Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 1948 & 1963: Stanley Matthews, Blackpool and Stoke City – Football Writers' Association](https://footballwriters-co-uk5.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/01140331/22d2f0_d34dcfe32e1d41b2ab08e7254192ee45_mv2.webp)
Footballer of the Year 1948 & 1963: Stanley Matthews, Blackpool and Stoke City – Football Writers' Association
![How 'first gentleman of football' Sir Stanley Matthews ditched his wife for a blonde communist spy | Daily Mail Online How 'first gentleman of football' Sir Stanley Matthews ditched his wife for a blonde communist spy | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/23/article-2329965-19F003C4000005DC-221_634x787.jpg)
How 'first gentleman of football' Sir Stanley Matthews ditched his wife for a blonde communist spy | Daily Mail Online
![Stanley Matthews and 16 Great Wingers in World Football History | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report Stanley Matthews and 16 Great Wingers in World Football History | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report](https://img.bleacherreport.net/img/slides/photos/003/909/932/hi-res-ebe33c45f7eaa35d0d15e09f8e8a0743_crop_exact.jpg?w=2975&h=2048&q=85)
Stanley Matthews and 16 Great Wingers in World Football History | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report
![The Sporting Statues Project: Sir Stanley Matthews: Town Road Shopping Precinct, Hanley, Staffordshire The Sporting Statues Project: Sir Stanley Matthews: Town Road Shopping Precinct, Hanley, Staffordshire](http://offbeat.group.shef.ac.uk/statues/images/uk/Matthews_Stanley_1A.jpg)
The Sporting Statues Project: Sir Stanley Matthews: Town Road Shopping Precinct, Hanley, Staffordshire
![Stanley Matthews: Stoke City legend Sir Stan was always out there on his own | The Independent | The Independent Stanley Matthews: Stoke City legend Sir Stan was always out there on his own | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/01/31/19/stoke.jpg?width=1200)
Stanley Matthews: Stoke City legend Sir Stan was always out there on his own | The Independent | The Independent
![The remarkable story of Sir Stanley Matthews's final game, five days after he'd turned 50 - Stoke-on-Trent Live The remarkable story of Sir Stanley Matthews's final game, five days after he'd turned 50 - Stoke-on-Trent Live](https://i2-prod.stokesentinel.co.uk/incoming/article2511433.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/0_mhqwc1febii00i45nkvcyq553973437.jpg)