![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/scaled/2013/05/23/article-2329965-19F75B9B000005DC-74_308x185.jpg)
How 'first gentleman of football' Sir Stanley Matthews ditched his wife for a blonde communist spy | Daily Mail 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
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, 71, former England footballer, who was born at Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. He played his first Football League match in 1931, and played for England from 1934 - earning 55 caps. Sir Stanley Matthews, 71, former England footballer, who was born at Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. He played his first Football League match in 1931, and played for England from 1934 - earning 55 caps.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G7HDTE/sir-stanley-matthews-71-former-england-footballer-who-was-born-at-G7HDTE.jpg)
Sir Stanley Matthews, 71, former England footballer, who was born at Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. He played his first Football League match in 1931, and played for England from 1934 - earning 55 caps.
Blackpool FC on Twitter: "On this day in 2000... Sir Stanley Matthews sadly passed away. The Wizard of the Dribble helped Blackpool lift the FA Cup in 1953 and won the inaugural
![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
![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/s615b/Sir-Stanley-Matthews.jpg)
Sir Stanley Matthews' family selling off carved African throne which tells amazing story of legend's lasting legacy - Mirror Online
![When Blackpool legend Sir Stanley Matthews got the better of his Preston adversary Sir Tom Finney | Blackpool Gazette When Blackpool legend Sir Stanley Matthews got the better of his Preston adversary Sir Tom Finney | Blackpool Gazette](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIyOTcyMjcw.jpg?width=1200&enable=upscale)