The playmaker, once compared to Kenny Dalglish, made his name at QPR in the mid-1970s but earned only five caps
A veteran Fleet Street football writer once shared a story about running into Stan Bowles in a Nottingham betting shop shortly after his move in 1979 to Forest. Bowles was disconsolate, but not because he had backed another loser.
“What’s up, Stan?” the reporter asked.