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Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland should be England's No. 1 - Gordon Banks

Jack Butland deserves a chance as England's first-choice goalkeeper, according to World Cup winner Gordon Banks.

Joe Hart has faced criticism after high-profile errors against Wales and Iceland at the European Championships, with the latter leading to England's elimination at the round-of-16 stage.

Stoke City keeper Butland would have been included in the squad that travelled to France had he not suffered a fractured ankle during the 3-2 friendly win over Germany in March.

It is hoped the 23-year-old will be fit again for the start of the season and Banks, who also played for Stoke and was England's first-choice keeper in 1966, believes he should be given his chance ahead of the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign.

"That lad is a terrific goalkeeper and if I was the new manager, if I'd just got the job with England, I would put him in goal and I'd keep him in there," Banks told Press Association Sport.

"He's only 23. I'd keep in him in there to get him the experience of being used to playing there, because this lad is a terrific goalkeeper, he really is.

"I've seen him play a little bit. I've heard that he practises quite a lot and works hard, so you couldn't wish for a better goalkeeper than that."

Hart was beaten by a Gareth Bale free kick from around 35 yards against Wales, but the Manchester City goalkeeper's blushes were spared as England came from behind to win the group match 2-1.

Kolbeinn Sigthorsson's low shot that eluded Hart's grasp and trickled into the net for what proved to be Iceland's winning goal last week proved more costly, and Banks, 78, thinks Hart's mind cannot have been right.

He said: "His concentration wasn't 100 percent, I don't think -- once he could get his hands on that ball he should have either pushed it away or caught it.

"He didn't do either and that was a bad, bad mistake and it lost us the match, which was a shame."

Butland made his England debut in a friendly against Italy in 2012 but has earned just four caps for his country.