Everything you've ever wanted to know about
goalkeepers and a little bit more

27 November 2021
Goalkeepers can be suspended for many reasons but back in 1924 one Sheffield United custodian spent six months on the sidelines after the club took offence at his decision to become a publican. Alongside this little titbit there's the Polish keeper than became a magazine editor, the Greek goalkeeper who kept goal in a European Cup Final in a Spain shirt and the Irishman who liked nothing more than keeping goal in one of Dino Zoff's old shirt. There's also some quirky middle names, the Belgian striker who often found himself between the sticks and the sugar merchant who started life as goalkeeper and played the odd game of cricket.

Quirky Facts, Getting Shirty, Getting Personal, Emergency Measures

29 October 2021
Something for the weekend? How about some more goalkeeper trivia, including the Danish goalie who became editor of a national newspaper, the keeper who kept out a Memphis Depay penalty on his international debut and David de Gea's crossbar ritual. There's also the keeper whose career was all but ended by a goalkick, some more nicknames, the family affair that saw three generations of the same family play for Port Vale plus a couple of keepers who turned their hand a cricket.

Quirky Facts, Goalkeeping Debuts, Quirky Injuries, Getting Personal

30 September 2021
Not many goalkeepers can claim to have managed a pop group but a certain West Brom goalkeeper can, which just one of the pieces of trivia featured in September's small but perfectly formed update. There's also the record breaking feats of great rivals Peter Shilton and Ray Clemence, Joe Hart's tribute to a Celtic legend, the AC Milan goalkeeper who refused to wear the number one shirt and the two Leeds United players that found themselves in goal following injuries to their respective keepers.

Quirky Facts, Getting Shirty, Emergency Measures

29 August 2021
The last update of the Summer naturally features the usual fayre of woeful debuts from the new football season, but on this occasion we have three debut disasters from the League Cup competitions in both England and Scotland and to balance things out, the tale of the keeper who saved two penatlies in the same competition for Oldham. There's also the Newcastle goalkeeper who was forced to borrow a pair of clubs from a policeman, Gianluigi Donnarumma's spiked mitts, the traumatised Brazilian who burned the goalposts from the 1950 World Cup and a couple of protesting goalkeepers who decided to take a political stand.

Hands in Gloves, Goalkeeping Debuts, In the Net, Politically Speaking

24 July 2021
Gianluigi Donnarumma's exploits during Euro 2020 take centre stage in the latest update as made history by becoming the first goalkeeper to officially win Player of the Tournament but it woudn't be a site update without the goalkeeping oddities that you've come to known and love. So alongside Donnarumma there's the day Alan Rough came off worse against his wife's horse, the netting malfunction that held up AFC Wimbledon's first league clash against Barnet and Peter Bonetti's run-in with slate tile. To round things up, there's some more quotes and the ode to "Fatty" Foulke written by a progressive rock band.

Quirky Facts, In the Net, Quirky Injuries, Words of Wisdom

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