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30 December 2021
Goalkeepers Are Different are seeing out 2021 with one final update for the year, an update that features all the usual anecdotes and oddities, including the day former England goalie Peter Bonetti decided to keep goal in a green tracksuit top. There's also a few horrendous goalkeeper debuts (plus one penalty save), Jan Tomaszewski's cameo in a popular Polish soap opera plus the Irish politician who kept goal for Belfast Celtic before swapping his gloves for the ballot box. There's also the tale of the unscrupulous Aussie goalkeeper who embellished his career to impress a female contestant on an Australia reality TV show!

Quirky Facts, Getting Shirty, Goalkeeping Debuts, Politically Speaking

8 December 2021
A cheeky midweek update that lacks any kind of festive cheer but does see José Luis Chilavert join the ranks of the Goalkeeping Greats. Alongside the Paraguayan goalkeeper there's some words of wisdom from the 1970s from the likes of Kevin Keelan, Ally Hunter and Colin Boulton plus some memorable and slightly less memorable debuts, including the keeper who let four in after this team went 3-0 up. If that's not all, keeping in the Chilavert spirit, there's also some more goalscoring goalkeepers.

Goalkeeping Greats, Goalkeeping Debuts, Goalscoring Goalkeepers, Words of Wisdom

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

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