Goalkeepers Are Different

Everything you've ever wanted to know about
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Goalkeepers Are Different

Recent Updates

26 October 2024
Celebrate your side's latest victory or drown your sorrows following another defeat with the latest update, which features the goalkeeper who managed to injure himself diving for a dog (no, not Chic Brodie), three keepers who found themselves in a spot of bother with the law and some more goalscoring goalkeepers. There's also the tale of the owl that interrupted a UEFA 2008 qualifier, three unfortunate keepers that paid the ultimate price for their bravery and a collection of goalkeepers that have won the English League with two different clubs, including the rather quirky achievements of John Lukic with Arsenal and Leeds United.

Quirky Facts, Quirky Injuries, In the Net, Goalscoring Goalkeepers, I Fought the Law

28 September 2024
A bumper update this month with some especially quirky facts, including the goalkeeper who ensured his hands before working in a coal mine, the keeper that formed his own football club and the Polish stopper that had to play under a pseudonym during the Second World War for fear of reprisals. There's also teenager Jack Porter's debut for Arsenal and Arijanet Muric debut to forget for Ipswich Town. If that wasn't enough, there's a couple of unique goalkeeper strips, the broken netting at Tynecastle and the former Manchester United and Southend United keeper who could was an accomnplished singer and piano player who used to earn a bit of money on the side playing gigs in midweek.

Quirky Facts, Getting Shirty, Goalkeeping Debuts, In the Net

26 August 2024
A Bank Holiday update that sees Gianluigi Buffon enter the Goalkeeping Greats Hall of Fame! If that's not all, there's also some more goalkeepers that have scored a goal, including the Vietnam international with over twenty goals to his name, and the goalie that turned down a chance of a trial with Celtic and turned his back on the game for religious reason. And of course, because it's August, there's some more debuts - both heroic and not so heroic - to celebrate the start of the new football season.

Goalkeeping Greats, Goalkeeping Debuts, Goalscoring Goalkeepers, Keepers of the Faith

28 July 2024
Having completely ignored the Euros last month, the latest site update includes some goalkeeping-related trivia from championships of the past, including the goalkeepers with the most clean sheets. There's also some good and bad debuts, including the Angola international that became Porto's youngest ever player, some keepers with disabilities that did not prevent them from making the grade and some more footballing families. There's also a couple of defenders who found themselves in goal due to injuries to their keepers.

Quirky Facts, Goalkeeping Debuts, Getting Personal, Emergency Measures

27 June 2024
A mid-Euros update that doesn't feature a single piece of trivia about the European Championships! Don't despair, however, there's still lots of quirky facts, including the South American president who began life as a goalkeeper, the keeper who had the misfortune to be the first player ever to be substitued in the Football League and the American goalkeeper who decided to put the name of their hero on the back of their shirt. There's also some more debuts, both good and bad, some sporting masters plus the Scottish goalie whose brother featured in several Hollywood blockbusters.

Quirky Facts, Getting Shirty, Goalkeeping Debuts, Politically Speaking

About Us

Goalkeepersaredifferent.com came to life in the summer of 1999. A treasure trove of goalkeeper facts, trivia and a whole lot more, it has kept football fans and goalkeepers alike amused and entertained with its collection of goalie titbits ever since. But don't just take our word for it...

"Educational and charming" - Oliver Kahn

"Excellent and well-written" - When Saturday Comes

"Excellent" - Guardian Unlimited

"Goalkeepers are the drummers of football... Great quirky facts, a great website" - Website Wasteland, The Gideon Coe Show, BBC Radio6 Music

Words of Wisdom
  • "It's disappointing to be dropped from any team - even my mates' fantasy league team"
    Robert Green
  • "I dreamt of playing for a club like Manchester United, and now here I am at Liverpool"
    Sander Westerveld
  • "He had no chance of beating Schmeichel from there, but it was always worth a try"
    Alan Parry
  • "If you're a goalkeeper, it doesn't matter what you save the ball with - if you keep it out, it's not a goal"
    Mark Lawrenson
  • "Goalkeepers aren't born today until they're in their late twenties or thirties"
    Kevin Keegan
  • "And Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages to change direction"
    John Motson
  • "It was like deja vu all over again"
    Shaka Hislop
  • "I still don't buy the idea that I'm a sex symbol"
    Hope Solo
  • "Peter Schmeichel will be like a father figure to Kasper Schmeichel"
    Jamie Redknapp
  • "Casper Ankegren's a bit of a Dracula-type keeper... doesn't like crosses"
    Andy Ritchie
  • "I discovered it's not the gloves but what's in them that counts"
    Neville Southall
  • "You cant have nice goalkeepers. Nice goalkeepers don't win you anything!"
    Alan Hodgkinson
  • "What goalkeeper doesn't like a little action?"
    Karen Bardsley
  • "The goalkeeper position is not an easy one. You can only speak about it if you are a goalkeeper yourself"
    Simon Mignolet
  • "If you're playing badly, the best gloves in the world won't help you"
    Gary Bailey
  • "It's very easy for people to overlook how important a good goalkeeper is in a team"
    Graeme Souness

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