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

1 September 2018
Former Chelsea, Coventry City and Liverpool striker David Speedie is one of four outfield players who were forced to don the goalkeepers and takeover between the sticks in the latest site update. Elsewhere, you'll find the sorry tale of the teenage goalkeeper who was forced to call time on his career after he fell out of a tree trying to rescue his neighbour's cat and the keeper who managed to fracture his finger fist-pumping while celebrating a goal. There's also some more goalies that excelled in other sports, the Zimbabwean custodian who swapped his gloves for a guitar and some additional soundbites from the great and the good of the game!

Quirky Facts, Quirky Injuries, Emergency Measures, Words of Wisdom

19 August 2018
The day England's Ernie Williamson took to the field in a hooped shirt in Sweden and US Olympian Mary Harvey's number two shirt both feature in a late Summer update, together with some more debuts, both good and bad. There's also a couple of South American goalkeepers with differing political leanings and some more goalkeeping families, including the two brothers who faced each other when Stranraer met Clyde in a Scottish League Cup clash.

Getting Shirty, Goalkeeping Debuts, Getting Personal, Politically Speaking

5 August 2018
The now traditional update to welcome the start of the new football season celebrates the unusual with the debuts of not one but two goalkeepers who were capped by the now defunct country of Saarland in the 1950s. There's also the Huddersfield Town emergency goalkeeper who kept a clean sheet and scored a goal in the same game and the day Lille were forced to try a striker and a defender between the sticks. Finally, there are a couple of goalkeeper families, including the Spanish father and son that represented Spain in the Olympics and World Cup, and the former Portsmouth and Fulham goalkeeper who founded Major Beach Soccer in the United States.

Quirky Facts, Goalkeeping Debuts, Getting Personal, Emergency Measures

10 July 2018
A cheeky semi-final half-time update that certainly has a World Cup feel about it, with a number of record breaking feats from 2018 included, from penalty stoppers to sending offs, plus the Argentine author and part-time goalkeeper who wrote a collection of football-themed short stories. There's also some more debuts of the good and bad variety plus the Dutch international who was so versatile that he was capable of keeping goal, scoring goals and defending them from right back.

Quirky Facts, Goalkeeping Debuts, Emergency Measures

1 July 2018
A World Cup-themed update of sorts featuring two of Egypts three goalkeepers, Mohamed El-Shenawy and Essam El-Hadary, who may have already returned home but they certainly left their mark on the competition. There's also the story of the Peru international who burnt his feet playing football in the hot sun, the Dutch goalkeeper that took to the field in Gordon Banks's England shirt and the Nigerian international who turned his back on the game to set up his own religious order. There's also some more quirky middle names and the West Ham goalkeeper whose luck run out despite finding a "lucky charm".

Getting Shirty, Quirky Injuries, Getting Personal, Keepers of the Faith

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

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