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2 days ago

A goalkeeping calamity of sorts. Back in 1894, Queen's Park goalkeeper Andrew Baird (third row, middle) found himself in an embarrassing situation during a Scottish Cup tie after getting his hand caught in the net. He could only watch on as David Boyd scored for Rangers.

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4 days ago

A hand injury as meant we've been unable to do our regular updates this week. Normal service will resume shortly!

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a week ago

A mid-September update that nobody asked for but one you're getting anyway that sees Robert De Niro... er... I mean Vladimir Beara and Walter Zenga join the ranks of the Goalkeeping Greats! bit.ly/4n88JyA

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a week ago

"Fancy a strapping fellow like me fainting in front of all those people and the King" - Manchester City and England goalkeeper Frank Swift reflects on the moment he fainted following the 1934 FA Cup Final.

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2 weeks ago

"After God, John Burridge is the main person" - Wigan Athletic and Oman goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi gets slightly carried away with his enthusiasm for his mentor, bestowing near-deity status on the former goalie.

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2 weeks ago

"Formerly all keepers were in black so you couldn't have mixed them up with anyone else. And now they are red, yellow, blue - like parrots!" - Sepp Maier forgets that green was the traditional colour of choice (yes, we've posted this one before too but what the hell 😀)

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2 weeks ago

"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 (Yes, we've posted this before but felt it deserved another airing!)

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3 weeks ago

"It was like deja vu all over again" - Shaka Hislop

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3 weeks ago

"I've had marriage proposals, invitations to military balls and even a few prom offers from 18-year-old boys" - America's Hope Solo on the attention goalkeepers sometimes get.

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3 weeks ago

Something quite soothing about this… but then we are guilty of wallowing in nostalgia!

TV Football 1968-92 @1968Tv

3 weeks ago

Something quite soothing about this… but then we are guilty of wallowing in nostalgia!

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3 weeks ago

"I am not trying to make excuses for David Seaman, but I think the lights may have been a problem" - Kevin Keegan comes to the defence of the Arsenal goalkeeper after he was beaten by Nayim's long range effort.

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4 weeks ago

"You need to be insane to do this job willingly" - Sepp Maier

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4 weeks ago

"What I achieved at Bayern, with Belgium in Mexico, came through effort, I wanted to improve every time - to be the best" - Jean-Marie Pfaff

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a month ago

"We saw Jaws from James Bond at our hotel. He looks frightening in real life, like in the film. We all had a group photo and he was pretending to choke some of us. He would make a good keeper judging by the size of his hands" - Bristol City's Dean Gerken on meeting Richard Kiel

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a month ago

A cheeky update to celebrate the start of a new season and that of course can only mean one thing - more tales of debut highs, lows and woes plus Fabio's record-breaking achievement overtaking Peter Shilton's tally for most senior appearances. bit.ly/45sN5P7

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a month ago

"Alan Ball and me didn't see eye-to-eye, and it had nothing to do with his being 5ft 3in and me being 6ft 4" - Dave Beasant on his relationship with his then manager.

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Retro Football Network @retrofootballnw

a month ago

Thinking of Les Sealey and his family today. Les sadly died on August 19th 2001. He was only 43. Here's a great save from Les from a Nigel Clough free-kick in 1990

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Football Factly @FootballFactly

a month ago

Kilmarnock have been forced to delete a new signing post and video because some sad and pathetic grown “men” thought it was cool to make comments on her skin condition on what should have been the happiest day of her life, signing her first professional contract 😢 Happiness has…

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2 months ago

"I was stuck between the posts because I was big and, I suspect, not too good anywhere else" - Former Kilmarnock, Celtic and Scotland goalkeeper Ally Hunter