Goalkeeping Museum

England fans won’t remember Radoslaw Majdan with any fondness after the display he made for his native Poland.

One centre half in particular will have been very disappointed that the long haired Pole was on such top form:

As a defender, scoring an own goal is a real frustration, not to mention that its embarrassing. In this Champion’s League match between Manchester United and Celtic, Boruc of Celtic makes a great save from his own defender, and saves some blushes.

Having produced a fine penalty save against United in the home fixture, Boruc appears to enjoy playing United.

Iker Casillas is an extremely agile and athletic goalkeeper. Watch this great low diving reaction save - there are few who would have saved this well struck close-range shot: (more…)

Jussi Jaaskelainen of Bolton Wanderers had an incredible 2 and a half minutes in their game against Blackburn rovers in October 2006. Bolton, 1-0 up away from home were precariously poised to take the match, when Blackburn were awarded a penalty. (more…)

Check out this compilation of great saves made by Manchester United’s Edwin Van Der Sar: (more…)

Ireland V France, 2006, the socre is 0-0. Zinedine Zidane, of France, one of the world’s best, lines up a direct free kick from just outside the area.

Shay Given, the Irish number 1, however, pulls out this great save: (more…)

Watch this tribute made by a Liverpool fan of Jerzy Dudek (who won the European Champions League with the club) - it features Dudek at his best:

Dudek has since left Liverpool, after Reina was brought in to replace him by Rafael Benitez.

Some more great saves from Santiago Canizares can be witnessed in this compilation of his finer moments:

Canizares has played in some of football’s biggest competitions, for some of the greatest teams.

Yet again, we’ve discovered a compilation of great saves made by Peter Schmeichel.

Here it is:

Schmeichel is best remembered for his time at Manchester United.

David Seaman, a hugely strong keeper for both club and country, enjoyed a long and successful career.

Here is a compilation of some of his greatest moments - enjoy in particular his reflexes; his braveness; and his strength at putting hard shots well out of the danger zone.

Seaman earned the nickname “Safe Hands” from his team-mates. It is easy to see how.