In the context of a match, a penalty awarded with the scores at 1-1 in the 70th minute is going to be a pivotal moment. In the context of football in London, when this happens in an Arsenal v Spurs match at these scores, it doesn’t get any bigger than this.
This was the situation that Almunia, of Arsenal found himself faced with when Kolo Toure brought down Berbatov of Tottenham Hotspur in this match:
The goalkeeper got down smartly to his right to keep out what was, in truth, a below par penalty kick from Robbie Keane of Tottenham. This ball was not in the corner, and not struck hard enough to beat a keeper going the right way.
In 1999, Carlisle began the final game of the season bottom of the Football Lague, with Scarborough 1 point ahead of them.
During their matches, Carlisle were going down, as they were drawing 1-1 in their match with Plymouth and Scarborough had just drawn themselves.
In the 95th minute, caution was thrown to the wind, and Jimmy Glass, the on-loan Carlisle goalkeeper, headed to join this last minute corner: Read the rest of this entry →
Peter Schmeichel always managed to make an impact on the football pitch. Usually for making show-stopping saves. However, every now and again, the great Dane would jog to the other end of the pitch to show his fellow teammates what they should have been doing for the previous 90 or so minutes Read the rest of this entry →
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: Read the rest of this entry →
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. Read the rest of this entry →
Our chief Bundesliga and 1970s and 1980s writer, James Allis has completed an update on the profile of Harald Toni Schumacher to include Mexico 86 and his later years as a keeper. Check it out here.
When Liverpool play Everton, as a goalkeeper, you don’t want to make an error. As always, in goal, mistakes prove costly, this one didn’t win Jose Manuel Reina any fans in the red of Liverpool as they went 2-0 against their arch rivals from the other half of the city. Read the rest of this entry →
The Museum of Goalkeeping - created by keepers & goalkeeping enthusiasts to celebrate the Art of Goalkeeping throughout the history of football!