Goalkeeping Museum

It has often been suggested that goalkepers tend be rather crazy, haphazard individuals who seem to almost attract strange occurences and injuries, here are some well known accidents and some not so………

In April 1980, West Germany and Schalke goalkeeper Nigbur and his fiancee were dining in Gelsenkirchen, after the meal Nigbur tried to stand up to pay the bill, his knee locked and he could not stand. The diagnosis was a torn meniscus(cartilage) and Nigbur would require surgery before he could play again; months on the sidelines. Sadly for Nigbur, he was due to represent his country in the European Championships in June, Nigbur missed the Championships, West Germany won, and Nigbur never really recovered from that blow, his from declined and he never played for West Germany again.

Another sad injury ocurred on Merseyside in the mid 1990’s, it invloved an ironing board and Liverpool’s Danish goalkeeper Michael Stensgaard. After participating in some household chores, Stensgaard stretched to put the ironing board down, in the process of which he dislocated his shoulder and had to be taken to hospital as the board rendered him incapacitated. Stensgaard recovered only in part and never played for Liverpool again.