| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? 15:45 - Nov 1 with 4598 views | ChampionsofInnsbruck |
Seeing as both Hladky and Bart are two of the top performing Championship keepers so far this season, who are our best keepers ever? Roy Bailey, Paul Cooper, Laurie Sivell, Craig Forrest and Richard Wright are the ones that spring to mind. Honourable mentions Bartosz Białkowski, Clive Baker, and Kelvin Davis.
Anyone I have missed? Dean Gerken was okay when called on, Supple and Price never lived up to Davis, Andy Marshall was a good keeper everywhere else but Ipswich. We have a lot of guys on loan or for a season in recent years. In terms of poorest Will Norris and Scott Loach were two more recent ones I remember being pretty bad.
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 18:25 - Nov 1 with 1408 views | solemio |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 17:16 - Nov 1 by Ely_Blue |
There is surely only one answer and that is Neil Gregory isn’t it? |
Not as good as Russell Osman. |  | | |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 18:28 - Nov 1 with 1403 views | Swailsey |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 17:14 - Nov 1 by GeoffSentence |
What do you mean by best ever goalkeeper? Are you judging purely on their ability as a goalkeeper? Or are you looking at it more holistically. If the latter then it has to be
Goalkeeper, pundit, philanthropist David Stockdale
https://www.davidstockdale13.co.uk/ |
I’m saddened it too this long to post this. Topwork. |  |
| Who said: "Colin Healy made Cesc Fabregas look like Colin Healy"? | We miss you TLA |
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 18:31 - Nov 1 with 1390 views | jaykay |
as someone who has seen all town goalkeepers from 1958 , i would go for wilf thorburn.
joking apart it's paul cooper performed well against the top strikers of the day ,for several years. |  |
| forensic experts say footers and spruces fingerprints were not found at the scene after the weekends rows |
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 18:36 - Nov 1 with 1378 views | Swailsey |
Stephen Bywater anyone? | |
| Who said: "Colin Healy made Cesc Fabregas look like Colin Healy"? | We miss you TLA |
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 19:40 - Nov 1 with 1339 views | nodge_blue |
Who was the Scottish keeper we had 20 years ago? He was surpringly good |  |
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 19:43 - Nov 1 with 1332 views | WeWereZombies |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 19:40 - Nov 1 by nodge_blue |
Who was the Scottish keeper we had 20 years ago? He was surpringly good |
Neil Alexander ? I named him in a post at 16:13, and then two others mentioned him as if I had never posted...which I guess goes to show who else has me on ignore. |  |
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 19:57 - Nov 1 with 1322 views | Sharkey |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 17:08 - Nov 1 by Vic |
For me it's between Cooper, Wright and Alexander, with a shout out to Davis.
My vote goes to Cooper - he keeper during our most successful period, a brilliant penalty saver and very steady even if not spectacular. Unfortunate not to make the England squad but Shilton and Clements were undeniably better. |
Joe Corrigan was also rated above him, (rightly or wrongly, I couldn't say) and got quite a few caps. |  | | |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 20:06 - Nov 1 with 1308 views | stickymockwell |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 19:57 - Nov 1 by Sharkey |
Joe Corrigan was also rated above him, (rightly or wrongly, I couldn't say) and got quite a few caps. |
Ron Fearon and Craig Forrest had the best mullets |  |
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 20:33 - Nov 1 with 1285 views | tractorshark |
I remember David Hill having to go in goal at Brighton due to an injury to Craig Forrest.
Hill was a pretty average midfielder but he didn’t do badly in goal that night. Definitely a midweek game, think we lost 1-0.
It must have been around 1989 because I loved the new orange kit. | | | |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 20:41 - Nov 1 with 1278 views | gainsboroughblue |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 20:33 - Nov 1 by tractorshark |
I remember David Hill having to go in goal at Brighton due to an injury to Craig Forrest.
Hill was a pretty average midfielder but he didn’t do badly in goal that night. Definitely a midweek game, think we lost 1-0.
It must have been around 1989 because I loved the new orange kit. |
It was midweek. I was there. Hill did very well considering, unfortunately he dropped the ball on to the foot of their striker late on, who then scored.
Hill wasn't the best player but he gave 100% every week. |  |
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 20:43 - Nov 1 with 1274 views | ITFC_History |
Matt Holland should get a honorable mention.
Not only did he play in goal in the 5-2 victory against Oxford. He also scored in the same game too |  | | |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 21:05 - Nov 1 with 1265 views | brazil1982 |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 17:08 - Nov 1 by Vic |
For me it's between Cooper, Wright and Alexander, with a shout out to Davis.
My vote goes to Cooper - he keeper during our most successful period, a brilliant penalty saver and very steady even if not spectacular. Unfortunate not to make the England squad but Shilton and Clements were undeniably better. |
I'd say Davies is the best I've seen. [Post edited 2 Nov 2023 9:55]
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 22:35 - Nov 1 with 1252 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 16:46 - Nov 1 by Kev_W |
Sereni was very good. Should appear in any list of our top keepers. His quality clouded by the relegation season, at times his own attitude and the way he was managed. |
This is correct
Tvvat of a bloke but a great keeper. |  |
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 22:38 - Nov 1 with 1249 views | WeWereZombies |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 16:28 - Nov 1 by Keno |
No Andy Marshall or Matteo Sereni mentions?
Ken |
OK, I've got my memory working now.
Alex McCarthy, no one's mentioned him yet, have they ?
What do you mean there's a reason for that ? | |
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 22:58 - Nov 1 with 1241 views | monty_radio |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 18:31 - Nov 1 by jaykay |
as someone who has seen all town goalkeepers from 1958 , i would go for wilf thorburn.
joking apart it's paul cooper performed well against the top strikers of the day ,for several years. |
Is this Wilf Hall or Jim Thorburn? | |
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 23:06 - Nov 1 with 1237 views | Churchman |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 17:20 - Nov 1 by monty_radio |
Hadn't read down as far as your thread when I similarly declared him my choice. |
Best is my choice too. For me it’s him or Richard Wright. |  | | |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 23:19 - Nov 1 with 1226 views | mylittletown |
1. Kelvin Davis
2. Richard Wright
3. Matteo Serini
Paul Cooper was a perfectly competent keeper, no more, who played behind the two best back fours we have ever had and was flattered as a result. |  | | |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 23:34 - Nov 1 with 1215 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 23:19 - Nov 1 by mylittletown |
1. Kelvin Davis
2. Richard Wright
3. Matteo Serini
Paul Cooper was a perfectly competent keeper, no more, who played behind the two best back fours we have ever had and was flattered as a result. |
I agree with this to a large extent. | |
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 00:06 - Nov 2 with 1206 views | jaykay |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 22:58 - Nov 1 by monty_radio |
Is this Wilf Hall or Jim Thorburn? |
as i said joking apart, as i took one part of each name to make one even worse than those 2 | |
| forensic experts say footers and spruces fingerprints were not found at the scene after the weekends rows |
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 00:18 - Nov 2 with 1202 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 17:08 - Nov 1 by Vic |
For me it's between Cooper, Wright and Alexander, with a shout out to Davis.
My vote goes to Cooper - he keeper during our most successful period, a brilliant penalty saver and very steady even if not spectacular. Unfortunate not to make the England squad but Shilton and Clements were undeniably better. |
That is absolute baloney.
He had a nack of saving a few penalties in a season but you don't really have many penalties to save. You would never pick a goalkeeper just because he saved the odd penalty.
I have nothing against Paul Cooper but he wasn't even close to an International call up. If we had signed either Shilton or Jennings (and we could have signed either) then we would have went on to win the title in consecutive seasons.
And, for what it's worth, I didn't particularly rate Ray Clemence, he just never had many shot's to save wth the defence he had in front of him.
Shilton was by far and away the best keeper of that generation. Phil Parkes and Joe Corrigan were up there as well, and would have been equally good in that Liverpool side. | |
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 03:00 - Nov 2 with 1185 views | readtheleaguetable |
Ken Hancock was “better than Yashin”, according to the terrace song of the time. “And Crawford (was) better than Eusebio” (pronounced ‘You Say B.O.’ in the song.) |  |
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 06:12 - Nov 2 with 1173 views | ElephantintheRoom |
Those stats probably say more about the defence than the goalie.
The best goalie Town have ever had by a country mile is David Best | |
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 06:52 - Nov 2 with 1165 views | blueislander |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 00:18 - Nov 2 by Lord_Lucan |
That is absolute baloney.
He had a nack of saving a few penalties in a season but you don't really have many penalties to save. You would never pick a goalkeeper just because he saved the odd penalty.
I have nothing against Paul Cooper but he wasn't even close to an International call up. If we had signed either Shilton or Jennings (and we could have signed either) then we would have went on to win the title in consecutive seasons.
And, for what it's worth, I didn't particularly rate Ray Clemence, he just never had many shot's to save wth the defence he had in front of him.
Shilton was by far and away the best keeper of that generation. Phil Parkes and Joe Corrigan were up there as well, and would have been equally good in that Liverpool side. |
We nearly got to sign Jennings, but, in the end he turned us down. | | | |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 08:40 - Nov 2 with 1145 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 06:52 - Nov 2 by blueislander |
We nearly got to sign Jennings, but, in the end he turned us down. |
Word on the street is that it was a misunderstanding over £25k | |
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| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 08:47 - Nov 2 with 1140 views | Herbivore |
| Best ever Town Goalkeepers? on 23:19 - Nov 1 by mylittletown |
1. Kelvin Davis
2. Richard Wright
3. Matteo Serini
Paul Cooper was a perfectly competent keeper, no more, who played behind the two best back fours we have ever had and was flattered as a result. |
Sereni our third best keeper? No chance. He was very error prone and whilst he made some eye catching saves he couldn't command his box and conceded a few howlers. Really odd shout that, imo. |  |
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