A thread full of really, really brilliant Goalkeepers.

[Danny-Boy]

For me it has to be :-

1/ Gordon Banks
2/ Lev Yashin
3/ Peter Shilton

No I'd put Zoff in there somewhere. They did win a world Cup with him, which 2 and 3 didn't.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

my favourite goalkeeper ever, by MILES

 

[brakespear]

Bob Wilson.

 

[Robski]

A few names to put in the mixer:
Dino Zoff
Jorge Campos
Jose Luis Chilavert
Angelo Peruzzi

 

[Fawkesy]

Pepe Reina without a doubt is currently the best goalkeeper in the world and has been for the past few years.

Against Villa on monday night he made 100 clean sheets in just 198 games, hes smashing club records left, right and centre!

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

I know they've both been mentioned already, but here's a couple of my favourite clips...

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Oh and this fella has always been one of my favourites:

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[tonymgc]

Thomas Ravelli


One of the highlights of my childhood was watching that Sweden team do so well at what was otherwise a shit world cup

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

I'm going to put up Mark Schwarzer. Having watched him for many, many years he's easily as good as any other of the top keepers already named.


If he'd played for bigger clubs his reputation on the world stage would be even greater.

 

[JBizzle]

my favourite goalkeeper ever, by MILES

Mine too. He scored 68, yes, SIXTY-EIGHT goals! Mainly from free-kicks!

 

[Dr_Pepper]

Ed de Goey

 

[BrickTamland]

Joe Hart. Well at least his preformance against spurs earlier this year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP4L-VUn_hs

 

[Farehamseagull]

In watching 20 years of football, Schmeichal is the best keeper I have seen by a mile. He was awesome and won United so many points.

I remember a game away to Newcastle when they were fighting for the title. He single handedly kept United in it, denying Ferdinand I think it was time and again, United grabbed a winner through Cantona and went on to win the league. Always remember that game being the turning point and Schmeichal was the reason for the win. Great, great keeper.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

I think Bert Trautmann deserves a little mention, takes some man to play with a broken neck!!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Fatty Foulkes

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[Cheshire Cat]

... and Peter Bonetti (apart from one game in 1970)

 

[tonymgc]

Igor Akinfeev. Has all the attributes to be one of the best in the world.