Best BHAFC Goalkeeper

[drew]

All this way and I don't think anyone has mentioned the man that saved the Albion, Mark Beeney! Having said that, I think Keeley was the best I've seen and that started with Peter Grummitt, a man whose distribution on his best days was worse than Kuipers on his worst!!!

 

[Danny-Boy]

If he had another 4 inches in height he would have been amazing!

Great shot stopper.

Plus not bad in midfield! - He played there for Southwick.

Which reminds me Geoff Sidebottom was a class act.

Brian Powney, a Seaford legend. Still takes a huge interest in local football.

 

[Danny-Boy]

Btw who has played the most games in goal for the Albion? Have you someone to parallel John Jackson at Palace for logevity between the sticks?

 

[dennis]

Eric Steele for me, I do remember Grummit but Steele seemed to have it all. Maybe I was just young and impressionable but Grummit had seen better days and Steele came in and then went to Watford who themselves were on the up.

Keeley was outstanding in my opinion but the best performance by a Brighton keeper that I saw was Kuipers at Ipswich Saturday 27th November 2004. we lost 1 nil but it could have been 21 nil.

As for an opposition keepers performance, I really can’t remember one but I remember saying so many times, how did we not win that but you end up blaming the forwards when really it’s probably the keeper.

 

[BHseagull]

all this way and i don't think anyone has mentioned the man that saved the albion, mark beeney! Having said that, i think keeley was the best i've seen and that started with peter grummitt, a man whose distribution on his best days was worse than kuipers on his worst!!!

you'll never beat the beeney!

 

[wallyback]

Brian Powney with 386 appearances.

But probably nowhere near JJ i guess

 

[Steve Foster]

Moseley & Steele for me.

It was a wonderful time to have two top class goal keepers at the club at the same time.

I suspect that they had to be good when faced with Liverpool, Manu U, Arsenal etc forwards reigning down on them.

 

[Betfair Bozo]

From my time supporting the club (late 70's onwards) I'd find it hard to split Steele, Keeley and Beeney. As has been said, Corrigan was on the way down when he arrived. Moseley was treated appallingly by Mullery also I thought. As for an away keeper performance, time may have exaggerated things but I seem to recall us battering Arsenal 0-0 back in the old div 1 days (edit - though looking back it must have been in the League Cup.)

 

[Danny-Boy]

Brian Powney with 386 appearances.

But probably nowhere near JJ i guess

Gulp..Wiki says Jacko only managed 346 for Palace. I think Martyn must have got more..... no. He only had 272.

Brian Powney, legend then. Must have been super-fit.

But of course Alan Knight at Pompey wins hands-down for longevity.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

My favourite was definitely Keeley, although Roberts was great too.

Best opposition performance was definetely Joe Lewis, at Posh this season. He was incredible.

 

[Bexhillian]

Ben Roberts is the best all round keeper i can remember. if Kuipers could kick he'd be right up there

 

[Stattoseagull]

Graham Moseley for me - Remember him coming into my office when he first came down when looking for a house. (Didn't sell him one in the end). He played at the highest level against some world class forwards at the time. Let's not forget the '83 cup run, I recall him making a couple of fantastic saves in the the Semi Final at Highbury. Best we forget the Wilkins goal in the final though! Mark Beeney was also class and I feel he was a keeper who could have gone on to much better things.

 

[severnside gull]

Brian Powney for me despite his lack of height

 

[Danny-Boy]

Ben Roberts is the best all round keeper i can remember. if Kuipers could kick he'd be right up there

Kuipers best I ever saw for albion. Great stopping ability.

 

[brakespear]

Moseley, although I preferred Steele.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

Grummitt. He made the second best save I have ever seen live or on TV, after Banks' against Pele.

Against Forest, if memory serves.

If you are talking about shot-stoppers as opposed to all round skills then Kuipers was as good as we have ever had. And he had an amazing ability to make world class saves at just the right time. A fantastic save is worth nothing in terms of points if we are winning 3 - 0 or losing 3 - 0; he seemed to make them when we were drawing or losing by the odd goal. He must have been worth 10 - 15 points in a season to us.

Mind you, he did drop a few goolies!

 

[Peter Grummit]

Good enough to keep Ian Rush from scoring on that memorable Sunday afternoon in 1984. From memories of it though if Rush had been handed a banjo that afternoon and asked to whack the backside of a nearby cow he would have missed. Who else was playing up front for Liverpool that day?

Michael Robinson, being marked by Fozzie who was best man at his wedding. A classic Brian Moore-ism from the tv coverage.

PG

 

[Iamapen15]

For me its John Keeley by a country mile.

I remember one particular performace against Oldham (I think) where he was absolutely immense. We was having a blinder and we were all singing 'you'll never beat John Keeley, you'll never beat John Keeley' and then out of the blue an unstoppable shot from 30 yards flew in. And it was unstoppable.

Keeley is the stand out keeper of my time watching Brighton.

I remember he lived just round the corner from my Auntie, as did a number of players at the time.

He was very funny bloke. He made more money from his taxi work than at Brighton and wanted to continue doing it part time when he joined! He also loved a beer and could be seen in the pub on the morning of games and after training etc. Played pool against him on a number of occasions.

Top bloke.

 

[Splif Dangerous]

Ben Roberts for me. I personally don't know how people can say Kuipers, I always saw him as a liability.

 

[Boroseagull]

One of the best by the fact that he played 296 games for us must be Eric Gill although it must be said he played most games in Div 111South.

My childhood hero!