Ben Roberts

[Greavsey]

In my bachelor days back in the noughties, maybe 2005, I got lucky one evening, and ended up back at a young ladies flat in Brunswick Square. Anyway, the next morning after some rather half hearted love making I was in the lounge having a nice cuppa tea, when who should stumble in from the other bedroom wearing the high heels of my "friends" flat mate? Yep, the great man in question had been matching me stroke for stroke in the room just next door!

Lovely bloke. Really down to earth and very funny. After he left managed to get the details from the flatmate. Apparently a very considerate lover. Not sure what the high heels were about though...

 

[manintheblackpajamas]

I managed to speak to him at the open training day, and mentioned my favourite save at Bradford, when he was just on loan. He knew immediately which game I was talking about.

Wow.
The one where he tipped it up and over from down on the goal line?

I've long heralded that as the best save I've ever seen live. Have wondered if it got better over the years in my imagination but hopefully this justifies it.

Also, Zamora's winner that day... Miles over the line from our viewpoint!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

He was great in that 2004 play off winning season. That shoot out against Swindon was brilliant. Our penalties were all outstanding (and not just in a "keeper dived the other way" sense: most of them were unsaveable). And theirs- helped, I'm sure by the South Stand's incantation of "hit the bar, hit the bar, hit the bar" were pretty poor. Lovely stuff.

 

[Hiney]

In his post match interview Stockdale gave credit for the penalty save to Roberts.

Not dissimilar to one of the saves in the Swindon shoot-out. I think the one in question came off Roberts' arm, but it was the fact that even though he dived, he made himself big. This is something Stockdale does really well.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

In his post match interview Stockdale gave credit for the penalty save to Roberts.

I presume Roberts said 'Dive to your left but stick your foot out to the right just in case . . .'

 

[Thunder Bolt]

One of my favourite games as a kid that was, if memory serves me right we won 1-0 didn't we?

We did. A Zamora goal as described below. The linesman was adamant it had crossed the line.

Wow.
The one where he tipped it up and over from down on the goal line?

I've long heralded that as the best save I've ever seen live. Have wondered if it got better over the years in my imagination but hopefully this justifies it.

Also, Zamora's winner that day... Miles over the line from our viewpoint!

Yes, but the Bradford fans were furious. It's the only time I've been assaulted at an away game. My other half and mate were walking just in front of me, and I was looking down reading the programme whilst sauntering up the road, when this woman deliberately shoulder barged me across the pavement. I managed to stay upright, but she'd scurried away. I wasn't hurt, but it shocked me.

The save was right below us, as the top tier was right over the goal so we could see the speed and movement in all it's glory. No, I don't think it has got better over the years. It was superb to start off with. The ground was still icy but the ref saw fit to allow it to be played.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

he was an utterly fantastic goalkeeper- the most talented of the Withdean era in my view

 

[Sheebo]

Oops - wrong thread.

 

[albionalex]

In my bachelor days back in the noughties, maybe 2005, I got lucky one evening, and ended up back at a young ladies flat in Brunswick Square. Anyway, the next morning after some rather half hearted love making I was in the lounge having a nice cuppa tea, when who should stumble in from the other bedroom wearing the high heels of my "friends" flat mate? Yep, the great man in question had been matching me stroke for stroke in the room just next door!

Lovely bloke. Really down to earth and very funny. After he left managed to get the details from the flatmate. Apparently a very considerate lover. Not sure what the high heels were about though...

 

[seagull 1979]

Ben Roberts is a bloody legend. Can we make a song for him?

Good luck with that...

I'm in by the way

 

[Triggaaar]

In my bachelor days back in the noughties, maybe 2005, I got lucky one evening, and ended up back at a young ladies flat in Brunswick Square. Anyway, the next morning after some rather half hearted love making I was in the lounge having a nice cuppa tea, when who should stumble in from the other bedroom wearing the high heels of my "friends" flat mate? Yep, the great man in question had been matching me stroke for stroke in the room just next door!

Lovely bloke. Really down to earth and very funny. After he left managed to get the details from the flatmate. Apparently a very considerate lover. Not sure what the high heels were about though...

Well at least one of the girls got lucky.

 

[Greavsey]

Well at least one of the girls got lucky.

Come on that's a bit harsh. Ben is a fairly good looking bloke....

 

[London Irish]

Ben Roberts always seemed a decent sort when he played for us. Very glad he's a central figure at the club now.

I thought he was a miracle worker during our play-off winning season. Can remember being so gutted when his back went so soon after

 

[hans kraay fan club]

he was an utterly fantastic goalkeeper- the most talented of the Withdean era in my view

Without question.

FDM earned his place in Albion hearts, for sure - through commitment and desire, but in terms of talent, Roberts was head and shoulders above anyone else from that era.

 

[London Irish]

In my bachelor days back in the noughties, maybe 2005, I got lucky one evening, and ended up back at a young ladies flat in Brunswick Square. Anyway, the next morning after some rather half hearted love making I was in the lounge having a nice cuppa tea, when who should stumble in from the other bedroom wearing the high heels of my "friends" flat mate? Yep, the great man in question had been matching me stroke for stroke in the room just next door!

Lovely bloke. Really down to earth and very funny. After he left managed to get the details from the flatmate. Apparently a very considerate lover. Not sure what the high heels were about though...

NSC at its finest

 

[London Irish]

I thought he was a miracle worker during our play-off winning season. Can remember being so gutted when his back went so soon after

And now we know what was putting so much pressure on his back