albionalex
Well-known member
Yes it is. GKs are rarely substituted except for injury or red cards. So one of the mist likely times a sub keeper is called upon is when the GK has been sent off and conceded a pen. So a sub keeper who's a bit of a pen specialist is sometimes quite useful, and it looks as if Potter might have got a point, eh?
I believe in the new rules, a keeper would only be sent off if the offence was outside the box and not in the box.