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    Kyle Walker going in goal for Man City for just 10 minutes was a fairly rare event for an outfield player to put on the gloves these days, with most teams selecting a keeper amongst their alloted subs (except for Colin of course), but seems to have generated some headlines. Back in the day when only 1 substitute was allowed, it wasn't so uncommon, but I can vividly remember The Greatest Game of Football Ever when Leicester used 2 outfield players in goal.

    Apologies to Patrick, ChrisJ and Nick and any other Shrewsbury fans on here, but after Chic "Bastard" Bates deliberately took out Leicester keeper Mark Wallington in the FA Cup quarter final of 82/83 and a hobbling and clearly distressed Wallo let in 2 soft ones, it would seem that our chance of gettting to Wembley was over for another year. Jock Wallace ordered the tearful Wallington off the pitch and Alan Young took his place, with Jim Melrose replacing Young up front. With the scores now at 2-2, thanks to one of the best/comical./disasterous own goals ever dependant on your point of view, Steve Biggins brought the Foxes back into the game.

    The second half was pandemonium. Bates decided to become the villain again and nobbled Young, so Steve Lynex, at 5' 6" took over the now very oversized green jersey. Lynex (wonderful surname) kept a clean sheet while Young recovered and they swapped back again. Meanwhile up front, Melrose and Lineker took the Shrews apart as City won 5-2 and a game, which despite recent glories, will long live in the hearts of Leicester fans "of a certain age".

    Anyone else with happy memories of someone who shouldn't be the last line of defence but inadvertantly finds themselves so?


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    Lee Bullen, who played pretty much every position on the pitch for Sheffield Wednesday during his time as a player (and now is the academy coach and caretaker-manager-on-call), once played most of the second half in goal for us at Millwall. I can no longer remember the circumstances of him going in goal, but he was definitely there when Millwall thought they;d scored directly from a corner and ran off celebrating only for the ref to call a foul on Bullen and allow Wednesday to take the free kick. Which we did, and then went up the other end and very nearly contrived to miss playing effectively 10 vs 3 or something. But we scored, and won 1-0 with Bullen keeping a clean sheet.

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      #3
      Most recently John Terry, who fancied himself as a decent 'keeper, went in goal after Stephen Hunt had tried to stove Petr Cech's skull in which was then followed by his teammates putting his replacement Cudicini out of the game.

      Famously David Webb went in goal for an entire game in the '70s against Ipswich when Bonetti and Phillips were injured and third choice Steve Sherwood, racing back from his Christmas holiday in Yorkshire, didn't get to the Bridge in time.

      Webb, after getting down on his knees in front of the Shed and saying a prayer, kept a clean sheet.

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        #4
        Originally posted by nmrfox View Post
        Kyle Walker going in goal for Man City for just 10 minutes was a fairly rare event for an outfield player to put on the gloves these days, with most teams selecting a keeper amongst their alloted subs (except for Colin of course), but seems to have generated some headlines. Back in the day when only 1 substitute was allowed, it wasn't so uncommon, but I can vividly remember The Greatest Game of Football Ever when Leicester used 2 outfield players in goal.

        Apologies to Patrick, ChrisJ and Nick and any other Shrewsbury fans on here, but after Chic "Bastard" Bates deliberately took out Leicester keeper Mark Wallington in the FA Cup quarter final of 82/83 and a hobbling and clearly distressed Wallo let in 2 soft ones, it would seem that our chance of gettting to Wembley was over for another year. Jock Wallace ordered the tearful Wallington off the pitch and Alan Young took his place, with Jim Melrose replacing Young up front. With the scores now at 2-2, thanks to one of the best/comical./disasterous own goals ever dependant on your point of view, Steve Biggins brought the Foxes back into the game.

        The second half was pandemonium. Bates decided to become the villain again and nobbled Young, so Steve Lynex, at 5' 6" took over the now very oversized green jersey. Lynex (wonderful surname) kept a clean sheet while Young recovered and they swapped back again. Meanwhile up front, Melrose and Lineker took the Shrews apart as City won 5-2 and a game, which despite recent glories, will long live in the hearts of Leicester fans "of a certain age".

        Anyone else with happy memories of someone who shouldn't be the last line of defence but inadvertantly finds themselves so?
        81-82.

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          #5
          Originally posted by ad hoc View Post
          Lee Bullen, who played pretty much every position on the pitch for Sheffield Wednesday during his time as a player (and now is the academy coach and caretaker-manager-on-call), once played most of the second half in goal for us at Millwall. I can no longer remember the circumstances of him going in goal, but he was definitely there when Millwall thought they;d scored directly from a corner and ran off celebrating only for the ref to call a foul on Bullen and allow Wednesday to take the free kick. Which we did, and then went up the other end and very nearly contrived to miss playing effectively 10 vs 3 or something. But we scored, and won 1-0 with Bullen keeping a clean sheet.
          David Lucas was in goal for us that day, he knackered his knee after about half an hour in what I think turned out to be his last game for the club. Paul Sturrock was manager at the time and didn't name a sub keeper as he wanted to maximise outfield options, which was kind of understandable when our back up was Chris Adamson.

          Bullen made a second appearance in goal which no-one ever remembers now - it was later that year against Birmingham. Mark Crossley felt his hamstring and as we were two down, there were a few minutes left and it was just before Christmas he erred on the side of caution and came off even though we'd used all our subs. Bullen went in net again, Cameron Jerome scored past him in the last minute and celebrated like he'd scored the winner in the cup final. Weird game that - we absolutely batted Birmingham, lost three nil and even Steve Fucking Bruce admitted he'd have had no complaints if the scoreline had been reversed.

          The other famous ones we've managed were David Hirst and Andy Booth. Hirst was on New Years Day 1990 against Man City - he'd been out on the piss the night before, scored the first then Kevin Pressman got kicked by David Oldfield and Hirsty went in goal, we won 2-0. Booth was v Liverpool on the last day of the 1997 season when Liverpool needed a win to qualify for the Champions League. Pressman pulled his hamstring with quarter of an hour left, Matt Clarke (who'd sat on the bench the whole season) came on. The first thing he did was welly it down the pitch for O'Neill Donaldson to open the scoring. The second was to career out of his box eight minutes later and he got sent off for handball, and as we had no keepers left Booth was shovelled in net. Jamie Redknapp equalised from the resulting free kick and Liverpool spent ten bonkers and incredibly noisy minutes failing to score past Booth whose methods were certainly unorthodox. Had Liverpool managed to score then Tino Asprilla's hat trick against Barcelona would never have happened. Oh and Clarke's red card was later rescinded...

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            #6
            Carl Gilbert scored twice for us against Bournemouth, and conceded three as we lost 7-2 after they broke Shamus McDonagh as they scored their first goal. I think Trevor Womble conceded the other three.

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              #7
              Glenn Hoddle was the one who immediately sprang to mind:

              https://hotspurhq.com/2014/01/09/tot...-old-trafford/

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                #8
                Thistle fans "of a certain age" have their favourite one of these, back in 1987:

                http://partickthistleahistory.wikifo...8H%29+Oct+1987

                John Brough was an excellent but injury-prone keeper. Brian Scrimgeour was a good centre-half elsewhere, but didn't manage to play especially well for us - except for those 35 glorious minutes in goal. He blocked shots, snatched crosses off the foreheads of taller opponents, won two one-on-ones with strikers who were clear through on goal, and kept a clean sheet against a Hamilton side that were top of the table and managed by future Thistle legend John Lambie (6 of that Accies team went on to play for Thistle under Lambie).

                And like Steve Lynex, Brian Scrimgeour has an excellent name.

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                  #9
                  Lucas Radebe and Vinnie Jones are the ones I always think of, were they both against Man United?

                  Edit, ah no - Radebe's was but Jones went in goal against Newcastle.

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                    #10
                    Harry Kane famously went in goal in the 14/15 Europe League game against Asteras Tripolis, having earlier in the game scored a hat-trick.

                    He conceded an absolute howler in a game Spurs won 5-1

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                      #11
                      John O'Shea and Rio Ferdinand both went in goal for Manchester United. Phil Jagielka was so good in goal that Sheffield United never picked a sub goalkeeper. He went in nets against Arsenal once.

                      FC United had a season or two where they didn't have a sub goalkeeper. They started two league games with an outfield player in goal, and won both. In fact, in 2011, their keeper scored before their centre forward, but their centre forward saved a penalty before the keeper did.

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                        #12
                        John McGinlay used to fancy himself in goal.

                        He once scored what was the winner against Reading then spent most of the game in goal when Keith Branagan was sent off.

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                          #13
                          "Think Kyle Walker is the first English goalkeeper to make a save in the Champions League since Ben Hamer in Porto 5-0 Leicester in 2016."

                          From twitter.


                          Someone also pointed out that Walker became the third most expensive goalkeeper in history last night.

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                            #14
                            The Great Niall.

                            Scoring with a screaming volley (0.48).

                            Going in goal (2.48)

                            Saving a penalty (3.35).


                            They don't make them like him any more.


                            https://youtu.be/E-OudU-1NQg

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                              #15
                              Andy Farrell went in goal for Burnley at home to Stockport after Chris Pearce was sent off. (Farrell is also the only Claret to play at Wembley twice and the first to score two goals after coming on as sub.)

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                                #16
                                In 1990/91, just after the professional foul rule came in and was catching keepers out left right and centre, Bury were away at Mansfield. Their keeper fell foul of the rule and was replaced by Chris Withe, who was on loan from Bury at the time. You can guess what happened with the resulting penalty.

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                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by Tony C View Post

                                  Someone also pointed out that Walker became the third most expensive goalkeeper in history last night.
                                  That’s a fantastic pub teaser. Out of interest who are the other two? Allison and ...?

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                                    #18
                                    Kepa the 'keeper.

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                                      #19
                                      Kepa.

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                                        #20
                                        The only time I can remember a Cheltenham outfield player going in goal was when Damian Spencer went in for the last 20 or so minutes away at Boston United in November 2003. By that time we were already 3-1 down and the game petered out without Spence having to make a save.

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                                          #21
                                          This is quite a thread for mention of ex Salop players. Not just in nmrfox's OP but John McGinlay, O'Neill Donaldson and Chrissy Withe have had a mention.
                                          Last edited by Patrick Thistle; 07-11-2019, 14:26.

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                                            #22
                                            I was with some Canary friends at a game between Sheffield United and Norwich at Brammall Lane in the mid-90s when Bryan Gunn, having been incensed at a Blades goal right on half time being allowed despite his absolute conviction that it was offside, continued his protests rather too vehemently down the tunnel at the break and was apparently summoned into the referee's room and told he was sent off. As all this had happened under the stands, there was understandable bemusement among the Norwich fans when the team came out after half time with big Rob Newman in goalkeeping attire (with bonus points for wearing a cap). To complete the surreality of the story, we only knew what had happened because then-Owl Chris Waddle was sitting a few seats along from us with an old skool transistor radio pressed to his ear and was relaying the information. Anyway, Newman conceded once, but from what I recall looked very much the part and didn't put much of a foot (or glove) wrong.

                                            Brammall Lane perhaps isn't the luckiest of grounds for Norwich keepers – apparently only a couple of seasons before that game I was at, they'd finished a game there with striker Darren Beckford in goal after their starting keeper went off injured.

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                                              #23
                                              There's the famous case of Niall Quinn scoring and saving a pen for Man City back in the year PL-1
                                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-OudU-1NQg

                                              Steve Staunton ended up in goal for 20 minutes in a Merseyside derby in 1999 when Sander Westerveld and an Everton player were sent off. He kept a clean sheet but Liverpool lost 1-0. I think that was Everton's last win at Anfield

                                              Last edited by seand; 07-11-2019, 15:16.

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                                                #24
                                                Just shy of 100 million quid of players in goal last night for Manchester City.

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                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by caja-dglh View Post
                                                  Just shy of 100 million quid of players in goal last night for Manchester City.
                                                  Two good 'uns though.

                                                  And Bravo.

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