Schwarzer signs new Fulham deal

After plenty of speculation over the last year or so regarding his future, Mark Schwarzer has signed a new contract at Fulham to keep him at the club until 2012.

The former Middlesbrough keeper had been linked with a move to Arsenal in the last transfer window, but a move never materialised and Mark Hughes has now managed to convince him to commit his future to Fulham. Read more

Joe Hart continues to impress

It’s an interesting time for the blue half of Manchester. Not many City sides over the years could have taken a 3-0 hammering at home at this stage of the season and still remained joint second in the league. Read more

Green out to reclaim England jersey

Rob Green’s chances of reclaiming the number one spot in the national side have been handed a boost after his name was once again included in the England squad list. Since his blunder at this summer’s World Cup, Green was dropped from the team and then the squad. The West Ham stopper wasn’t even called up when Joe Hart was left as the only fit keeper in what was already a depleted department. Read more

Harper’s misfortune strikes again

Newcastle keeper Steve Harper’s luck finally changed a season and a half ago, after spending the majority of his career watching the action from the bench. With Shay Given moving to Manchester City, where rumour has it, the dressing rooms are paved with gold, Harper could finally call himself Newcastle’s number one keeper. It was a long road for Harper to get to be first choice, starting at the club in 1993 as a youngster. The 35-year-old has had to play back up for his entire Newcastle career, first behind Pavel Srnicek and then Shaka Hislop, before spending eight years in Given’s shadow. Read more

Keeper sulk will help no one

Before this week, what did you know about c? Did you know he was a goalkeeper? Did you care? Either way, after joining Javier Mascherano in a new and rather disturbing twist to football transfers, his could be the name that will see another ground breaking change in football transfers. Read more

Spurs stopper Gomes comes of age

Heurelho Gomes took centre stage for Tottenham this week after a dazzling display against Arsenal, but it could have been so different for the Brazilian keeper. Read more

An Introduction To… Vito Mannone

At the start of the season Arsenal goalkeeper Vito Mannone was largely unheard of away from the Emirates. Now he is being classed as one of the best prospects in Premier League football, after a string of impressive performances for the Gunners first team. Read more

FC Dallas rough up their goalkeepers with a new “sidekick”!

Goalkeepers these days are feeling the brunt of a new wave of football technology. Sports scientists are conjuring up cocky ways of making us bad fellas between the sticks look like…well, pansies. Lighter footballs, boots with the same look as a star ship from Star Trek, and jerseys that make the Roswell aliens bodysuits look like Marvin the Martian’s kilt (I’m in good form here aren’t I). Read more

Goalkeeper Georgi Petkov concedes least goals per minute

One of the most important aspects of the goalkeepers game is to keep the ball out of the net…did I just say that? Well of course. I think I mentioned it before in some previous posts, where my old goalkeeper trainer Steve Watson (whilst I trained in the reserve team of Sydney United, Australia) said, “I don’t care how you [expletive] keep the ball out of the net…just keep it out!” With that in mind, feet, head, arms and hands…whatever your chosen poison, just keep the ball out of the net is the mantra for most goalkeepers around the globe. Read more

Why Jens Lehmann could be a kick ass coach…or not?

It’s kind of daunting when you hear that the once international shot stopper of the German national squad is putting his hands up for a coaching role after his tenure with current club VfB Stuttgart is complete. Arsene Wenger dubbed Jens Lehmann as “super professional” in his time with The Gunners, even after a poor 2021-08 showing by the German and some terrible mistakes throughout his time at Emirates Stadium. Read more

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