Former Bayern Munich and West Germany goalkeeper Sepp Maier was born on this day in 1944. Maier spent his entire playing career at Bayern, a regular between the sticks between 1962 and 1980. He was also West Germany’s undisputed number one between 1966 and 1979. During his career, Maier had an extraordinary run of playing […]
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On This Day – 21st November
Peter Shilton in his Stoke City debut against Wolves Peter Shilton joined Stoke City from Leicester City on this day in 1974 for £325,000, a world record sum at the time for a goalkeeper. Shilton had replaced Gordon Banks as Leicester City’s number one in 1967 and the World Cup-winner moved to Stoke City. Then […]
A Video Interview with…Paul Jones
Below is a link to the video interview that I did with Paul Jones. It was great to chat to the former Wales goalkeeper about his time in the game. The post A Video Interview with…Paul Jones appeared first on Far Post Header. Go to Source […]
The Far Post Header ‘Hall of Fame’ No.5 Gordon Banks
Gordon Banks was one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of the game. He was the England goalkeeper when they lifted the World Cup in 1966, going down in English footballing history in the process. Four years later, England were defending their crown in Mexico. Banks made a world-class save from Brazil’s Pele in […]
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