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Bozza ditches reality TV to focus on real deal

By Martin Sanders • Nov 26th, 2008 • Category: Legends

With a full-time return to professional football emerging as his top priority after a successful stint with the Central Coast Mariners, goalkeeper Mark Bosnich has shelved plans to participate in a documentary tracking his road to recovery.
Bosnich was due to fly out to Los Angeles after completing his guest stint with the Mariners last month [...]



Legend Buffon admits to depression

By Martin Sanders • Nov 14th, 2008 • Category: Legends

Italy and Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has openly admitted that he once suffered from depression.
The 30 year-old told La Stampa, who published extracts from his new autobiography ‘Numero Uno’, that during a period of success on the pitch, off it he was reciving psychological help.
“From December 2003 until June 2004 I was suffering from depression, [...]



Ex-Lazio Goalkeeper Defends Carrizo

By Martin Sanders • Nov 11th, 2008 • Category: Legends

Former Lazio goalkeeper Luca Marchegiani has come out in defence of his successor between the Lazio posts, Juan Pablo Carrizo (pictured), after the goalkeeper has been criticized for the media for some of his on-field performances.
Carrizo who wears the Puma King XL glove series arrived in Rome with a great reputation behind him from hsi time at [...]



Oliver Kahn Tribute

By Simon Lilly • Sep 3rd, 2008 • Category: Legends

Adidas have pulled together a short video clip to honour one of their greatest endorsees and one of the best ever keepers Oliver Kahn:



Gordon Banks banking on success

By Martin Sanders • Jul 12th, 2008 • Category: Legends

England World Cup winner Gordon Banks admits luck played a part in his famous save from Brazilian footballing legend Pele, who has unveiled a statue of him.
The statue of the ex-England and Stoke City goalkeeper was unveiled at the club’s Britannia Stadium on Saturday.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu also attended a game between a Banks XI and [...]



Legend Seaman’s England disappointment

By Martin Sanders • Mar 25th, 2008 • Category: Keeper News, Legends

David Seaman, the former Arsenal and England goalkeeper, yesterday lamented the lack of a specialist English goalkeeping coach in the senior national set-up and revealed that he is midway through completing his coaching badges.
Seaman, speaking exclusively to The Daily Telegraph, said he was “disappointed that the new England set-up has an Italian goalkeeping coach”, which [...]



Legend Banks Statue Unveiled by Pele

By Danny Wright • Jan 17th, 2008 • Category: Legends

By Danny Wright
England goalkeeping legend Gordon Banks will have a statue erected and unveiled for him by former Brazilian star Pele.
Banks is highly regarded as England’s best ever goalkeeper and pulled off one the best saves of all time in the 1970 World Cup Finals, where the Stoke man denied a goal bound Pele header.
Now [...]



Tim Flowers at Sky Blues

By Simon Lilly • Feb 20th, 2007 • Category: Legends

Stuart Pearce admits he was eager to retain the services of Tim Flowers, but was unable to stand in his goalkeeping coach’s way after he was offered an assistant manager role.
Flowers has quit Manchester City in order to take a post at Coventry, where new incumbent Iain Dowie has been quick to be reunited with [...]