Greatest goalkeepers in the world ?

**Hibs4Ever** · 25/04/2005, 9:45 AM

CURRENTLY:

Petr Cech
Barry Ryan

PAST:

Neville Southall - PURE CLASS

**Superhoops** · 25/04/2005, 4:23 PM

Originally Posted by Thomo

Current:
hlidebrande
cech
given
frey
pelizollli
toldo

past:
kahn
scmeicheil ( bad drunken spelling)
flowers

and of course teh best of course for teh future past and present : manuel almunia

Hard to imagine that any list of the top 6 keepers in the world currently would not include Cassilas or Buffon. I would have thought that both would be automatic choices. Personally I rate Buffon the best,, closely followed by Cassilas.

**REVIP** · 25/04/2005, 4:31 PM

Past:

Ferenc Puskas - Hungary
Felix - Brazil
Gordon Banks - England
Dino Zoff - Italy

Present:

Petr Cech - Czech Republic

**strangeirish** · 25/04/2005, 5:17 PM

Past:

Pat Jennings and Ray Clemence anyone????????

**pineapple stu** · 25/04/2005, 5:33 PM

Originally Posted by REVIP

Past:

Ferenc Puskas - Hungary

That well-known keeper?

A couple who may deserve their place would be Rinat Dassayev (generally considered on of the best in the world in the 80s with the USSR), Peter Shilton and Walter Zenga. I alwasy thought Alan Kelly (junior) was criminally underrated. That said...

Originally Posted by Saints4Ever

Barry Ryan

Can't argue with that!

**REVIP** · 25/04/2005, 6:02 PM

Asthmatic seizure.

Sorry, Stu, senior moment, should have been Grosics, a mighty Magyar.

Sepp Mair (spelling?) was outstanding.

There was a south American keeper in the '80s who used to do amazing stunts - can't think of his name

**strangeirish** · 25/04/2005, 7:17 PM

Originally Posted by REVIP

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There was a south American keeper in the '80s who used to do amazing stunts - can't think of his name

Are you talking about this guy

**Gerrit** · 28/04/2005, 10:09 PM

Worst thing ever seen was Higuita trying to go into attack himself, started dribbling and lost the ball at the midfield, the opponents ran towards the empty goal and finished it... Even though for the public this is legendaric, it's a bit ridiculous when a goalkeeper wants to play striker. Jorge Campos also did it a few times but never risked it in an official game, just in friendlies.

**crc** · 28/04/2005, 10:21 PM

Lads, lads...

my favourite goalkeeper ever was Bruce Grobbelaar , closely followed by Peter Schmeichel (who was absolutely awesome).

Maybe I'm a bit partizan, but at the moment I think were blessed to have a goalie like Shay Given. However Packie Bonner is the goalie that has provided the single most extatic goalkeeping moment of my life!

**Gerrit** · 28/04/2005, 10:23 PM

Isn't that that save that's painted on a wall within the famous pub/restaurant "Cookoo's Nest" along Greenhills Road in Tallaght ??

Ireland's had some very good goalkeepers during the last decades. Given is absolute world class.

**crc** · 28/04/2005, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by Gerrit

Isn't that that save that's painted on a wall within the famous pub/restaurant "Cookoo's Nest" along Greenhills Road in Tallaght ??

Dunno, but its etched into my mind anyway!

I was only 8 at the time, we went absolutely crazy after it (and of course O'Leary's peno). Somehow I remember jumping ontop of cars in the centre of Buncranna!

**CollegeTillIDie** · 28/04/2005, 10:43 PM

Ok the 10 best EL keepers I have seen would be in no particular order....
Mick Smyth ( Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians and Athlone Town)
Kevin Fitzpatrick ( Limerick F.C., Limerick United)
Alek Ludzik [R.I.P.] (Cork Celtic, Cork Alberts, Cork United, Limerick City, Cobh Ramblers, Cork City)
Richie Blackmore( Dundalk,Galway United)
Alan O'Neill ( Shamrock Rovers, UCD, Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, UCD)
Dave Henderson( Shamrock Rovers, Home Farm, Drogheda United, St.Patrick's Athletic, Bohemians)
Anthony Keenan( Athlone Town, Longford Town, Athlone Town Cobh Ramblers, Longford Town)
Jodi Byrne( Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers, Shelbourne, Cork City, Waterford United, UCD)
Jim Grace( Home Farm, Shelbourne, Athlone Town, St. Patrick's Athletic, Athlone Town, Longford Town)
Barry Ryan (UCD, Shamrock Rovers, Dublin City, St.Patrick's Athletic)

Other goodies... Seamus Kelly (UCD, St. Pat's and Bohs)
Paul Kavanagh( UCD, Shamrock Rovers, Dundalk)

Best world goalies I have seen(mostly on TV) over time
Gordon Banks(England) Ladislao Mazurkiewicz(Uruguay) Pat Jennings Senior (Norn Iron) Ivo Viktor(Czechoslovakia) Juergen Croy (East Germany)
Ray Clemence( England),Enver Maric (Yugoslavia), Alan Kelly Senior (Republic of Ireland), Packie Bonner( ditto), Dai Davies (Wales) , Neville Southall (Wales), David Harvey (Scotland) and my all time favourite Dino Zoff (Italy)

I'll think about the best current ones and post them later.

Worst keepers are easy. Felix (Brazil) and Pavel Srnicek( Czech Republic)