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CAN WE BE NO.1 AGAIN?

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
3 March 2016

JOHN LYONS takes a look back to a golden era of British goalkeepers and wonders if we’ll ever have it so good in the future…

AS THE Premier League attracts the best players from around the world captivated by the, let’s be honest, huge sackfuls of cash on offer, British goalkeepers have largely disappeared from sight.
Nowadays we marvel at the displays of keepers like Arsenal’s Petr Cech (Czech Republic), Manchester United’s David de Gea (Spain) and Tottenham’s Hugo Lloris (France).
It’s a remarkable change from a few decades ago when we felt...

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