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Michael Stewart on the weird and wonderful world of goalkeepers

Michael Stewart

MICHAEL STEWART ON SOME OF THE MORE UNUSUAL TALES INVOLVING THE NO.1S

Masked man: Peterborough United keeper Fred Barber walks out onto the Wembley turf for the Third Division play-off final against Stockport in 1992

Why's our goalkeeper (Fred Barber) wearing a scary mask?” I found myself asking my Dad. I was just six years old and I was now part of the terraces on a regular basis.
I was at my local club Peterborough United on a warm spring afternoon watching them play in their bid to reach the play-offs in 1992.
“He’s nuts, that’s why. You have to be a little nuts to be a goalkeeper!”
I...

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