City’s Top Five Keepers Of All Time

[jimharri]

Agreed. The man was my hero when I was growing up. Except for the time someone threw a tennis ball at him at Highbury's clock end, he threw it back and it hit me.

I forgive him though.

Remember his initial spell in the team, in the early seventies? He was poor, no other way of describing it to be honest. That's when we bought Keith MacRae in from Motherwell. Who wouldn't be in the top 5! I can’t remember how (injury? Loss of form?), but Joe got another chance, and grabbed it with both hands. He was unlucky in that he was around at the same time as Shilton and Clemence. He should have got a lot more England caps than he did (he was a better keeper than Shilton, in my biased opinion).

 

[Stephen230]

Can’t possibly judge anybody fairly from pre TV era, so for me.

Coton
Hart
Corrigan
Weaver
Given

I’ve deliberately left out undoubtedly very good keepers, like Schmeichel, Seaman and James as their City careers were pretty short lived and mainly when they well past their best.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Ederson - Trautmann - Swift - Corrigan - Weaver

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Can’t possibly judge anybody fairly from pre TV era, so for me.

Coton
Hart
Corrigan
Weaver
Given

I’ve deliberately left out undoubtedly very good keepers, like Schmeichel, Seaman and James as their City careers were pretty short lived and mainly when they well past their best.

I remember Schmeichel and James being very good keepers for us. Seaman was so old he'd have been fucked off from his local pub team! At least he had the grace to not put us through a full season of it and retire on the spot.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Ederson
Trautmann
Corrigan
Hart
Swift

 

[jimharri]

Can’t possibly judge anybody fairly from pre TV era, so for me.

Coton
Hart
Corrigan
Weaver
Given

I’ve deliberately left out undoubtedly very good keepers, like Schmeichel, Seaman and James as their City careers were pretty short lived and mainly when they well past their best.

You'd seriously have Coton ahead of Corrigan and Hart?

 

[Sky Blue]

Ederson
Trautmann
Corrigan
Hart
Swift

Good choice.

 

[Tarzan41]

Corrigan was better than Hart* (and yes, I'm one of the older fanbase!). I had a season ticket during that 1975-82 era, and "big Joe" was immense for us.


*In my opinion. Other opinions are available!

He carried City for a few seasons in the late 1970s. Would have been relegated earlier but for him.

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

Ederson number 1 in my time.
Tony Coton was a very good keeper aswell

 

[Sky Blue]

Ederson

Bert.

Corrigan.

Hart.

Swift.