Worst Goalkeeper

[BoyBlue_1985]

Would you class David James as the worst goalie

I have no idea why he wanted to be a striker on the final day against middlesbrough

Its like having joe hart as a striker (to be honest he can play like one with that scissors kick in training)

What always makes me laugh is that if Mr Blobby had scored the penalty we would probably thought that was a master stroke

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Margeret Margeretson was completely useless but didn't get to play too many times.
Andy Dibble for me, was only good when he threw a strop because he'd dropped a clanger.
I hated David James but he was quite good.
David Seaman was past it before he arrived.
Eike Immel played a part in my favourite, Tony Coton's departure.

I remember going to a end of season game against Everton (early-mid nineties, I think) We lost 5-2, and he was in goal. By fuck, he was shite!

He was only in goal for the first half and replaced at half time by Dibble!!!

 

[Tonster]

Barry Siddall

 

[keef]

ike immel.

so thats the thread done with.

agreed...

 

[mscenterh750]

Paul Cooper and Mike Stowell weren't much better. My word the praise we used to get for always having top class keepers, is suddenly starting to look like a myth !.

 

[GeorgeHeslop'sTackle.]

Barry Siddall

Beat me to it mate.... looked (and played) like a 90 year old pensioner that was in the crowd, and bravely volunteered his services after leaning that Eric Nixon's car had broken down on the way to the ground. (6 times)

Simon Tracey gets a, not so honourable, mention, from me too

 

[Pubteam Lomas]

Barry Siddall

My thought too.
Dibble thought he was a top keeper, but Gleghorn looked more secure when he went in against Walsall!

 

[mscenterh750]

Eric Nixon was the first goalkeeper I ever saw, roll the ball out of his area, to get more distance when kicking it out and my dad was particularly scathing when he saw him do it. He also had the worst game I think I've seen, from a keeper at Maine Road v Crystal Palace, when Bright and Wright tortured us.

 

[GeorgeHeslop'sTackle.]

Oh and while i think of it, does anybody else but me remember a lad called Nigel Lowndes, turning out for us in a game against Derby Co reserves in the midd 70's, at Maine Road?. (Paul Power's Rezzie Debut)

We absolutely battered them but lost 4-1... I swear Derby only crossed the halfway line 4 times in the entire 90 minutes, but Lowndes would panic & run a mile everytime the ball came within 30 yards of him.... Im sure he was allergic to leather.

On reflection, Lowndes has got to be the worst i ever saw (Sincere appologies to Mr Siddall)

P.S Paul scored his debut goal for us that day, too, if i remember rightly.

 

[BimboBob]

Seaman was dog shite.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Paul Cooper and Mike Stowell weren't much better. My word the praise we used to get for always having top class keepers, is suddenly starting to look like a myth !.

Cooper was good! The promotion push and the 5-1!

 

[Bluekiwi]

I remember that Joe Corrigan was terrible until he went out on loan to (I think) Shrewsbury and got some coaching lessons.
When he returned he became one of our best ever

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Simon Tracey gets a, not so honourable, mention, from me too

I feel Tracy is rather hard done by purely on the basis he let in 5 goals.
Go on youtube and (painful I know) watch those 5 goals. He actually saves very well the initial shot on (I think) 4 of them but beaten to the rebound on each time. The defence around him let him down badly that night.

 

[joe corrigans god]

Oh and while i think of it, does anybody else but me remember a lad called Nigel Lowndes, turning out for us in a game against Derby Co reserves in the midd 70's, at Maine Road?. (Paul Power's Rezzie Debut)

We absolutely battered them but lost 4-1... I swear Derby only crossed the halfway line 4 times in the entire 90 minutes, but Lowndes would panic & run a mile everytime the ball came within 30 yards of him.... Im sure he was allergic to leather.

On reflection, Lowndes has got to be the worst i ever saw (Sincere appologies to Mr Siddall)

P.S Paul scored his debut goal for us that day, too, if i remember rightly.

Later on Nigel moved to Australia and played some national league football here and then played local league football I had the pleasure of playing against him a few times and he was quite a good keeper. I always doubted that he had time with City but I was wrong next time I have a beer with him I will have to mention this post.

 

[GeorgeHeslop'sTackle.]

Oh and while i think of it, does anybody else but me remember a lad called Nigel Lowndes, turning out for us in a game against Derby Co reserves in the midd 70's, at Maine Road?. (Paul Power's Rezzie Debut)

We absolutely battered them but lost 4-1... I swear Derby only crossed the halfway line 4 times in the entire 90 minutes, but Lowndes would panic & run a mile everytime the ball came within 30 yards of him.... Im sure he was allergic to leather.

On reflection, Lowndes has got to be the worst i ever saw (Sincere appologies to Mr Siddall)

P.S Paul scored his debut goal for us that day, too, if i remember rightly.

Later on Nigel moved to Australia and played some national league football here and then played local league football I had the pleasure of playing against him a few times and he was quite a good keeper. I always doubted that he had time with City but I was wrong next time I have a beer with him I will have to mention this post.

Ooops.....Give him my best wont you..... :-)

 

[charliebigspuds]

Paul Cooper and Mike Stowell weren't much better. My word the praise we used to get for always having top class keepers, is suddenly starting to look like a myth !.

are you Ray Wilkins?

 

[waterloo blue]

Ron Healey was shite,he was that bad Corrigan in his Michael Johnson phase,looked like Lev Yashin.

 

[HolisticJim]

John Buridge is by far the worst keeper I ever since between the sticks for us

This! But to be fair wasnt John 'The budgie' Burrage 41 when he signed for us.
I'd therfore prolly go for Ike Immel.

 

[levets]

keith macrae (showing my age) and I'm sure many will disagree, but I thought Kasper was vastly over rated

I'm going with Keith McCrae... signed from Motherwell for a WORLD RECORD fee for a goalie

 

[mscenterh750]

Yeah I'll take that back about Paul Cooper, but Stowell I'm not so sure. In my original post, I stated Sidall was the worst and I'll stand by that, but for a close second and no third place has to be Tracey, Immel or Burridge. I've actually just watched the season review from the promotion campaign, and yes Cooper was good, especially on his debut v Leicester (the game Lakey swallowed his tongue).