This month I contributed my second piece to Goalkeeper Magazine. If you haven’t heard about it, it’s a bimonthly glossy magazine and describes itself as follows:
Goalkeeper Magazine is designed for all goalkeepers across the world of any age and all abilities. It is being produced with passion and love for the game, and the unique position of the goalkeeper.
My own contribution discusses everything from the days of Gyula Grosics and the Magnificent Magyars, through to the Colombian eccentric Rene Higuita via the last line of defence for Total Football in the form of Jan Jongbloed… it is the story of the rise of the sweeper-keeper.
Once dismissed as an unnecessary risk-taker, the introduction of the backpass law eventually brought the sweeper-keeper to the fore to such an extent that Barcelona, the greatest side on the planet, also happen to have the best sweeper-keeper in Victor Valdes.
You can take a brief look at the new issue here (although they flick past my article it is referred to on the front cover). Check it out:
