greatest goalkeepers to play for away side at ER
Was looking through a few old programmes and started thinking about some of the great goalies that have been seen playing for away teams at ER. It was a programme from 1961 when we played AS Roma in the Fairs Cup that set me off. Roma's number 1 at the time was Cudicini. This was Fabio Cudicini, the father of Carlo who played for Chelsea and Spurs. Despite never getting a cap for Italy Fabio won Serie A, The Coppa italia, The Fairs Cup, The Cup Winners Cup and also the European cup. That's a pretty decent medals haul, so he must have been a tidy keeper.
Talking of Italians, Maybe the greatest Italian keeper of all time played at ER at least twice..Dino Zoff famously had 5 put past him at ER while playing for Napoli in 1967, but I believe he also played in a UEFA cup match for Juventus against us at ER in 1974. Although Juventus beat us 4-2 that night, Zoff can proudly say that both Stanton and Cropley scored against him :greengrin now there's a proper claim to fame !! Zoff won 6 Serie A titles, 2 Coppa Italia's, A UEFA Cup and a European Championship before finally in 1982 he achieved his greatest triumph of winning the World Cup aged 40... Some keeper.
Our matches with Liverpool in European competition saw Ray Clemence between the sticks at ER, in fact he even saved a John Brownlie penalty in our 1-0 win in 1975 and with 61 International Caps (despite that Shilton was around at the same time) and a medal cabinet that included 5 league titles, two FA cups, a League Cup, three UEFA Cups and three European Cups (that's Champions leagues for you young ones) his achievements are hard to argue with (even if Dalglish did nutmeg him in the Scotland England match in 1976:greengrin).
Well I'm sure I've missed a few other amazing keepers who have played for the away team at Easter Road...anyone want to suggest any others ?
Talking of Italians, Maybe the greatest Italian keeper of all time played at ER at least twice..Dino Zoff famously had 5 put past him at ER while playing for Napoli in 1967, but I believe he also played in a UEFA cup match for Juventus against us at ER in 1974. Although Juventus beat us 4-2 that night, Zoff can proudly say that both Stanton and Cropley scored against him :greengrin now there's a proper claim to fame !! Zoff won 6 Serie A titles, 2 Coppa Italia's, A UEFA Cup and a European Championship before finally in 1982 he achieved his greatest triumph of winning the World Cup aged 40... Some keeper.
Our matches with Liverpool in European competition saw Ray Clemence between the sticks at ER, in fact he even saved a John Brownlie penalty in our 1-0 win in 1975 and with 61 International Caps (despite that Shilton was around at the same time) and a medal cabinet that included 5 league titles, two FA cups, a League Cup, three UEFA Cups and three European Cups (that's Champions leagues for you young ones) his achievements are hard to argue with (even if Dalglish did nutmeg him in the Scotland England match in 1976:greengrin).
Well I'm sure I've missed a few other amazing keepers who have played for the away team at Easter Road...anyone want to suggest any others ?