This week, I’m bringing you a special double header report consisting of Park View FC league match exploits against Brimsdown FC and the much anticipated EE Wembley Cup event held at Wembley Stadium London on the 25th of November. Before I get into the exciting reviews of the latter, my mandatory report of the former…
Author: ultimatekeeperblog
Goalkeeping Coach to Playing Manager {game 1}
Yesterday marked the first time in over a year that my skills as a goalkeeper was required for Park View FC in the FA Middlesex Premier Cup against Bedfont and Feltham FC of the Combined Counties Football League D1, and I was highly motivated by the prospect of performing the art I duly love. Before…
High Price Tag Goalkeepers
Recently, Alisson Becker the record signing goalkeeper for Liverpool FC made a comment about the expectancy of his game to be perfect by the watching enthusiasts. Now this can only raise an obvious question.. Does a high price tag defines the true value and quality of a goalkeeper? As there’s so much cash flow in…
Player/Manager (Goalkeeper)
The year 2018 is the begining of my first season as a Player/Manager of the promoted Division 2 champions Park View FC to the 1st Division of the South Midlands Football League D1. It’s been a very humbling experience as I’ve managed to find myself in a very well structured and ambitious club, bearing in…
Taking a Leap on Self Consciousness
Today was a great day for many reasons and i will try as much as possible to shorten the narrative. For the first time in 7 years, i came out of retirement and played goal (goalkeeping/Football) for the team I ended my playing days and won the game 4-2. This was a cup game played…
YOUR MISS IS YOUR MERCY pt 2
“There’s nothing he can do about it” was the thought dominating the 10-year-old boys’ mind when the Goalkeeper tried to persuade him to talk to his father about an offer to play for the club’s under-13s. Besides, the boy was secretly playing for a local club and if his dad discovered what he perceives as…
YOUR MISS IS YOUR MERCY
The dream of becoming a professional goalkeeper felt more like a reality and found solitude in the 8-year-old boy’s heart. The moment he discovered his impressive agility abilities in goal ( he already learnt to do the somersault by 5! ), he fell in love with goalkeeping, so much it inspired creativity through drawing, sketches,…
