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…

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…

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…

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…

“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…

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,…