“… As I approached my door from my trip to the post office with great excitement and anticipation, the package in my possession was truly a masterpiece as I discovered immediately I settled down to unravel it. .. ‘very impressed indeed’ was the first thought that unequivocally splurted out of my mouth, underlining and certifying…

“Ode to the Goalkeepers”.. but before that, a short review of my debut season as a goalkeeping coach.. After a 2 month sabbatical blog leave, I unequivocally owe an explanation to you readers. March 2nd was my last publication and so many happenings ranging from focusing total commitment to my job as a goalkeeping coach…

The ink had barely dried on the last published article on The £71.6 Million Man and he’s back again on the headlines, this time for his “response” to a mandatory substitution ordered by the Chelsea FC Manager Maurizio Sarri in the Carabao Cup Final against Manchester city FC. Going into this game, the Chelsea Manager…

The past few weeks has been a very torrid time for the most expensive goalkeeper in the world. The £71.6 Million Man Kepa Arrizabalaga has conceded 13 goals in his last five games for Chelsea FC and although the narrative would stipulate that the defensive line has provided no form of protection for the goalkeeper,…

Saturday’s home league game against Ampthill Town FC was nothing short of a rollercoaster of emotions accompanied by what can only be described as a resurrection from the dead performance! Going into this game, Park View FC had lost four games on the bounce at the turn of the new year and managed to muster…

If somebody made a passing comment 24 years ago that I would still be actively guarding the goal with the same passion and enthusiasm now ( I’ll be 45 years young in August), I would think the person was either having an obscene joke at my expense, or that a curse is being casted out….

A few days ago I read an article on sky sports regarding the Manchester United’s Goalkeeper David De Gea and his apparent transformation of the art of Goalkeeping to the next level. This current observation was whittled down to the most noted away league game on the 13th of January against Tottenham Hotspur FC, which…

Its been a few weeks since my last post-match blog post on Park View FC and our endeavours in the league. As a matter of fact we’ve played 4 games at the turn of the new year, but had little or no luck in our quest as we’ve been defeated in all. Very trying times…

It’s intriguing and not by all means surprising how a change in management reverses the state of affairs in a team. Manchester United FC was on the verge of becoming this season’s “certified has-beens” which was accredited mainly to total mutiny from the players towards management. Performances from individuals and collectively were below par at…

So much has been debated, documented, lauded etc in the goalkeeping spectrum about the much trending football skills of two of Brazilians current best goalkeepers, Alisson Becker who plays for Liverpool FC and Ederson Moraes, playing for the current English Premier League Champions Manchester City FC. They’ve unequivocally taken the art of Goalkeeping to new…