Favourite Penalty taker over the years...

[davidblade]

I apologise in advance

John Mathews

 

[10p]

Graham Shaw. As reported on the BBC (before Radio Sheffield) ". . a Graham Shaw ballistic missile into the top corner". None of this fancy-dan stuff of sending the goalie the wrong way. He always blasted it so hard that the goalies dived out of the way if they had any sense (as far as any goalie can be said to have "any sense" that is).

 

[Romish Blade]

After Goldie's unfortunate and not great penalty on Friday it got me thinking about penalty takers over the years and who was the greatest to watch and who you had most confidence in scoring it ?

Personally Beattie has got to be up there , loved the run up and quick turn and dispatched usually right in the corner , did he miss one for us ? got a feeling he missed one ?

Whitehouse -loved his penalties - top corner , hit with power and pace and don't think he ever missed one !?!

earlier days remember Duffield being a very trusted penalty taker , From memory always seemed top put them right in the corners - again not sure if missed any ?


Blackman had a great Pen to and very calm / assured penalties and pretty sure he was 100% successful

???

Duffield and Beatts but was always confident when David Cotteril stepped up

 

[Jehovah]

In my lifetime in order.

Beattie
Cotterill
Jags

 

[sitwell]

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Reckon Im just behind the keeper on that ,it was ridiculously cold that day ,I remember applauding nothing to keep my hands going.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

In my lifetime in order.

Beattie
Cotterill
Jags

When did Jagielka ever take a penalty?

 

[Jehovah]

When did Jagielka ever take a penalty?

Took about three in the prem. Smashed them.

 

[oaklandrdblade]

As a one off, Pembo's against Blackburn in FA cup QF takes some beating

 

[Willie Carlin]

After Goldie's unfortunate and not great penalty on Friday it got me thinking about penalty takers over the years and who was the greatest to watch and who you had most confidence in scoring it ?

Personally Beattie has got to be up there , loved the run up and quick turn and dispatched usually right in the corner , did he miss one for us ? got a feeling he missed one ?

Whitehouse -loved his penalties - top corner , hit with power and pace and don't think he ever missed one !?!

earlier days remember Duffield being a very trusted penalty taker , From memory always seemed top put them right in the corners - again not sure if missed any ?


Blackman had a great Pen to and very calm / assured penalties and pretty sure he was 100% successful

???

Woody!!

 

[Weasel]

Whitehouse's pen away at the Pigs in the last minute to score a consolation (we were 3 down at the time).

I remember my gaffer (who wasn't really bothered about football) talking to me at work the following Monday. 'Saw the derby highlights on Saturday night...your player definately meant that didn't he?....he would have taken the keepers head off if the ball had hit him!'.

Dane didn't like losing to the filth, and he made his point that day. We lost, but we sure as hell wasn't going to take it laying down.

 

[bibbity bobbity boo]

Best penalty taker I ever saw was Agostino Di Bartolomei. He would put the ball down take a step back and then smash it into the back of the net.

Watch from 4mins onwards. First up ex-pig Steve Nicol with a Simmoesque penalty, then Di Bartolomei

 

[Mumbo]

See Woody's penalty against Peter Shilton (best keeper in the world at the time). Woody usually places his penalty but this time it was a perfect one with power.

Start from 27 minutes 30 seconds

The penalty is unstoppable but what I like most is that when TC was brought down he didn’t roll around like he’d been shot his only thought was to keep playing football and he actually made the pass.........just woud’nt happen with today’s Neymaresque amateur dramatics.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

After Goldie's unfortunate and not great penalty on Friday it got me thinking about penalty takers over the years and who was the greatest to watch and who you had most confidence in scoring it ?

Personally Beattie has got to be up there , loved the run up and quick turn and dispatched usually right in the corner , did he miss one for us ? got a feeling he missed one ?

Whitehouse -loved his penalties - top corner , hit with power and pace and don't think he ever missed one !?!

earlier days remember Duffield being a very trusted penalty taker , From memory always seemed top put them right in the corners - again not sure if missed any ?


Blackman had a great Pen to and very calm / assured penalties and pretty sure he was 100% successful

???

I think Beattie was one of the best in recent times.

Woody was probably my favourite.

 

[Welton Blade]

As a one off, Pembo's against Blackburn in FA cup QF takes some beating

Just beat me to it Oakland - what a night

 

[1973Blade]

Me. During an open day at Bramall Lane I took a penalty against Steve Conroy. He saved it, it came back to me, I smashed the rebound it hit the bar and went in. I join an elite group who has scored from every penalty at Bramall Lane (OK, I accept it was the rebound).

 

[Silent Blade]

Going back some years, but I can't remember Ronnie Simpson ever missing one. Perhaps Silent can confirm?

Just looked up. Missed his first penalty for the Blades (v Rotherham h) in Sept 1958. Then Graham Shaw was our regular penalty taker until Simpson took over the duty in 1961-62 season (scored 5 penalties in league matches). Simpson's missed penalty against Ipswich in August 1962 meant Graham Shaw was back as our penalty taker. Simpson scored with a penalty against Man U in December 1962 but missed one later in the same match. Graham Shaw missed the next one against West Ham in February 1963 (first football fixture in Sheffield for 2 months). Allchurch was the next penalty taker (also Docherty ) until Simpson left us in 1964

 

[jockdodds]

Just looked up. Missed his first penalty for the Blades (v Rotherham h) in Sept 1958. Then Graham Shaw was our regular penalty taker until Simpson took over the duty in 1961-62 season (scored 5 penalties in league matches). Simpson's missed penalty against Ipswich in August 1962 meant Graham Shaw was back as our penalty taker. Simpson scored with a penalty against Man U in December 1962 but missed one later in the same match. Graham Shaw missed the next one against West Ham in February 1963 (first football fixture in Sheffield for 2 months). Allchurch was the next penalty taker (also Docherty ) until Simpson left us in 1964

So he missed quite a few then!

 

[metalblade]

How can you forget Chris porter ?

 

[LoughboroBlade]

Beattie came in with a reputation as being a decent penalty taker, in fact I think the season before we signed him they were his only goals. When he left though, David Cotterill took over superbly – ones that were really important as that season wore on. This was a huge surprise at the time – it felt at the time that he had a George Long esque set of nerves, and you felt the minute he missed one and the crowd turned on him and his confidence plummet you’d be seeing his performances suffer. He was perhaps as reliable as I’ve seen, but I can’t say I was hugely confident. In contrast, I always felt extremely confident Unsworth was going to score whenever he took them. That includes his miss vs Blackburn and the infamous one for Wigan...

 

[Geordie Blade]

Took about three in the prem. Smashed them.

I may be wrong, but I think that only two players have scored penalties for us in the Premier League. Phil Jagielka and Dane Whitehouse.

 

[Jehovah]

I may be wrong, but I think that only two players have scored penalties for us in the Premier League. Phil Jagielka and Dane Whitehouse.

Hmmmm not sure. I remember both Unsworth and Hulse missed against Blackburn.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

Woody by a mile. Bottom right hand corner every time. Scored his 100th with a pen vs Man City in front of the kop if I remember correctly

Indeed - but only a few on here would have witnessed them.

Bottom right, and making sure it hit the side netting.

Thinking back, with little TV football for analysis for GK's, Woody did have that advantage, but even so his ability to cleanly strike the ball was a great advantage.

UTB

 

[LoughboroBlade]

I may be wrong, but I think that only two players have scored penalties for us in the Premier League. Phil Jagielka and Dane Whitehouse.

Deano’s second on the very first day was from the penalty spot.

 

[Geordie Blade]

Deano’s second on the very first day was from the penalty spot.

Of course! I'm not sure how that slipped my mind