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Another Kelly, Tracey, Kenny, 1-2-3, here.

As for Eva, not top 3, but the famous performance on that cold, windy night at Hartlepool lingers long in the memory

 

alan Kelly for me. Never forget his performances against Coventry away and Wembley, pulled off great save after great save. Moore isn't in his league yet.
 
Hodgesleftpeg said:
Been going since 1978..

Toss of a coin between Alan Kelly and Simon Tracey..

With a mention for Mel Rees.. I shed a few at his passing..

A few have mentioned Paddy .. not for me.... spent too much time posing for the TV cameras... I remember him costing us a win against Everton.. all he had to do was catch the ball.. instead he tapped it over the forwards head, went too far and he brought down somebody outside the box.. they scored from the free kick.. if anybody says "look how many points he got us with his saves....."... that's his job!!!.... and I haven't forgiven him for gonna QPR after the club stood by him after his ban
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Was it you that posted at the time that you'd never forgive him for that if we went down with a slender margin? I recall someone did (not on here, on BM) and it's always stuck in my mind.
 
BushBlade said:
Was it you that posted at the time that you'd never forgive him for that if we went down with a slender margin? I recall someone did (not on here, on BM) and it's always stuck in my mind.
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No mate.. wasn't me.....
Glad I'm not the only one that remembers it though 8-)...
 
TBW57 said:
Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg were groovy beat goalkeepers, but obviously not in the same class as Albert Camus, the greatest absurdist footballer of all time in any position.

I'll ask Eva what she thinks.
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The Polish Pope

Pope john Paul Benedict Pious or whatever his name was, was supposed to be a decent keeper, blessed even, never played for the Blades mind
 
Tracey
Kelly
Kenny

Look forward to having someone of their standard again soon... although I fear goalkeepers these days are over coached and have lost the instincts that made tracey and paddy particularly great keepers.
It's identikit keeping by numbers these days and standards are lower as a result.
 
I once saw John Burridge at Oldham trying to kick up a divot on their plastic pitch to place the ball on. Cue typical no nonsense Blade behind the goal "It's a plastic pitch Budgie, you thick cunt".
 
I only saw the end of Hodgys career but he was good, very good. Very athletic. But I remember the fatha's of some of you moaning gits on here saying "he's too small". Go on, ask yer dad if Ihe said it? Cos some of your fatha's did - and regularly.

So then we got Big John Hope - who made them cream their pants because he was so tall! And he was brilliant at first and even got called up for England! Then we saw some weaknesses in him. He hated crosses more than Dracula, couldn't catch a pig in a gennel and was a nervous wreck.

McAllister was excellent for a while. Steve Conroy was good and so was Ian Tomlinson.

Keith Waugh was a good keeper. So was "Budgie" Burridge. Mel Rees looked brilliant but we only ever saw a glimpse of him - poor lad RIP.

Fans were divided over who was the best keeper between Kelly and Tracey. Both were very good at that time but Kelly was the best one for me. More consistent and less likely to do erratic things.

I actually think Paddy Kenny is on of the very best we've had. I know that won't be a popular choice but he was very good at his peak. (Before he got his eyebrow bitten off in a feight in Halifax. Never the same after that when the sun was shining).

Overall I'd have to say Alan Kelly - but only because I saw him at his best which I didn't for Hodgy. And I suspect Hodgy was actually the best amongst those who saw more of him than me?
 
In my opinion the best goalkeeper has to be Alan Kelly. I still remember his penalty shootout saves against Coventry in the FA cup. He was the best but Tracey ran him a close second. I also seem to recall that jags was a good outfield option as arsenal can testify again in the FA cup if I'm not mistaken?. Utb
 
Grecian2000 said:
We've been well served in the goalkeeper stakes since I started going in the early 60's:

Hodgy, Tom Mc, Jimmy Brown, Tracey, Kelly, Rees, Kenny.

Can't believe Burridge gets any sort of mention on a best keeper thread.
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Entertainment value! That's mainly it.
 

I suppose Simon Moore has got to be the most expensive goalie we've ever purchased so let's hope he joins the list of Hodgy, Kelly and Tracey in the future.
 
Liverpool blade said:
In my opinion the best goalkeeper has to be Alan Kelly. I still remember his penalty shootout saves against Coventry in the FA cup. He was the best but Tracey ran him a close second. I also seem to recall that jags was a good outfield option as arsenal can testify again in the FA cup if I'm not mistaken?. Utb
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Kelly and Hodgy.
 
sitwell said:
1 Mcallister
2 Tracey
3 Kenny

Best performance
1 Brown at Newcastle
2 Rees v Liverpool
3 Kelly v Coventry
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You can't have seen Mel Rees at Everton, Sitters. The finest goalkeeping performance I have ever seen. Still can't believe he only played 9 games for us!!
 
Bayingblade said:
You can't have seen Mel Rees at Everton, Sitters. The finest goalkeeping performance I have ever seen. Still can't believe he only played 9 games for us!!
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Always remember after a great save the Kop singing "England's Englandsnumber 2".
Changed for the following game. :)

9 games, and a Blades Legend. His appearance at Wembley, and the reception he got from everywhere in the ground is one of my greatest, and saddest, United memories. Still brings a lump to the throat.
 
Cerberus Blade said:
I only saw the end of Hodgys career but he was good, very good. Very athletic. But I remember the fatha's of some of you moaning gits on here saying "he's too small". Go on, ask yer dad if Ihe said it? Cos some of your fatha's did - and regularly.

So then we got Big John Hope - who made them cream their pants because he was so tall! And he was brilliant at first and even got called up for England! Then we saw some weaknesses in him. He hated crosses more than Dracula, couldn't catch a pig in a gennel and was a nervous wreck.

McAllister was excellent for a while. Steve Conroy was good and so was Ian Tomlinson.

Keith Waugh was a good keeper. So was "Budgie" Burridge. Mel Rees looked brilliant but we only ever saw a glimpse of him - poor lad RIP.

Fans were divided over who was the best keeper between Kelly and Tracey. Both were very good at that time but Kelly was the best one for me. More consistent and less likely to do erratic things.

I actually think Paddy Kenny is on of the very best we've had. I know that won't be a popular choice but he was very good at his peak. (Before he got his eyebrow bitten off in a feight in Halifax. Never the same after that when the sun was shining).

Overall I'd have to say Alan Kelly - but only because I saw him at his best which I didn't for Hodgy. And I suspect Hodgy was actually the best amongst those who saw more of him than me?
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Agree with most of that. I'm not sure many complained about Hodgy's size, though it was commented on. Goalkeepers were not the giants they are now; his rivals for England, such as Hopkinson and Springett, were not big. There was an assumption that big equalled clumsy, and goalies like Hodgy practised gymnastics. I recall that when Corrigan, who was tall, first played, he was a figure of fun; he worked hard to overcome that reputation.
 
Another vote for:

1. Kelly
2. Tracey
3. Kenny

Rees' performance v Liverpool is the second best performance I have seen from a United keeper. The best is Kelly's display in the 1-1 draw at Stoke in 1994-5, when after we took the lead he basically played them on his own.
 
Sean Thornton said:
Always remember after a great save the Kop singing "England's Englandsnumber 2".
Changed for the following game. :)

9 games, and a Blades Legend. His appearance at Wembley, and the reception he got from everywhere in the ground is one of my greatest, and saddest, United memories. Still brings a lump to the throat.
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8 games, and it's always worth recalling them:

United 2 Liverpool 0
Villa 1 United 1
United 2 Oldham 0
Everton 0 United 2
United 2 Spurs 0
United 1 Arsenal 1
Notts County 1 United 3
United 2 Leeds 3

That, there, is the strongest United side of my Blades supporting life.
 

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