2 hours ago, Boyne said:

Looking at this picture and others of Peter, it shows how times have changed for goalies. Back in the day, goalies either wore no gloves or thin gloves. Nowadays, gloves are like those worn by wicket-keepers. I think the first goalie to wear thicker gloves was the great German goalie, Sepp Maier but may be wrong.

I remember Bonetti making a monumental error one game, when he dropped the ball behind his head and it trickled over the line. He started to wear gloves after that.

2 hours ago, Boyne said:

Looking at this picture and others of Peter, it shows how times have changed for goalies. Back in the day, goalies either wore no gloves or thin gloves. Nowadays, gloves are like those worn by wicket-keepers. I think the first goalie to wear thicker gloves was the great German goalie, Sepp Maier but may be wrong.

Yes think your right, and had big long shorts, where as other keepers just wore the short outfield player shorts, remember down the park if you were playing and pretending to be Sepp Maier, you pulled your shorts half down and had your gloves half hanging off to make them look big

15 minutes ago, chi blue said:

Yes think your right, and had big long shorts, where as other keepers just wore the short outfield player shorts, remember down the park if you were playing and pretending to be Sepp Maier, you pulled your shorts half down and had your gloves half hanging off to make them look big

Found this picture of Maier. As you say, he wore longer shorts.

1 hour ago, Boyne said:

Found this picture of Maier. As you say, he wore longer shorts.

Not as long as Dimitri Karin’s

 

8 hours ago, Boyne said:

Looking at this picture and others of Peter, it shows how times have changed for goalies. Back in the day, goalies either wore no gloves or thin gloves. Nowadays, gloves are like those worn by wicket-keepers. I think the first goalie to wear thicker gloves was the great German goalie, Sepp Maier but may be wrong.

The first good goalkeeper gloves came from Germany. Uhl Sport and Ruesh gloves were great.

I bought a pair of Uhl sport gloves in 1985 and the were 40£ which was a lot of money at the time, but were well made and lasted. The grip when dry or wet was fantastic.

22 hours ago, Boyne said:

Looking at this picture and others of Peter, it shows how times have changed for goalies. Back in the day, goalies either wore no gloves or thin gloves. Nowadays, gloves are like those worn by wicket-keepers. I think the first goalie to wear thicker gloves was the great German goalie, Sepp Maier but may be wrong.

 These 'work gloves' are made from Polyester and natural cotton with a rubber coating for grip. available at shops such as poundland.

 What goalkeeper wore back then. Gordon Banks goalkeeper gloves. Made from cotton with a rubber coating for grip.

 Goalie gloves for youngsters from mid-late 70s !

Edited August 9, 20196 yr by erskblue

22 hours ago, Boyne said:

Thanks Joey. That went against the grain back then didn't it. A player giving credit to us.

 Eddie Mac and Ray Wilkins at The Bridge.

v Wolves at The Bridge. I think 1977/78.

 Charlie Cooke v Boro at The Bridge in 1975.

  The squad from 1975.

13 hours ago, Richard P said:

The first good goalkeeper gloves came from Germany. Uhl Sport and Ruesh gloves were great.

I bought a pair of Uhl sport gloves in 1985 and the were 40£ which was a lot of money at the time, but were well made and lasted. The grip when dry or wet was fantastic.

Good shout and 100% correct £40 was an absolute fortune back in 1985.

eg .I earned £79 (after Tax etc) in the summer of 1985, for working a 37 hr week as a student in a local factory as general hand.

A summer short term job lasting 10 weeks.Loading and unloading vans with a pallet truck

29 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Good shout and 100% correct £40 was an absolute fortune back in 1985.

eg .I earned £79 (after Tax etc) in the summer of 1985, for working a 37 hr week as a student in a local factory as general hand.

A summer short term job lasting 10 weeks.Loading and unloading vans with a pallet truck

I was on £25 a day as an apprentice in 85.

A couple of years before that one of our crowd was on the dole for a good while but still managed to watch Chelsea home and away. 

Try doing that now.

Edit: Ptetty sure income tax was 33% in 85

Edited August 9, 20196 yr by Ewell CFC

3 hours ago, erskblue said:

State of that pitch - but they still managed to perform magic. 

On ‎08‎/‎08‎/‎2019 at 06:48, erskblue said:

 Ron 'Chopper' Harris tackles Stan Bowles.

I've had that pic as my avatar for a while now and never knew it was Stan Bowles. Bowles was a great player and I'm not surprised Mr Harris resorted to alternative methods as depicted so delightfully.

7 hours ago, erskblue said:

 These 'work gloves' are made from Polyester and natural cotton with a rubber coating for grip. available at shops such as poundland.

 What goalkeeper wore back then. Gordon Banks goalkeeper gloves. Made from cotton with a rubber coating for grip.

 Goalie gloves for youngsters from mid-late 70s !

Remember those yellow ones, they were an up grade from my yellow Bonetti Gloves, after a while the rubber starting coming off, remember also using a pair of gardening gloves in the back garden sometimes

Being a keeper in the 70's/80's was very fashionable for young kids, probably down to Shilton, Clemence,Parkes, Corrigan, and how could I forget Borota!!!

2 hours ago, chi blue said:

Being a keeper in the 70's/80's was very fashionable for young kids, probably down to Shilton, Clemence,Parkes, Corrigan, and how could I forget Borota!!!

I was a centre back or centre forward played for my school team up front and my local 5- a side team at the back. No offence but kids who went in goal were usually people who liked football but weren't very good at it.

1 hour ago, bluehaze said:

I was a centre back or centre forward played for my school team up front and my local 5- a side team at the back. No offence but kids who went in goal were usually people who liked football but weren't very good at it.

Ha ha, that old chestnut, goalkeeping is an art mate, any body can chug round a football pitch, funny on the odd occasion I played on pitch always seemed to score, put an outfield player in goal and he'd sh*t himself!! The pressure and bravery were the things most outfield players would mention when going between the sticks. Think the Scottish keepers of the day, Alan Rough were ones that were put in goal as last resort.

1 hour ago, chi blue said:

Ha ha, that old chestnut, goalkeeping is an art mate, any body can chug round a football pitch, funny on the odd occasion I played on pitch always seemed to score, put an outfield player in goal and he'd sh*t himself!! The pressure and bravery were the things most outfield players would mention when going between the sticks. Think the Scottish keepers of the day, Alan Rough were ones that were put in goal as last resort.

Not sure it's an art form when it's Sunday league level. I'm only speaking from my experience and I played for quite a few football teams from about aged 9-30 and I can't think of any keeper who could play outfield. There was always he's tall put him in goal and that's where he stayed.  Most keepers I played with at Sunday level were beer monsters who would smoke while the game was going on.😀