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In your opinion, who is the greatest goalie of all time?
Obviously, the question is triggered by Smithie's rising stature and superb save today coupled with the fact that David Seaman was honoured at the game today.
So how would you answer?
For me its a really hard question. My favourite goalie of all time is Phil Parkes because he was the wizard between the sticks when I first fell in love with QPR. But we have been blessed with some great goalies through the years: Peter Hucker, Chris Woods, the ever entertaining Budgie, Paddy Kenny, and now Smithie, to name a few highlights.
At the end of the day, I think the answer must be David Seaman. After all, he earned 75 England caps (Parkes had 1) and played in 2 world cups and two European Championships for his country. It could be argued that Ron Sprigett should be part of the conversation -- after all he earned 33 caps for England and was part of the World Cup winning squad in 1966.
Who is the Greatest QPR Goalie of All Time? on 21:11 - Aug 6 by Sidamere
Juergen Sommer would also be in the top 10. But for me it has to be Big Phil
Take out that game against Villa and he drops out of the top 20.
Fascinating opinions, you guys. But yeah, Rob Green 1st. After that it's a bunch of other guys in joint 2nd. King Green will be remembered at the greatest of all time.
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Who is the Greatest QPR Goalie of All Time? on 13:36 - Aug 7 with 1711 views
Who is the Greatest QPR Goalie of All Time? on 14:48 - Aug 7 by francisbowles
and David Webb away to Arsenal.
I read in WSC last month that when he played for the filth he actually played in goal from the start of a game once as Bonetti and all their other keepers were all injured/ill.
... and Macca for Swindon. I don't remember him having to make a save against us, but the vid shows he made at least one tidy stop. Talk about parking the Airbus...
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Who is the Greatest QPR Goalie of All Time? on 15:36 - Aug 7 by CamberleyR
I read in WSC last month that when he played for the filth he actually played in goal from the start of a game once as Bonetti and all their other keepers were all injured/ill.
Away to Ipswich, but I've no idea what the result or his performance was like!
Who is the Greatest QPR Goalie of All Time? on 20:07 - Aug 7 by Roller
That was the first ever QPR match I went to.
Seen 'em all from Ray Drink water to Smithies. For me it has to be Parksy, he was awesome for us. A close second would be Seamen but mention must also be given to Mike Kelly, a very brave keeper. Hucker and Stejskal weren't bad either were they.
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Who is the Greatest QPR Goalie of All Time? on 10:15 - Aug 7 by colinallcars
We nearly always seem to have good keepers even lesser known ones like Ray Drinkwater and the amazing Mike Pinner who played as a part-timer amateur and was at many clubs and in two Olympic games for England.
I also remember Ray Drinkwater, was he after Allen, as I don't recall that name. Another name was Peter Springett, Ron's brother, but not a patch on Ron. The game is so different now, you can only judge them in their era.
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Who is the Greatest QPR Goalie of All Time? on 15:17 - Aug 8 with 1471 views
Who is the Greatest QPR Goalie of All Time? on 08:46 - Aug 8 by qprphil
I also remember Ray Drinkwater, was he after Allen, as I don't recall that name. Another name was Peter Springett, Ron's brother, but not a patch on Ron. The game is so different now, you can only judge them in their era.
Ron was in goal when I first attended as a child. Adults called him the rabbit as he had the capability to spectacularly leap from a standing start to reach shots which looked goalbound. We are lucky to have had so many fine keepers over the years. Not many clubs of our size can list such an array of keepers.
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Who is the Greatest QPR Goalie of All Time? on 15:29 - Aug 8 with 1468 views
Who is the Greatest QPR Goalie of All Time? on 08:46 - Aug 8 by qprphil
I also remember Ray Drinkwater, was he after Allen, as I don't recall that name. Another name was Peter Springett, Ron's brother, but not a patch on Ron. The game is so different now, you can only judge them in their era.
Reg Allen was sold to Man. U. for a world record fee in 1949-50 of £11.000. We had quite a few keepers between Allen and Drinkwater. namely Harry Brown. Reg Saphin, Stan Gullen. Dave Underwood and Mike Pinner.
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Who is the Greatest QPR Goalie of All Time? on 13:37 - Aug 9 with 1404 views
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