Homegrown goalkeepers

[BoysInBlue]

Interesting article on the main Everton site, about Neville Southall's recent visit to Finch Farm. Southall got in touch with Martinez and asked if he could bring some young goalies with him to do some training:

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2014/11/16/southalls-finch-farm-workshop?

Says in the article that it has been 40 years since the last homegrown goalkeeper to come through the ranks and make the first team with us - Andy Rankin.

Can't think of many Scouse goalkeepers to make it at top flight level with others teams either.

 

[Fresh Prince of Belle Val]

Have any goalkeepers made it from our academy in the last 20 years? I can only think of Jamie Jones.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Didn't Drew Brand come through our Youth set up to play for the first team?I know he was Scottish and not a Scouser!

 

[bluebud]

Tony Warner was the last scouse goalkeeper I can remember playing in the prem, he played most of his career in lower leagues but I think he played half a dozen games for Fulham in the top flight.

 

[Eggs]

.......nobody seems to bring young goalies through in the Premier. The stakes are probably too high to blood a young goalie and let him learn his trade in the 1st team, Joe Hart was even loaned out.

 

[ijjysmith]

Didn't we turn down Hart at some point?

 

[Huyton Layne]

Goalie is always the problem when you try to name a scouse 11. It's a weird one, there was never a shortage of decent goalies for the school teams.

 

[edge]

Goalie is always the problem when you try to name a scouse 11. It's a weird one, there was never a shortage of decent goalies for the school teams.

your correct there seen some really good ones over the years, in schools and kids footy .but unless there tall and mouthy they just seem to get overlooked, or let go after a few months of being at both merseyside clubs,
Dont have a clue what there looking for but its not working at local level.

 

[Fresh Prince of Belle Val]

Didn't we turn down Hart at some point?

We had the choice of Ruddy for £100k or Hart for £250k. Moyes thought £250k was a rip off so went for Ruddy instead.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Didn't we turn down Hart at some point?

Ratters recommended him to us when he was at Shrewsbury I think,pretty sure we ended up with Ruddy.

 

[Eggs]

Tony Warner was the last scouse goalkeeper I can remember playing in the prem, he played most of his career in lower leagues but I think he played half a dozen games for Fulham in the top flight.

....yep, played a fair bit for Celtic as I recall. Even looking back both local clubs have a history of transferring keepers in. Not even sure if Tranmere have had many local lads, a keeper called Frankie Lane was there for a bit but not sure if he was a scouser. It's an interesting talking point.

 

[ToffeeDoug]

Tony Warner was the last scouse goalkeeper I can remember playing in the prem, he played most of his career in lower leagues but I think he played half a dozen games for Fulham in the top flight.

Wasn't he the goalie that Ozzie put two past the week before the 2009 Cup Final?

 

[ToffeeDoug]

David Martin at MK Dons perhaps, son of Alvin Martin and I think he was on Liverpool's books as a youngster and then released after some loan spells.

 

[Fresh Prince of Belle Val]

Tony Warner was the last scouse goalkeeper I can remember playing in the prem, he played most of his career in lower leagues but I think he played half a dozen games for Fulham in the top flight.

From Lee Park I believe. Saw him at Limey the other week. Looks like the biggest scal on earth.

 

[Vaughan]

Went to sfx did tony warner