Neville Southall

malfosse · September 16, 2012

steken1 said:
Not overly popular but I think Lineker would be in with a shout for that.

Just posted the same, before I read your post.

Allezfan · September 17, 2012

RadioFriendlyUnitShifter said:
Dixie, Ball and Big Nev. Possibly the only 3 players we've ever had who at the time were the best in the world in their position?

Lawton, maybe? It's difficult to judge him against the italians (Mazzola, Meazza, Piola) because England didn't play foreign teams much back then.

Kurt. · September 17, 2012

malfosse said:
Arguably you could include Lineker as well, as a goalscorer there wasn't many better.

just to touch on the subject quickly,,, Links was ace but he never came close to Hugo Sanchez and the like as a finisher.... although some may disagree.

As an aside, I know Tony Roberts quite well through a mutual friend and used to train with him a lot when he was home here. Tony was Nevs understudy in the welsh set up and was QPR number 1 after Seaman and steijskel ?? had gone. Tony's mate .. and my mate Merv ....was an exceptional keeper himself who played for a host of top non league teams throughout his career ( funny story is accrington stanley used to send him letters at the start of every season enquiring about his availability for the next season )... anyway..... both Tony and Merv as youbgsters used to travel between Goodison and Germany I believe to watch both Nev and Schumacher who they both regarded as the best two keepers ever........... Tony is now arsenals keeper coach and still insists he has never seen 2 better keepers in his life.