Was Neville Southall any good?

[Dixieslaces]

World Class!

 

[The binman chronicles]

Couple of suggestions, the 'No' should be removed from the poll and the 'not sure' should be changed to 'never saw him play as I wasn't old enough so can't comment'...Thanks

PS he was the best and if you were too young to see him, try and see if you can find clips from Sky One's The Match, circa around 2005 where even heavily overweight and in his mid 40's he was still making saves that defied belief.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Poor man's Steve Simonsen

 

[ToffeeTim]

Couple of suggestions, the 'No' should be removed from the poll and the 'not sure' should be changed to 'never saw him play as I wasn't old enough so can't comment'...Thanks

PS he was the best and if you were too young to see him, try and see if you can find clips from sky one's the match, circa around 2005 where even heavily overweight and in his mid 40's he was still making saves that defied belief.

I'm one of those who was too young to see him play. But I can remember back to 2005, and a good few seasons before. And he certainly wasn't in our goal.

 

[maccavennie]

Which 3 naughty sods voted no whilst one of you said don't know.

Best in the world, top keeper. Go and watch YouTube videos of him if you didn't get to see him

 

[The binman chronicles]

I'm one of those who was too young to see him play. But I can remember back to 2005, and a good few seasons before. And he certainly wasn't in our goal.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Match_(TV_series)

He was in the first 2 games, it was a forerunner to that soccer aid charity game they have on itv now.

 

[Bluekahunaburgers]

WTF

 

[ToffeeTim]

My dad always said toss up between Southall and Jennings.

 

[Angelgabriel]

Imagine Messi was a goalie, there you have it, one of the best there's ever been

Messi would be one of the best Goalies ever?

 

[Seathestars]

Messi would be one of the best Goalies ever?

You know what I meant, although I reckon Messi would be good, even in goal

 

[BlueLlama]

Our best ever keeper, and one of the best keepers of all time.

 

[Ihaters]

I put not sure as I never saw him track back and close down an opponent..

 

[LEONARD]

In his prime, the best goalkeeper in the world.

Alongside Gordon West, the best I've seen between the sticks for Everton.

 

[BainesMakeHerDance]

To young to have ever seen him play, regrettably. Is there a place on the forum like a historical archives that has old footage or the like?

 

[Groucho]

Oh y'know, he was only the best there has ever been.