Goalkeeping Museum

This save is widely recognised as one of the best ever made. There are several reasons for this, not least because: it was in a World Cup; a header by arguably the best centre-forward of the era; and Banks managed to put the ball out of play. Gordon Banks was a fine goalkeeper for England, [...]

England fans won’t remember Radoslaw Majdan with any fondness after the display he made for his native Poland. One centre half in particular will have been very disappointed that the long haired Pole was on such top form:

As a defender, scoring an own goal is a real frustration, not to mention that its embarrassing. In this Champion’s League match between Manchester United and Celtic, Boruc of Celtic makes a great save from his own defender, and saves some blushes. Having produced a fine penalty save against United in the home fixture, Boruc [...]

Iker Casillas is an extremely agile and athletic goalkeeper. Watch this great low diving reaction save – there are few who would have saved this well struck close-range shot:

Jussi Jaaskelainen of Bolton Wanderers had an incredible 2 and a half minutes in their game against Blackburn rovers in October 2006. Bolton, 1-0 up away from home were precariously poised to take the match, when Blackburn were awarded a penalty.

Check out this compilation of great saves made by Manchester United’s Edwin Van Der Sar: