Gribz 850 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 (edited) As there was a mention about keepers in the marathon McCoist thread, got me starting to think of all the keepers we've had that I can recall seeing play. Not necessarily in my lifetime, else Id have added McCloy but I cant recall seeing him play live so I exclude him. This will show some ages of folks. I've maybe missed out 1 or 2 but we've had some top notch keepers. Tried to get them in order. Chris Woods - Understudy to Shilton at England but still a top keeper. Colin Scott - Always remember the blonde hair. Lyndsay Hamilton - Battled it out with Scott as 2nd keeper to Woods. Bonni Ginzburg - Seem to remember him well but he only played a handful of games. Andy Goram - The Goalie! Up there with the best in the world at his peak for me. Ally Maxwell - Bit of a bombscare at times. Theo Snelders - Aberdeen got the best out of him when he replaced Leighton but still a handy 2nd keeper. Andy Dibble - Was an emergency signing for an old firm title decider which we won! Antti Niemi - Under rated! Absolute top keeper on his day. Did well with Rangers, Hearts and Fulham. Lionel Charbonnier - French world cup squad winner signed in 98 then got injured....and replaced by... Stefan Klos - Der Goalie. World Class keeper up there with Goram for me! Shame he got injured and never won his place back. Thomas Myhre - Norweigan international was another emergency signing who played a handful of games. Jesper Christensen - Danish international who didnt feature much. Ronald Watterreus - Came in for Klos and kept his place. Half decent keeper but Klos should have regained the No.1 after injury. Allan McGregor - Most improved player ever to wear a Rangers shirt. Went from being promising to top class. Still baffled Man Utd or another top English team didnt come in for him. Lionel Letizi - Bit of a butter fingers kind of keeper and was out quite promptly. Neil Alexander - Like Niemi was, a quality back up keeper to have who is now current No.1 and will probably go down in history as a legend in his own way if he remains there while we work our way back up the leagues. Edited November 16, 2012 by Gribz 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 How the hell could you forget :robbo: ? :fish: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 850 Posted November 16, 2012 Author Share Posted November 16, 2012 Many of them internationals as well. Chris Woods - 43 England Caps. Bonni Ginzburg - 68 Israel Caps. Andy Goram - 43 Scotland Caps. Theo Snelders - 1 Holland Cap. Andy Dibble - 3 Wales Caps. Antti Niemi - 67 Finland Caps. Lionel Charbonnier - 1 France Cap. Stefan Klos - 2 Germany Caps (Olympics) Thomas Myhre - 56 Norway Caps Jesper Christensen - 11 Denmark Caps Ronald Watterreus - 7 Holland Caps Allan McGregor - 26 Scotland Caps Lionel Letizi - 4 France Caps Neil Alexander - 3 Scotland Caps 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDGE 0 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I must be around the same age as you, Gribz (late, late teens) as I recall seeing those keepers too. We've always done well on that front. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 850 Posted November 16, 2012 Author Share Posted November 16, 2012 I must be around the same age as you, Gribz (late, late teens) as I recall seeing those keepers too. We've always done well on that front. Yeah late late teens sound about right Seventeen + Sixteen. Nicky Walker is one I forgot. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovanAllan 0 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Yeah late late teens sound about right Seventeen + Sixteen. Nicky Walker is one I forgot. Was just away to mention Walker, add The Girvan Lighthouse to the list and that's my Rangers goalies as well. One thing you can say, not only did we have great No 1,s we had some cracking back ups as well. I remember when Klos got injured I thought the league was gone just for the big porn star Watterreus to come in and play a blinder. The Goalie imo has been the best we've had ever and its going to take someone special to knock him of his perch, and if we find someone that good he won't be around long before he's snapped up by the EPL mores the pity. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laudrup11 0 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Must be around same age as you Gribz I remember every one of the keepers mentioned by you Mark Brown was missed from the list think he played about 9 games or so for us under Advocaat ? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
amms 0 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I saw Peter McCloy, Stewart Kennedy and Nicky Walker play too. I actually think goalkeeper coaching at Rangers is something we don't give the club enough credit for, we're a genuine centre of excellence in that field over the last 20 years. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,002 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Bobby Brown: Flashy. George Niven: Dependable Billy Ritchie: Rock solid. Didn't have the full reportoire that the Goalie had but I rate BR just ahead of Woods, Klos and McGregor. These three (except Niven for a few games) were lucky to have a proper defence in front of them as did Woods. Klos and McGregor didn't always have that luxury. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
onevision 1,568 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 (edited) Bobby Brown: Flashy.George Niven: Dependable Billy Ritchie: Rock solid. Didn't have the full reportoire that the Goalie had but I rate BR just ahead of Woods, Klos and McGregor. These three (except Niven for a few games) were lucky to have a proper defence in front of them as did Woods. Klos and McGregor didn't always have that luxury. seen all these plus Gerry Neef. Still thinking of others. Strike Bobby Brown, before my time. Edited November 16, 2012 by onevision 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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