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That the City were the 1st team in the top 4 English leagues to substitute a goalkeeper during a game without injury being the reason. Can anyone shed any light on this?
Interesting stat if it's true. I remember the incident against Maidstone that TOBW mentioned (although I thought Ward came on a lot earlier than half time, my memory's playing tricks on me). I assumed it must have happened before then but had forgotten that there were still only two subs in those days so it would've been unusual to have a keeper on the bench. It had only been one sub until the 87-88 season so it's quite possible that we were the first team to do it in the Football League.
It had already happened at International level. In the 1974 World Cup, Zaire subbed their keeper after 21 minutes when they were 3-0 down to Yugoslavia, they ended up losing 9-0. (Find someone old if you want to know about Zaire and Yugoslavia, and Maidstone come to that)
Didn't Peter Zois get substituted because he was well.... shite ?
This rings a very distant bell as being true.
4 keepers played that day - Maidstone had to sub theirs cos of injury. 0-0 in the end, IIRC
Not sure but could have been Parsons, when we played against midlesburough I think. Long time ago early seventies i think.
Sorry to be so vague.He couldn't hold a candle without letting the ball slip through his hands.