Wednesday, 30 August 2017

HAFFEY HAS HASSLES

Having written about crazy goalkeepers recently, I was wandering through the BBC Sport archives and came across this lot of Scottish goalkeeping bloopers so I thought it would entertain you:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/scotland/41076733

My first recollection of howlers by Scottish goalkeepers was when watching England destroy the Scots at Wembley 9-3 in 1961. The match film is not great, the crowd scenes amusing, the goalkeeping on both sides is dubious! But poor Frank Haffey of Scotland got some hammer; "What's the time? Nine past Haffey!"......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFqrBatm8No

Frank Haffey of Celtic only played twice for his country but he did appear over 200 times between 1957-64 for Celtic. He then had a brief spell at Swindon Town until 1965, when he disappeared to Australia and became a cabaret singer! Don't drop that mic Frank......

Stanley Matthews had a bit to say about the 7-2 result in 1955 when the Scots, once again, were taken to the cleaners by England at Wembley. Once again the keepers have questionable games.
The film also shows several landmarks reached by players during this fixture, including Duncan Edwards' first cap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUxdNLEpNQE

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