Football on the 19th August 1975 saw at the second League match of the season, Manchester United goalkeeper Alex Stepney become so animated, that when shouting at his own defenders, he dislocated his jaw and had to be taken to hospital!
Another goalkeeper, who found a television set to be more than a match, was David James, who once pulled a muscle in his back when reaching for a television remote control. James also missed a match at Liverpool suffering from a RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) injury to his thumb which he blamed on his excessive computer-game habit.
On the same day in 1982, Newcastle United signed 31-year-old Kevin Keegan from Southampton for £100,000 and for a reported £5000 a week wages. in 1995, after watching Manchester United lose their opening-day Premier League fixture 3-1 at Aston Villa Match of the Day commentator Alan Hansen was critical of United and famously said ‘you’ll never win anything with kids’. The United team included David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and Gary Neville who went on to bring their team success in a League and Cup double that season.
While at Southampton goalkeeper Dave Beasant missed 8 weeks of a season after a confrontation with a bottle of salad cream. He knocked it over and attempted to control the falling bottle with his foot but only succeeded in rupturing his ankle ligaments.
Goalkeeper Chic Brodie, made over 400 Football League appearances but is probably the player best remembered for the things that went wrong in his life. In 1972 the Sun described him as 'a walking mishap, a one-man casualty station, a multiple accident statistic' and after another mishap the newspaper headline was 'Unlucky Chic, The One-Man Natural Disaster'. Playing for Brentford against Millwall in November 1965 a hand grenade was thrown into his penalty area which he inspected and threw it into the net (it was later found to be a fake). In August 1970, again playing for Brentford, he brought a match at Lincoln to a halt when an acrobatic save brought down the goalposts. He was the Margate goalkeeper on the receiving end of a 11-0 FA Cup defeat by Bournemouth in November 1971 (Ted MacDougall scored nine of them). After he retired he became a taxi driver and once had a collision with a Jaguar...driven by Geoff Hurst! But perhaps he is best remembered for the injury he received when playing for Brentford at Colchester in November 1970. A dog ran onto the pitch and collided with Brodie, breaking his kneecap. He said 'the dog may have been small - but it just happened to be solid.' Although it is perhaps seen as a comical injury it did effectively end his Football League career and I certainly said 'ouch' when I first saw it........https://twitter.com/ftbllrswanimals/status/1063418232365858819 Brodie v Dog
In a League 1 match at Glanford Park on 17th January 2015, Scunthorpe United had the misfortune of losing two goalkeepers with broken arms in their 2-0 defeat against Bristol City. First choice goalkeeper Sam Slocombe and substitute keeper Jamie Severn both suffered their injuries in the first half leaving outfielder Andy Boyce to take over between the posts.
In the days before substitutes injured players were often expected to stay on the pitch and do their duty. In one instance, on Saturday 16th February 1952 at Villa Park, Stoke goalkeeper, Dennis Herod, suffered a first half injury in a First Division match. He was patched up and sent out for the second half and asked 'to make a nuisance of himself' on the left wing. He did - and scored the winning goal in Stoke's 3-2 victory over Aston Villa. His injury - a broken arm!
http://www.goalkeepersaredifferent.com/keepers/quirky-injuries.html
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