Who’d Be A Goalkeeper…..?

England…in Scotland or England in the 1950s. This tableau shows just a few of the dangers that keepers from that era faced and gives some insight into how (rightly) protected their modern-day counterparts are by comparison.

ScotlandThe image that makes BTLM wince is of Leyton Orient keeper, Frank George, catching a ball and landing somewhat painfully on his face.

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