Goalkeepers Wearing Gloves?

[Smiffy]

When I first started as a keeper in a kids side in the 70s the only glove on the market were some green cotton ones.

Peter Bonetti ones if I'm not mistake Homer. I used to have a pair (or two) myself.
I used to be a goalkeeper too (played to a reasonable standard) and the latex type gloves really did make a vast difference, especially when they were wet, or slightly damp. I used to keep a bottle of water in the back of the net and when the gloves began to dry out a little give them a liberal soaking to keep them "tacky".

 

[pendodave]

This is becoming an ex-keepers convention.

Perfect grip back in the day was when it was a nice and dry and your hands had just the right amount of spit on them. Just as good as latex...wet weather was another thing altogether tho.

Modern latex gloves are the keeping equivalent of 460cc drivers. They take a lot of the skill and technique out of the game and allow people without really good ball handling skills to keep goal almost as well as those who have the gift. They also encourage kids to develop poor technique because you really can get away with almost anything and as long as you get a bit of glove on it, they stick.

the fa should have an r&a moment and ban the buggers. That'd sort the men from the boys.

 

[stevie_r]

Peter Bonetti ones if I'm not mistake Homer. I used to have a pair (or two) myself.
I used to be a goalkeeper too (played to a reasonable standard) and the latex type gloves really did make a vast difference, especially when they were wet, or slightly damp. I used to keep a bottle of water in the back of the net and when the gloves began to dry out a little give them a liberal soaking to keep them "tacky".

Bonetti :angry: how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in one easy lesson :angry:

 

[srixon 1]

When I first started as a keeper in a kids side in the 70s the only glove on the market were some green cotton ones. Not too bad in the dry but useless in the wet. We were always coached at that time (and throughout my career) to catch where possible. The rubber gloves really made a huge difference especially on the mud of far flung places like Hackney Marshes or Mitcham Common

I remember thosegreen gloves from my days playing in goal for the school team. I think they were endorsed by Peter Bonnetti, but I could be wrong.

 

[MetalMickie]

This is becoming an ex-keepers convention.

Perfect grip back in the day was when it was a nice and dry and your hands had just the right amount of spit on them. Just as good as latex...wet weather was another thing altogether tho.

Modern latex gloves are the keeping equivalent of 460cc drivers. They take a lot of the skill and technique out of the game and allow people without really good ball handling skills to keep goal almost as well as those who have the gift. They also encourage kids to develop poor technique because you really can get away with almost anything and as long as you get a bit of glove on it, they stick.

the fa should have an r&a moment and ban the buggers. That'd sort the men from the boys.

Nothing to do with technique,all to do with the equipment.

With the lacquer coating on the modern ball (intended to stop it absorbing water) not even Banks, Yashin or Zoff wouldbe able to catch it at speed without the assistance of these gloves.

 

[Liverbirdie]

When I was in primary school around 1979, we had these yellow ones, that looked like they had sewn rubber pieces from a table tennis bat on them.

They got us to the final as well, then as I was dropped.

I played centre half, after that.:thup:

 

[stevie_r]

Nothing to do with goal keepers gloves but back in the mid 70's I had a pair of batsman's gloves with green rubber spikes on them - I couldn't afford those posh new fangled sausagey fingered ones