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Percentage of English goalies at HCAFC?

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Theo, Jul 12, 2011.

  1. Nick HCAFC

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    Wasn't Grobelaar Zimbabwean, don't think he ever played for us though!
     
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    Dad says McKechnie could kick a ball so high it came down with snow on it!
     
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    lee warren and peter skipper
     
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    dearden & wright
     
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  5. RicardoHCAFC

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    If we're just talking recognised keepers, going as far back as I can remember:

    English perms: Steve Wilson, Matt Baker, Lee Bracey, Matt Glennon, Paul Musselwhite, Matt Duke, Mark Oxley
    English loans: Richard Knight (Derby), Stephen Bywater (West Ham), Nick Culkin and Paul Gibson (Man U)
    English born foreigners: Tony Warner
    Foreigners: Alan Fettis, Bo Myhill, Sergio Leite, Vito Mannone, Brad Guzan

    So that's either 5 or 6 out of the 17 keepers I remember us playing/signing were foreign, so either 29% or 35% in the last 10-15 years. Would have thought before that we'd have had a bigger bias towards English keepers. I can't remember who our second choice keeper was during the great escape season though.
     
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    Does it matter where they're from if they can keep a clean sheet? <whistle>
     
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