Worst appointment ever....

[red g]

I vaguely recall a goalie called Cooper, possibly at Leeds, but I'm convinced he never played for England - I could be wrong.

But your way off beam in saying that he and Phil Parkes were well ahead of Corrigan in terms of playing for their country. Parkes made just one appearance for England in his entire career, whilst Corrigan played 9 times, conceding just 5 goals. Shilton and Clemence obviously dominated the same era, but Corrigan was considered next best.

cooper was at ipswich .....i think for his entire career, bit of a penalty saving whizz

i seem to recall people never rating corrigan though

[Tee]

In hindsight, you're absolutely right.

[kewellnthegang]

cooper was at ipswich .....i think for his entire career, bit of a penalty saving whizz

i seem to recall people never rating corrigan though

i thought he was ok and its more in my day than a lot of ya

better than cooper - he was a short arse fella

[Howard_lfc]

i thought he was ok and its more in my day than a lot of ya

better than cooper - he was a short arse fella

great at saving pens though.
He used to lean to one side to tempt the striker to put it the other side. And then doubt would set in, in the strikers mind.

[kewellnthegang]

great at saving pens though.
He used to lean to one side to tempt the striker to put it the other side. And then doubt would set in, in the strikers mind.

i used to do the same

the cat they called me

[zimbo]

i used to do the same

the cat they called me

I heard they only called you that because you used to bury your **** in next door's garden??

[Pacman]

I heard they only called you that because you used to bury your **** in next door's garden??

[carheex]

I couldn't stand Corrigan and blamed him, possibly unfairly, for ruining the Liverpool careers of James and Friedel.

Wasn't Corrigan finally relieved of his duties shortly after the once impressive Westerveld started to mimic the likes of barthez and taibi?

[Tee]

Wasn't Corrigan finally relieved of his duties shortly after the once impressive Westerveld started to mimic the likes of barthez and taibi?

I tink he stayed a bit longer...

[Catrin]

i remember him being a fantastic keeper. never got the credit he deserved

I remember watching a Blackburn game on MOTD and the commentator (I think it was Ian Gwyn Hughes) referred to their caretaker manager Tony Parkes as the "former West Ham goalkeeper."

[kurtangle01]

must be old Joe Corrigan.

I remember a pre season friendly a few years ago in Koln, big Joe brought out Kirkland and The Dude for a long warm up before the match. After some stretching and a few sprints, the dude went between the sticks for some stopping practice.

Big Joe gathered 5 or 6 balls together, ready to pebbledash Jetzy's goal with laser guided rockets and promply hoofed the first 3 straight over the bar into the Liverpool end.

Very Riisesque.

Big Joe managed to singlehandedly **** up every decent goalie that arrived at the club during his tenure.

500 and still not out.

At the Arsenal match two weeks ago I was sat in the Kop right behind the goal that Pepe warms up at. The new goalkeeping coach (Valero?) was taking shots at Pepe, there was quite a bit of power in them. He fizzed one right over the bar and into the Kop. Just as he did it this girl was taking a photo and the ball smaked her right in the face, broke her camera and her nose, and left he lying in a heap on the ground....

[the rev leeroy brown]

corrigan for man utd anyone?

[paulcooper4]

better than cooper - he was a short arse fella

[andyinswinton]

I don't think its any coincidence that keepers have left us and done well.

There aren't too many players to leave us under a cloud and go on to be very good players.

Brad Friedel has been excellent at Blackburn for a number of years and although David James does have those moments from time to time, his stints at Villa, West Ham, City and Portsmouth have shown him to be very competent.

Corrigan must shoulder some of the blame for the problems that our keepers had because under his guidance, they went from being keepers with potential to having their confidence shot to pieces.