39: Scott Loach
From unexpected England call-ups to ghost goals, personality clashes and penalty saves galore. Straight talking Scott Loach says it how it is.
54m Sep 11, 2019
54m
38: Kelle Roos
Derby County's No1 details his route from PSV to the Championship, via Nuneaton Town. Fascinating perspective from a modern pro on improving his game and bouncing back from play-off Final heartache.
43m Sep 05, 2019
43m
37: GKU: Between the Sticks #04
The latest instalment of our new analysis show comes after Matchday Four in the Premier League. Focus on: - Bernd Leno's parry in the NLD - Rui Patricio and Conor Coady at Everton - MLS action with Quentin Westberg - Keeper Capers: Jojo Wollacott versus Newport County
24m Sep 02, 2019
24m
36: GKU: Between the Sticks #03
The third instalment of our new analysis show comes after Matchday Three in the Premier League. Focus on: - David de Gea's injury time spill against Palace - Jack Butland on the bench - Sam Johnstone's tale of two penalties - Fraser Forster returning to Celtic - Keeper Capers: Kepa against Norwich
23m Aug 28, 2019
23m
35: David Forde
Goalkeeping meets psychology. Prepare for a deep dive into the thought processes adopted by David Forde throughout a turbulent career between the sticks. After his recent retirement announcement, we speak to the Galway man about how he dealt with demons and made it to the top despite a number of setbacks.
45m Aug 27, 2019
45m
34: GKU: Between the Sticks #02
The second instalment of our new analysis show comes after Matchday Two in the Premier League. Focus on: - Adrian's Super Cup and Southampton - Ederson against Tottenham - Heaton's hairy homecoming - Jack Butland's next move - The return of Keeper Capers
33m Aug 22, 2019
33m
33: Shay Given
One of the all-time Premier League greats touches on some of his career highs and lows, plus his current coaching role at Derby County. It's good to be back.
44m Aug 21, 2019
44m
32: GKU: Between the Sticks #01
We’re back.   Well, sort of. Sadly, no pre-season for the first time in 20 years completely confused David Forde’s immune system, thus putting his appearance on the show on hold for a few days.   Get well soon, sir.   In other news, we decided to record a first sister pod of the season. Yep, this season we will attempt two pods a week – one for our feature interviews and another strictly for go...
20m Aug 13, 2019
20m
31: MINI POD: Pre-season training and transfers
GKU returns for a quick look at some of the pre-season drills doing the rounds on social media, while also casting an eye over the key ins and outs in the goalkeeper world so far this summer.
26m Jul 16, 2019
26m
30: GKU Review
Richard Lee reviews Season One of the Goalkeepers' Union podcast with a look at top performers and guests over the past eight months.
45m Jun 12, 2019
45m
29: Super Stephen Bywater
Finally, we've landed the big one. Speaking from a balcony in Mallorca, Stephen Bywater takes us on a journey through his footballing career and, more importantly, his unique mindset. What a man.
1hr 1m May 30, 2019
1hr 1m
28: Coaching with Colesy
Mini, micro, maxi and mega mistakes. The Black Box. These are all terms and methods of training created and adopted by Bristol City goalkeeper coach, David Coles. After bagging his big break at Southampton, Colesy has since become one of the go-to goalkeeper coaches. In this podcast, he discusses his progression from low-level goalkeeper to top-flight coach and delves into his diary to tell tal...
57m May 22, 2019
57m
27: Inside the mind of Tom Heaton
This week’s guest is a man who, in achieving promotion with Burnley in 2014, became part of an elite band of goalkeepers to have played in all four tiers of English professional football. He began under Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United and moved to Cardiff and Bristol City before his big switch to Turf Moor where he now resides as club captain. Tom Heaton opens up to GKU on how he's ado...
50m May 08, 2019
50m
26: Kelvin Davis and that De Gea debate
This week’s guest is more than just a goalkeeper. After spells with Luton, Wimbledon and Sunderland, he joined Southampton in 2006 and has been at the club ever since. From player to captain to Football Development Executive to First Team Assistant Coach and, for a very brief period earlier this season, Caretaker Manager, his name is woven into the fabric of St Mary’s furniture. Kelvin Davis...
57m May 01, 2019
57m
25: And here's to you, Andrew Lonergan
This week’s guest is a man who made his debut as a 16-year-old at Preston under the tutelage of David Moyes. He’s since racked up more than 400 games as a goalkeeper with clubs including Leeds, Bolton, Wolves, Fulham and now Middlesbrough – and he's yet another of the Goalkeepers' Union to have found himself on the scoresheet during the early stages of his career. Andrew Lonergan discusses th...
56m Apr 23, 2019
56m
24: Fun-time Frankie Fielding
This week’s guest is a goalkeeper currently plying his trade in the Championship with Bristol City. He’s enjoyed successful loan spells at Wycombe, Northampton and Rochdale where he helped the club to a first promotion in more than 40 years in 2010, and he was known early on in his career for a surprise call-up to Fabio Capello's first England squad after the disastrous World Cup campaign that...
55m Apr 17, 2019
55m
23: Dean Kiely and The Keeper
This week’s guest is a man who made nearly 800 appearances and kept in excess of 250 clean sheets in a 24-year career. He played in all four tiers of English football, he went to a World Cup with Ireland and he once apprehended a pitch-invading dog while playing for York City. Dean Kiely reveals in a refreshing honesty what it was like being a player under the likes of Alan Curbishley and Har...
1hr 1m Apr 09, 2019
1hr 1m
22: Class of '92: The Goalkeeper
This week’s guest grew into goalkeeping via one of football’s finest foundations. He’s shared a changing room with global superstars, he’s played more more than 400 games over the course of a 27-year career, he’s a man Robbie Savage once referred to as a “gentle giant” and, more importantly, at the tender age of 45, he is the last remaining member of the celebrated Class of '92 to still be pla...
48m Mar 26, 2019
48m
21: Kevin Hitchcock chats Chelsea
This week's guest is the man who made Richard Lee. Following 13 years and four major cup finals with Chelsea, Kevin Hitchcock finished his career at Watford where he then became goalkeeper coach to GKU's very own No1. Hitch recalls his time tutoring Rich at Vicarage Road, but it's his stories of Hoddle, Gullit, Zola et al that really capture the imagination of a transitional time in West Lond...
1hr 6m Mar 19, 2019
1hr 6m
20: Story time with Jimmy Walker
Jimmy's driving in his car… And he's telling us some top tales on his journey. Wacka reveals what it was like to share a room with Stephen Bywater at West Ham, how referee Andy D'Urso helped endear him to the hearts of Hammers fans and why Heurelho Gomes is the greatest goalkeeper he's ever worked with. Bear with him. By his own admission, Jimmy likes to talk! Anything you'd to hear on the G...
1hr 10m Mar 12, 2019
1hr 10m
19: Andy, Marshalling the sticks
This week’s guest is yet another man who enjoyed a colourful career between the sticks. He crossed divides in East Anglia and the Midlands, he played in an FA Cup Final and he bagged a taste of Europe in the UEFA Cup. Andy Marshall, currently goalkeeper coach at Charlton Athletic, possesses a wealth of knowledge on what it takes to be professional goalkeeper. He tells GKU why and how he's now ...
57m Mar 04, 2019
57m
18: Carly Telford and those Kepa capers
Have you ever seen anything quite like it in a major domestic cup final? Rich runs the rule on the moment of "misunderstanding" which caused calamitous confusion between Chelsea goalkeeper, Kepa Arrizabalaga, and his manager Maurizio Sarri prior to their shootout defeat to Manchester City at the weekend. Meanwhile, this week's guest is another Chelsea goalkeeper – WSL star Carly Telford. The ...
56m Feb 25, 2019
56m
17: BUT1AND
This week’s guest is a goalkeeper currently playing his trade between the sticks for Championship side, Stoke City. He burst on the scene with nine clean sheets in his first 15 games as a professional on loan at Cheltenham and at the age of 19 years and 158 days he became the youngest goalkeeper to ever make a senior appearance for England. Jack Butland joins the Goalkeepers’ Union to discuss...
54m Feb 18, 2019
54m
16: Alec's Chambo of secrets
This week’s guest is a man who played more than 800 games in a 25-year career. He racked up eight seasons as an ever-present with Colchester, Luton and Watford and, having played for all three Merseyside league clubs, he can tell a tale or two about Neville Southall, David James and, er, Eric Nixon. Alec Chamberlain joins the Goalkeepers' Union in between a look at who Gareth Southgate should...
57m Feb 12, 2019
57m
15: The life and times of Dave Beasant
He was the first goalkeeper to save a penalty in the FA Cup Final, the first goalkeeper to captain his side to FA Cup glory and the first goalkeeper to be tackled by a bottle of salad cream. There isn't a whole lot Dave Beasant hasn't seen in football. From the Crazy Gang to coming out of retirement at the age of 56, this is his story.
1hr 3m Feb 07, 2019
1hr 3m
14: Coaching 101 with Tony Parks
This week's guest is a man who saved two penalties to help Tottenham win the UEFA Cup in 1983. Tony Parks competed with Ray Clemence at Spurs before enjoying spells at Brentford, Falkirk and a host of others in a 22-year playing career. His work as a renowned goalkeeper coach saw him return to White Hart Lane to oversee the signing of Hugo Lloris, as well as spells with Aston Villa, Watford a...
44m Jan 28, 2019
44m
13: Manchester United's Lee Grant
Three is the magic number. This week's guest on the Goalkeepers' Union podcast is Manchester United's No3, Lee Grant. From spending 14 years in the second tier of English football to finally earning his big Premier League break with Stoke City at 33, Grant reflects on his journey to the top and the moment he received that unexpected call to work alongside David de Gea at Old Trafford. He dis...
1hr 4m Jan 21, 2019
1hr 4m
12: Goalkeeper Geek Mode with Frans Hoek
This week's guest on the Goalkeepers' Union podcast is Frans Hoek – a pioneer of goalkeeper coaching and a man who has helped shape the careers of past, present and potential future greats of the position. Frans reflects on his time at the World Cup with Holland, introducing new techniques to Edwin van der Sar at Ajax and how working with David de Gea at Manchester United has seen him become o...
45m Jan 14, 2019
45m
11: The Neil Etheridge story
This week the GKU team are joined by Cardiff City goalkeeper Neil Etheridge. Quite the story, this one. Neil reflects on his hugely eventful career thus far, from sofa surfing on £200 a week at Oldham to equalling a Premier League record of saving two penalties in his first two top-flight games. As per, Rich also takes a look at the key goalkeeper talking points from the weekend's action - th...
52m Jan 07, 2019
52m
10: A year in goalkeeping
This week's podcast is our final episode of 2018. Rich looks back on a year where the record fee for a goalkeeper was broken twice, while offering his top goalkeeper picks from the Premier League to League Two. The team also assess the key moments from the opening two rounds of festive fixtures in the top flight. 0.00 - 18:40 Festive fixtures round-up 18:41 - 19:00 Keeper Capers 19:01 - 27:1...
43m Dec 27, 2018
43m
9: Asmir Begovic and Alisson's contrasting fortunes
Bournemouth goalkeeper Asmir Begovic joins the team to discuss his second spell at the Vitality Stadium, working under Jose Mourinho and life away from football. Joe, Rich and Matt also dissect all the key goalkeeping action from the past week, including Alisson following up his Champions League heroics with a blunder against Manchester United. Got something you want the team to talk about? D...
38m Dec 17, 2018
38m
8: Robbo on England and all the rest
None other than Paul Robinson joins the GKU team for this week's podcast. The ex-Leeds, Tottenham, Blackburn and Burnley stopper reveals what it was like to work under Sven-Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello during his England days, while reflecting on taking over from Nigel Martyn at Leeds to finishing his career at Burnley. Robbo also casts an eye over the current crop of Premier League goalk...
44m Dec 10, 2018
44m
7: Ben Foster and that Jordan Pickford moment
Watford's Ben Foster joins the GKU team and tells tales of turning from full-time chef to full-time goalkeeper, how he dealt with that goal from fellow No1 Paul Robinson and why social media can be a dangerous tool for young players in the game. Rich also analyses the key action from the weekend, including a trio of unfortunate incidents in the Championship and Jordan Pickford's late Merseysid...
49m Dec 03, 2018
49m
6: Joe Hart in the house
Burnley's Joe Hart joins Joe, Rich and Matt to reflect on his start to life in the Premier League with Manchester City, an eye-opening experience in Italy with Torino and why he still believes there's an England shirt with his name on it.
35m Nov 27, 2018
35m
5: The one and only, Mr Brad Friedel
In this week's episode, Richard Lee, Joe Forrester and Matt Beadle welcome a Premier League goalkeeping legend to GKU. Brad Friedel reflects on his initial struggles to earn a contract in England followed by all the essential ingredients behind his longevity in the game and that record-breaking 310. Now manager at New England Revolution, Brad also discusses what it takes to be a top boss and ...
32m Nov 19, 2018
32m
4: Players on the post and Eric Steele
In this week's episode, Richard Lee, Joe Forrester and Matt Beadle discuss: Ederson and Manuel Neuer conceding seemingly needless penalties in their respective fixtures for Manchester City and Bayern Munich The general rule of thumb when it comes to players on the posts at set pieces How playing in wet conditions can affect a goalkeeper's game Ex-Manchester United goalkeeping coach, Eric St...
43m Nov 12, 2018
43m
3: Leno's big test, goalkeeper yoga and David Button
Rich takes a close look at how Bernd Leno fared in his first game against top six opposition, the team celebrate Goalkeepers' Union's first-ever piece of correspondence (Nick Brathwaite from Belper, thank you) and Brighton's David Button joins the debate as this week's studio guest. Anything you'd like to hear on the show? Drop us an email at hello@goalkeepersunion.net.
36m Nov 06, 2018
36m
2: Walls, new rules and Andy Dibble
Rich dissects the week's action with a special focus on how Inter's Marcelo Brozovic can help and hinder goalkeepers with the new, wall-protecting "crocodile" technique. Cardiff City goalkeeping coach Andy Dibble also joins that gang to reflect on an eventful 24-year career, including that Gary Crosby moment in 1990.
42m Oct 29, 2018
42m
1: Pickford back in business and Chris Kirkland
Joe, Rich and Matt discuss the key goalkeeping action from this weekend's Premier League games, including that Jordan Pickford penalty save from Crystal Palace's Luka Milivojevic. Joining the gang this week is ex-Liverpool stopper, Chris Kirkland, who talks highs, lows and locker room laughs.
40m Oct 22, 2018
40m