Greatest Save of all time?

Banks for me, or for the sense of occasion dudek's double in the champ league final, i couldnt believe what a game i was seeing, and that just added to the excitement! and everyone knows what happened after that!
 
The best save.... I have no idea.

But..... Is it just me or do others feel that "the great dane" was by far and away the best keeper of all time. Far better than anyone before him and far better than anyone after. I think Man U have had such problems replacing him all these years simply because a keeper that even comes close has not graced this planet.

Oh, and before you stat I support liverpool.
 
[ASSE]Hinchy said:
I'd go for Schmeichel's save against some Austrian side. Stunning. Cech made a stunning save for Czech Republic against Holland too from a Heitinga shot.
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Rapid Vienna. An especially brilliant save in the context of the match where it was still 0-0. Very similar to the Banks save from Pelé in the 1970 world cup which would still be my nomination for best save ever.
 
Spamalot said:
The best save.... I have no idea.

But..... Is it just me or do others feel that "the great dane" was by far and away the best keeper of all time. Far better than anyone before him and far better than anyone after. I think Man U have had such problems replacing him all these years simply because a keeper that even comes close has not graced this planet.

Oh, and before you stat I support liverpool.
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I wouldn't put him "far and away" the greatest of all-time. There have been plenty of fantastic keepers over the years, but we all know about Schmeichel because so much of football now is televised. The great keepers of years gone by will have made saves comparable to Schmeichel but we've just never seen them.
 
Massimo Taibi against Southampton at Old Trafford. Hang on a minute that went right under his legs :eek:

Best Save I have seen was Schmeichel at White Heart Lane. Can't remember but it was one where he dived from one side of the goal to the other and caught it full stretch with one hand. There was a really good photograph in The Independent of it. The Picture won lots of awards from the sporting press
 
Loki said:
Massimo Taibi against Southampton at Old Trafford. Hang on a minute that went right under his legs :eek:

Best Save I have seen was Schmeichel at White Heart Lane. Can't remember but it was one where he dived from one side of the goal to the other and caught it full stretch with one hand. There was a really good photograph in The Independent of it. The Picture won lots of awards from the sporting press
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Someone posted it on a thread here a few weeks back I think.
Mid air photo , looks almost superhuman.
 
Kerplunk said:
This one?
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Yes

Its turning into a bit of a Peter Schemeichel thread this. However I had the privelage of seeing one of the finest goal keeping performances in a game by him. It was Newcaslte vs Uts at St. James Park. Newcastle absolutley battered us for 60 mins then Cantona scored. In the first half if it would have been 6-0 to Newcastle it would not have been too much. He basically stood there and said you will not score against me today
 
Loki said:
Yes

Its turning into a bit of a Peter Schemeichel thread this. However I had the privelage of seeing one of the finest goal keeping performances in a game by him. It was Newcaslte vs Uts at St. James Park. Newcastle absolutley battered us for 60 mins then Cantona scored. In the first half if it would have been 6-0 to Newcastle it would not have been too much. He basically stood there and said you will not score against me today
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Aye , won the league for you that season.
As instrumental as Cantona imo.

Im still scared emotionally after the end of that season.
 
Vandle said:
Aye , won the league for you that season.
As instrumental as Cantona imo.

Im still scared emotionally after the end of that season.
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Was a fantastic season that one Vandle (Not just from a UTD point of view) Newcastle were fantastic and played some really good attacking football. Last six games were real high drama stuff.

Must admit it caused a few frayed tempers in our family with the Father-in-Law coming from Walker Dean
 
Loki said:
Best Save I have seen was Schmeichel at White Heart Lane. Can't remember but it was one where he dived from one side of the goal to the other and caught it full stretch with one hand. There was a really good photograph in The Independent of it. The Picture won lots of awards from the sporting press
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Anyone got any footage of this one?
 
Some awesome saves here, forgot just how good Schemeichel was :)
Seamans was mint :)

Being a Pool fan though, gotta say one of my favourites, although not the best technically had to be the double save in the champions league final, the looks on Schevchenkos face was completely worth it :p
 
Gilly must remember Andy Goram`s goalkeeping display in 1992 at Elland Road against a very good Leeds Utd side in a European Cup qualifier. While there was no specific save worthy of being the greatest ever, his general display that night was impressive.

I remember finger tip, point blank saves from Wallace, Strachan, Chapman, Speed and Cantona. (sigh those were the days).

I was actually at the game that night and my lasting memory is the Leeds fans, almost to a man, applauding Rangers off the park and shaking the hands of the Rangers fans outside the ground afterwards. Breaks my heart to see where Leeds are now, especially as i remember the fans with affection. (Certainly blew the pre-concieved notion that lads fans were hooligans).

The greatest save i have seen from him was against Pierre Van Hooijdonk at Ibrox in 1996. It was point blank.

I`m sure a few `tic fans remember it well. Tommy Burns certainly does.

The flying pig was an exceptional keeper and very instrumental in Rangers` success during the 1990`s.
 
I remember the Rangers game. Pretty sure I was there. I was 12 though and my memroy is a little hazy.

I do remember a few guys my Dad knew (my grandma and grandad lived in Scotland at the time) that were about. I though the good humour of that time was just from the guys we knew but it sounds like it was all encompassing :)

Best display I remember was Nigel Martin against Roma in the UEFA Cup. Think it was the qtr final. Kept us in the tie single-handedly. We brought them back to our place and knocked them out :cool:
 
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