Random Goal Keeping Question

[cochyn]

Last night watching a LFC vs Spurs game where we one i think 6 or 7-0. Watching the goalkeepers, in our case clemence i believe they where not wearing any golves. Am i correct and when did keepers start wearing gloves?

 

[Mersey86]

A good answer I saw:

Keepers had worn gloves in rain/mud/cold weather almost from the start of the game, but they didn't start wearing them in all conditions, as they do now, until the mid-late 70s. German keeper Sepp Maier is generally credited with starting the trend, and by the 1978 World Cup it was very rare to see a keeper without gloves. By the 1982 World Cup, the modern technology of latex-palmed gloves was established, and every keeper since then has worn them.

 

[Le Chacal]

In the 70's
At WC 74 the german keeper Sepp Maier was one of the first to wear gloves

 

[SaintGeorge67]

Also I believe they had to wear long sleeves to distinguish them handling a ball in a crowded box (surely the different colour would have been enough?).

And now many keepers wear short sleeves and outfielders wear long sleeves, so that's fucked that one up.

 

[SaintGeorge67]

I've probably got that totally wrong by the way.

 

[Karl Hungus]

[quote author=SaintGeorge67 link=topic=41745.msg1169448#msg1169448 date=1283526700]
Also I believe they had to wear long sleeves to distinguish them handling a ball in a crowded box (surely the different colour would have been enough?).

And now many keepers wear short sleeves and outfielders wear long sleeves, so that's fucked that one up.
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And tracksuit bottoms, don't forget about those.

 

[SaintGeorge67]

Don't get me started 😉