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How does an iconic global brand design their goalkeeper gloves? 🧤 Samuel Hudspith spoke to Luis Silva, Senior Designer at adidas for an exclusive look behind the scenes at their glove design process, discussing: 💡 Inspiration for glove design 🤝 Goalkeeper involvement in the process 🧤 Insight into latex and production 👟 How boot and glove design overlaps #Adidas #Design #Goalkeeper #Production Cairo Salvatierra https://lnkd.in/eRATX4gm

How does a Category 1 Academy develop effective youth goakeeper pathways? 🛣️ Head of Academy Goalkeeping at Reading Football Club, Robert Shay discusses what is key to their programme, including: 🗣️ Assessing the goalkeeper as a person ⏩ Why continued staff CPD is vital 🤝 Purposely varying dynamics between age groups 🎯 Loans, relative KPIs, and making the First-Team environment reachable 🧤 The progress of highly rated Reading youngster Coniah Boyce-Clarke Danny Lewis ✍️ #readingfc Anthony White #Academy #Pathways #Development #Youth https://lnkd.in/eywuWvWS

EXCLUSIVE | Ipswich Town’s David Martin has seen - and done - lot in a 20 year career between the sticks. He talks: 💪 Training with Pepe Reina at Liverpool 👨👩👧👦 Family inspiration and following in dad’s footsteps 🧤 The role of the goalkeeper player-coach at Ipswich 🙌 *That* win against Chelsea with West Ham + more ⬇️ #ITFC #WHUFC #Goalkeeper ✍️ Jack McArdle https://lnkd.in/djp5dmHS

‘It is Martinez’s eclectic balancing act of the pizzazz, the passion, and the point blank brilliance that sets him comfortably in the top-rated bracket for Goalkeeper A-Listers.’ ‘In tying him down for the duration, Aston Villa have made a statement in terms of their intention to become a more permanent member at the Champions League table.’ ✅ Why Aston Villa have pulled off arguably the best goalkeeper deal this summer by extending Emi Martinez’ contract to 2029 🙌 Full ⬇️ Samuel Hudspith ✍️ https://lnkd.in/eczmmehB

‘Neuer was the everpresent, almost omnipotent figure who perhaps surpassed droppable status for the German national team. ‘Image should never be understated when talking about influence. Neuer redefined what it meant for goalkeepers to be a bit crazy on the world stage, ans did it in style - with success’, writes Samuel Hudspith ✍️ Reliving Neuer’s 14 years as Germany’s number one - or 15, if you count his debut year. 👋⬇️ DFB #Germany #Legacy #Retirement #Goalkeeping https://lnkd.in/eY-7AfEj

‘Neuer was the everpresent, almost omnipotent figure who perhaps surpassed droppable status for the German national team. ‘Image should never be understated when talking about influence. Neuer redefined what it meant for goalkeepers to be a bit crazy on the world stage, ans did it in style - with success’, writes Samuel Hudspith ✍️ Reliving Neuer’s 14 years as Germany’s number one - or 15, if you count his debut year. 👋⬇️ DFB #Germany #Legacy #Retirement #Goalkeeping https://lnkd.in/eY-7AfEj

Revealing every senior Premier League goalkeeper’s glove brand for the 2024/25 season 🧤 Headlines: 🥇 uhlsport GmbH lead the way with 14 GKs 👀 McCarthy and Raya sport new The One Glove Company branding 🆕 Two new brands make debuts Full 👇#EPL https://lnkd.in/eczZA_Xg

In football today, we - as commentators, analysts, coaches, and fans - are obsessed with how much the game has changed. 💭 But, as anybody who has studied history will know, analysing continuity is sometimes just as important as analysing change. Continuity is what creates legacy. It keeps us grounded. It brings consistency and emphasises principles. In many ways, football at its simplest is what keeps fans coming back for more across generations. The game may have changed drastically since the 90s/early 2000s, but, as Shaka Hislop told me when we recently spoke, "some of the smaller details haven't changed". Ultimately, “You're a group of young men enjoying what you're doing and enjoying the trappings of chasing boyhood dreams." But one continuity that does disturb Hislop is the racism that still infects football. He helped found Show Racism the Red Card in 1996. In our conversation, Shaka discussed how he has recently reframed his response to racism in football, his life and times making it as a goalkeeper in English football, his earlier academic ventures, and more. Highly recommend a read - fantastic write up from Tim Ellis for Goalkeeper.com. ✍ #interview #football #goalkeeper #legacy #change https://lnkd.in/evZEmgNi

EXCLUSIVE | Footballing culture has unboubtedly changed in the last 25 years, but for Premier League legend Shaka Hislop there’s one core continuity: ‘In the dressing room, you’re a group of young men enjoying what you're doing and enjoying the trappings of chasing boyhood dreams.’ In an earnest conversation, Hislop aslo discusses: 🧤 Becoming a goalkeeper by chance 🚀 A NASA internship and academic promise 💫 Dressing room differences and similarities then and now 🟥 Reframing responses to racism And more - Tim Ellis ✍️ Samuel Hudspith 🎙️ #NUFC #readingfc Show Racism the Red Card https://lnkd.in/e5aaKEZi

EXCLUSIVE | Brentford’s number one Mark Flekken discusses his journey through goalkeeping, including: 👨👩👦👦 Family goalkeeping origins 🤝 Importance of ‘straight and honest’ relationships 🔄 Why Brentford move didn’t happen in 2022 🧠 Psychological adjustment to EPL 🙌 Feeling his ‘true self’ on the pitch + more ⬇️ Samuel Hudspith ✍️ Maikel Stevens https://lnkd.in/eEnhj-yA