Goalkeeping Accidents

 

The sports press this week has been dominated by the injuries to the two Chelsea goalkeepers at Reading. I won't go into the rights and wrongs of what happened, as I wasn't there and I haven't seen it on video.

But some years ago, I saw a young Richard Wright of Ipswich clash with Luc Nillis of Aston Villa at Portman Road. Both went for the same ball and the outcome was that Nellis' leg was badly broken and he never played again. It was a total accident.

But Richard Wright was never the same goalkeeper again and has never shown the form he did in that wonderful season for Ipswich.

Was this unfortunate accident the reason?