Dimensions
130 x 197 x 24mm
An intelligent and witty history of the goalkeeper as consummate sportsman yet eternal outsider. They are financially undervalued, train alone and the better they are, the more boring the match. It is this paradox that makes them such intriguing figures - men who are only in the limelight during the penalty shootout. Hodgson dissects the type of character it takes to be a goalkeeper and ponder what we can all learn from people who excel on the periphery whilst always being at the centre of the action. In the words of Albert Camus, the existential goalie, "all that I know most about morality and obligations, I owe to football".
