Peter Shilton practised European Cup Final on a Madrid round
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 4:41 pm
found this on the Evening Posts (Nottinghamshie Daily newspaper) "this is nottingham forest" forums, which is a true story behind one of Forests (and Englands) greatest goalkeepers.... but also LOL
Notts Forest keeper Peter Shilton practsied for European Cup Final on a Madrid roundabout By Oliver Holt 27/05/2009
Read Oliver Holt's column every Wednesday on Mirror.co.uk
There's a tale in 150 BC, the brilliant new collection of short stories about Brian Clough, where the manager of Nottingham Forest tells goalkeeper Peter Shilton to go and practice his shot-stopping - on a Madrid roundabout - the day before their European Cup Final against Hamburg.
I kept an eye out for Edwin van der Sar at the traffic island near the Colosseum yesterday, but he never turned up.