The<b> ever-readable</b> Wilson explores the psychological pressures of being cast in the role of the scapegoat... <b>Thought-provoking</b> and full of interesting detail... this book scores on every level.

Independent on Sunday

From the obese to the heroic and the corrupt, goalkeepers provide endless anecdotal material. Wilson weaves it together skilfully, from Victorian times to the present, from Charterhouse to Cameroon. The case for the position provoking a kind of existential unease is <b>elegantly made</b>.

Literary Review

From Albert Camus to John Paul II, and all points in between - a <b>superb </b>account of the men who wear different shirts and play be different rules from everybody else.

Readers Digest

Wilson's prodigious energy doesn't seem to dilute the quality of what he comes up with and this <b>meticulous </b>study of the goalkeeping art is characterised by the attention to detail that he brings to everything he writes... <i>The Outsider</i> is a <b>terrific </b>history of its subject. It wears its knowledgeable perspective lightly and deftly works its vast research into the text without battering you over the head with it. Wilson can always be relied upon to come up with something a little bit different and a little bit special, and this has plenty of both.

When Saturday Comes

From Albert Camus to John Paul II, and all points in between - a superb account of the men who wear different shirts and play be different rules from everybody else.

READERS DIGEST

A splendid history of the goalkeeper, whose lot has tended to be a thankless one (just ask Joe Hart). Wilson tells tales of violence against goalies, both verbal and physical, along with the burden of psychic stress carried by these singular players

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