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Football Legend Peter Shilton In Action

Football Legend Peter Shilton In Action

See the Redyset Team on Stand 340 during the show

See the Redyset Team on Stand 340 during the show

Exciting News for all goalkeepers

19th May 2008

Peter Shilton, the most capped England player of all time is joining Grass Roots Football LIVE as the official brand ambassador for IGOAL, sponsors of the Goalkeepers Arena in the Skills Zone.
Goalkeeping legend Peter made a record 125 National appearances for the England team. He was still playing at international level in the 1990 World Cup at the age 40.
Peter was the youngest player to play for Leicester City at the tender age of16 - taking over from the equally legendary Gordon Banks.

Throughout his amazing 30 year career he played for 11 English league clubs through which he accumulated a record 1005 League appearances.
In 1977, Shilton joined the newly promoted Nottingham Forest, who went on to shock the footballing world by winning the league title on their return to the top flight. Even bigger success followed as Shilton was a big factor in Nottingham Forest winning two successive European Cups.
During his playing career Peter won the PFA player of the year and has received the MBE and OBE for his services to football. In 1990 after his retirement he was awarded the Order of Merit by the PFA.
Perhaps one of the most remembered moments in Peter’s career was in 1986 when he became the victim of Maradona's cheating 'hand of God’ and the famous individual goal Maradona scored by snaking through the majority of the England side before rounding Shilton to score.
It is an amazing opportunity for all goalkeepers and anyone coming along to GRFS to see Peter in action when he joins England U19 goalkeeper coach, Simon Smith, who will be providing specialist goalkeeping sessions for ‘the most important player in the team’!

Don’t miss the chance to go along and meet Peter in person on the Redyset stand (340) as he will be present at the show during the 3 days