RICKY'S CUP GOAL WAS ORDINARY SAYS BIG JOE

EXCLUSIVE Wally meets.. FORMER MAN CITY AND ENGLAND GOALKEEPER JOE CORRIGAN 'It wasn't even the best of the game' Gentle giant Joe Corrigan was the unluckiest goalkeeper in history, because football's urban myths often seemed to be at his expense. Gordon Banks' flying save from Pele's header at the Mexico World Cup in 1970, for instance, was not the greatest save of all time. Manchester City goalkeeper Corrigan's astonishing stop from Allan Clarke's header at Elland Road 30 years ago, which defied the laws of gravity, was just as good but it never gets replayed on the telly. And Ricky Villa's winner for Tottenham at Wembley in 1981 was not the best FA Cup final goal of all time-because it wasn't even the best goal scored that night. City midfielder Steve Mackenzie's volley, which made it1-1 in that memorable replay, knocks... [read full story]                    

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