‘Ability, dedication, charisma and desire made him the King of Keepers.’ —Joe Royle ‘As good as anyone I have ever seen in all my years in the game – he stands alongside the likes of Gordon Banks and Peter Shilton.’ —Howard Kendall ‘During the mid-1980s, Southall’s superb anticipation and spectacular reflexes made him the finest goalkeeper in the world. He always demanded the best from his Everton team-mates and his rumpled exterior camouflaged his perfectionism.’ —David France Considered among the greatest goalkeepers of all time and one of English football’s defining figures over a career that spanned more than two decades, Neville Southall has for the first time decided to tell...



