Reds vote for their best stopper
Peter Schmeichel has, unsurprisingly, been voted the best goalkeeper to have played under Sir Alex Ferguson.
The Danish keeper amassed 82.7% of the votes in a recent ManUtd.com poll.
Schmeichel was part of the United’s side during the golden era of the 1990’s culminating in lifting the Treble in 1999.
It was Schmeichel’s almost unbeatable way of goalkeeping that intimidated opposition strikers into missing, and results in the legendry status he now possesses.
It proves that Schmeichel’s legacy lives on at Old Trafford – there can be few goalkeepers in the history of the game, never mind United’s past, that have had such an influence on one team’s success.
The 6ft 4in giant was a bargain buy from Danish Premier Division side Brondby in August 1991 for what now seems a nominal fee of £500,000.
At the time of the signing, Ferguson said: “At that price, I believe we’ve made the buy of the century.”
Schmeichel was a crucial piece in Ferguson’s jigsaw for a side that dominated the domestic game during the nineties, and remains part of the foundations upon which future success can be built.
One of the Dane’s most famous moments came on 4 December 1996, when Peter pulled off an almost unbelievable stop in the game against Rapid Vienna. The save was compared by some to Gordon Banks’ outstretched stop from Pele’s header in the 1970 World Cup.
Just a year earlier, in 1995, Schmeichel was voted European Goalkeeper of the Year.
There is good news for the man who is largely thought of as Schmeichel’s replacement - current Reds stopper Fabien Barthez, who finished second in the poll with 9.7% of the votes.
It is a clear sign of United supporters backing the Frenchman after some amazing saves this season. Steering Hamann’s late effort over the bar at Anfield is an immediately memorable stop.
And despite the recent bad press, Mark Bosnich came in in third spot, with 3.1% of the votes.
Peter Schmeichel has, unsurprisingly, been voted the best goalkeeper to have played under Sir Alex Ferguson.
The Danish keeper amassed 82.7% of the votes in a recent ManUtd.com poll.
Schmeichel was part of the United’s side during the golden era of the 1990’s culminating in lifting the Treble in 1999.
It was Schmeichel’s almost unbeatable way of goalkeeping that intimidated opposition strikers into missing, and results in the legendry status he now possesses.
It proves that Schmeichel’s legacy lives on at Old Trafford – there can be few goalkeepers in the history of the game, never mind United’s past, that have had such an influence on one team’s success.
The 6ft 4in giant was a bargain buy from Danish Premier Division side Brondby in August 1991 for what now seems a nominal fee of £500,000.
At the time of the signing, Ferguson said: “At that price, I believe we’ve made the buy of the century.”
Schmeichel was a crucial piece in Ferguson’s jigsaw for a side that dominated the domestic game during the nineties, and remains part of the foundations upon which future success can be built.
One of the Dane’s most famous moments came on 4 December 1996, when Peter pulled off an almost unbelievable stop in the game against Rapid Vienna. The save was compared by some to Gordon Banks’ outstretched stop from Pele’s header in the 1970 World Cup.
Just a year earlier, in 1995, Schmeichel was voted European Goalkeeper of the Year.
There is good news for the man who is largely thought of as Schmeichel’s replacement - current Reds stopper Fabien Barthez, who finished second in the poll with 9.7% of the votes.
It is a clear sign of United supporters backing the Frenchman after some amazing saves this season. Steering Hamann’s late effort over the bar at Anfield is an immediately memorable stop.
And despite the recent bad press, Mark Bosnich came in in third spot, with 3.1% of the votes.