goalkeeper

Converse of object

• lob: It was a well taken goal as Wijnhard lobbed the goalkeeper after being put through down the center.
• beat: Keegan's corner was met at the far post by a Cusack header which beat goalkeeper Alan O'Shea.
• strand: From a penalty corner, Craig Parnham's flick looped up off a defender's stick and over the stranded goalkeeper.
• defend: Team A move all of their players up to half way line except their defending goalkeeper.
• oppose: Jonas was once sent off in a FA Cup tie at Millwall in January 1915 for fighting with the opposing goalkeeper.
• sign: Kenny told me he was signing a goalkeeper which would take up the rest of the playing budget.

Converse of subject

• save: Alarmingly, the vast majority of the forward's shots went wide or were easily saved by goalkeeper Jamie Ashdown.

Adjective modifier

• debutant: Paul Taylor struck the kick to the right but Marine's debutant goalkeeper, Mike Stewart, leaped to push the ball away.
• under-21: Even then the Brazilian still produced two flashes of brilliance, but on both occasions England Under-21 goalkeeper Robinson emphasized his potential.
• veteran: Southampton have signed veteran goalkeeper Kevin Miller on a free.
• Celtic: Contact may have been minimal but the Celtic goalkeeper had invited the penalty.
• legendary: Legendary goalkeeper Johnny King plays in league game at Center Forward.
• experienced: Vastly experienced goalkeeper Gavin Ward signed for Tranmere on the 28th June 2006, on a one-year contract.

Modifies a noun

• coach: Dario had lined Ward up as a player / goalkeeper coach but it seems that he wants first team action.

Noun used with modifier

• substitute: The only ineligible player among the 16 being the substitute goalkeeper Tom Heaton.
• reserve: Also missing will be reserve goalkeeper Jason Jones, who will be out for a couple of weeks with a sprained ankle.
• choice: At present Paul would be my first choice goalkeeper.

Possessives

• jersey: I wore a green goalkeeper's jersey and was the successor to Stan Hanson in the great Bolton Wanderers team of the nineteen fifties.

Preposition: in

• squad: Of the three goalkeepers in the squad TWO play for northern clubs.

Preposition: from

• yard: England's World Cup ended with three players - Lampard, Gerrard and Jamie Carragher - failing to beat a goalkeeper from 12 yards.