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Celtic Goalkeepers
Overview
Goalkeepers are a breed apart. There is a certain element of having to be slightly mad to be a goalkeeper recognised from the dawn of the game right up to the present.
When you think about those that stood out it is not often the raw stats that impress you about a goalkeeper – it’s commonly things like “How bold was he?”, “How good at coming for crosses was he”, “Was he a brave guy?”, “Did he have the best back line in front of him protecting him?”.
So goalkeeper stats are often a little illusionary. They don’t tell all the picture.
Saying that, there is nothing like being armed with the figures to get you started.
Data
(needs updated)
Here is a list of all the goalkeepers that have played first team games for Celtic through the ages, the number of appearances they made, the number clean sheets they have kept and a percentage of clean sheets against games played. Having said that….it’s all up to you…..
NB: The figures are taken from “An Alphabet of the Celts – A Complete Who’s Who of Celtic F.C.” and augmented with published statistics for after 1994 verified from 2 sources. The stats are up to the start of the 2011-12 season.
| Name | Seasons | Games | Clean Sheets | % |
| Charlie Shaw | 1913-25 | 436 | 240 | 55.05% |
| Packie Bonner | 1978-96 | 632 | 254 | 40.19% |
| Davy Adams | 1902-12 | 291 | 124 | 42.61% |
| Ronnie Simpson | 1964-70 | 188 | 91 | 48.40% |
| Joe Kennaway | 1931-39 | 295 | 83 | 28.14% |
| Magnus Hedman | 2002-05 | 37 | 23 | 62.16% |
| Robert Douglas | 2000-05 | 161 | 88 | 54.66% |
| Jonathon Gould | 1997-2003 | 152 | 76 | 50.00% |
| Peter Latchford | 1975-87 | 272 | 82 | 30.15% |
| Frank Haffey | 1958-64 | 201 | 61 | 30.35% |
| John Thomson | 1926-31 | 188 | 64 | 34.04% |
| John Kelly | 1929-30 | 10 | 6 | 60.00% |
| Dmitri Kharine | 1999-02 | 10 | 6 | 60.00% |
| John Mulrooney | 1911-13 | 51 | 26 | 50.98% |
| Artur Boruc | 2005-10 | 222 | 87 | 39.19% |
| John Fallon | 1958-72 | 184 | 61 | 33.15% |
| Ally Hunter | 1973-76 | 91 | 43 | 47.25% |
| John Hughes | 1922-25 | 5 | 3 | 60.00% |
| Gordon Marshall | 1991-98 | 136 | 60 | 44.12% |
| Evan Williams | 1969-74 | 148 | 59 | 39.86% |
| Javier Sanchez Broto | 2003 | 9 | 5 | 55.56% |
| Stewart Kerr | 1993-02 | 40 | 18 | 45.00% |
| John Bonnar | 1948-58 | 180 | 48 | 26.67% |
| Richard Beattie | 1954-59 | 156 | 43 | 27.56% |
| Pete Shevlin | 1924-27 | 103 | 36 | 34.95% |
| Denis Connaghan | 1963-64 1971-77 | 56 | 22 | 39.29% |
| David Marshall | 2003-07 | 47 | 17 | 36.17% |
| Carl Muggleton | 1994 | 13 | 6 | 46.15% |
| Mark Brown | 2007-10 | 13 | 6 | 46.15% |
| Willie Miller | 1942-50 | 142 | 36 | 25.35% |
| Roy Baines | 1976-79 | 16 | 7 | 43.75% |
| Joe Cullen | 1892-97 | 73 | 20 | 27.40% |
| Jim Oliver | 1909 | 2 | 1 | 50.00% |
| Frank Collins | 1921-22 | 2 | 1 | 50.00% |
| Tom Duff | 1891-92 | 9 | 4 | 44.44% |
| Andy McPherson | 1902-04 | 32 | 9 | 28.13% |
| George Hunter | 1949-54 | 38 | 9 | 23.68% |
| Allen McKnight | 1939-40 | 17 | 5 | 29.41% |
| George Johnstone | 1940-41 | 37 | 8 | 21.62% |
| Jamie Bell | 1890-91 | 22 | 6 | 27.27% |
| Willie Donnelly | 1900-01 | 5 | 2 | 40.00% |
| Jimmy Culley | 1941-42 | 22 | 5 | 22.73% |
| Rab MacFarlane | 1901-02 | 23 | 4 | 17.39% |
| Andy Bell | 1951-55 | 28 | 3 | 10.71% |
| John Wallace | 1932-34 | 18 | 3 | 16.67% |
| Tony Warner | 1998-99 | 3 | 1 | 33.33% |
| James McLaughlin | 1888-90 | 3 | 1 | 33.33% |
| Alan Rough | 1988 | 7 | 2 | 28.57% |
| John Hunter | 1941 | 17 | 1 | 5.88% |
| Donald McKay | 1939-40 | 17 | 1 | 5.88% |
| Bob Smith | 1940 | 15 | 1 | 6.67% |
| John Falconer | 1931-33 | 8 | 2 | 25.00% |
| Bob Boyle | 1912-13 | 10 | 1 | 10.00% |
| John Docherty | 1896,97,98,1900 | 11 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ian Andrews | 1988-90 | 8 | 1 | 12.50% |
| Frank Connor | 1960-62 | 8 | 1 | 12.50% |
| Willie Dunning | 1888 | 6 | 1 | 16.67% |
| Mick Dolan | 1888-94 | 4 | 1 | 25.00% |
| Tom Doyle | 1935-38 | 5 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Rolando Ugolini | 1944-48 | 5 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Willie Lawrie | 1919-21 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Joe Coen | 1931-32 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Alex Devanny | 1949-52 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% |
| John Doherty | 1937-39 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% |
| David Syme | 1918-19 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% |
| David Robertson | 1930-31 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Charlie Kelly | 1891 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Willie Goldie | 1960 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Leigh Roose | 1910 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| John Tobin | 1888 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| John O’Brien | 1895 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Graham Barclay | 1973-77 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Gordon Marshall | 1971-72 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Eamonn McMahon | 1953-55 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Dick Madden | 1962-64 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| David Nicol | 1927-29 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Dan McGarvey | 1941 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bobby Wraith | 1968-69 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Barry John Corr | 1996-03 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Andy McCondichie | 1995-99 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Tom Sinclair | 1906 | 6 | 6 | 100.00% |
| Jack Kennedy | 1965-67 | 1 | 1 | 100.00% |
| Benny McCreadie | 1955-57 | 1 | 1 | 100.00% |
| Willie Duncan | 1910 | 9 | 6 | 66.67% |
| James Foley | 1934-36 | 6 | 4 | 66.67% |
| Lukasz Zaluska | 2009 – | 50 | 22 | 44% |
| Fraser Forster |
2010 – 2014
|
197
|
102
|
52%
|
| Craig Gordon* | 2014 – | 52 | 28 | 54% |
*Most clean sheets in a single season (28)
A Ranking of Celtic Goalkeepers.
The combined ranking is based on Number of Games played, number of shut-outs and the percentage of shut-outs
| Name | Debut | Seasons | Ranking Games | Ranking Games | Ranking % Sheets | Weighted Ranking |
| Packie Bonner | 17/03/1979 | 1978-96 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Charlie Shaw | 06/05/1913 | 1913-25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| Davy Adams | 26/09/1903 | 1902-12 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 240 |
| Joe Kennaway | 31/10/1931 | 1931-39 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 243 |
| Ronnie Simpson | 18/11/1964 | 1964-70 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 392 |
| Peter Latchford | 22/02/1975 | 1975-87 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 625 |
| Magnus Hedman | 17/08/2002 | 2002-05 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 676 |
| Robert Douglas | 12/11/2000 | 2000-05 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 720 |
| Frank Haffey | 30/04/1958 | 1958-64 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 864 |
| John Thomson | 12/02/1927 | 1926-31 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 1078 |
| Jonathon Gould | 09/08/1997 | 1997-2003 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1372 |
| Artur Boruc | 02/08/2005 | 2005-present | 10 | 10 | 18 | 1800 |
| John Fallon | 26/09/1959 | 1958-72 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 1863 |
| John Mulrooney | 09/12/1911 | 1911-13 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 2904 |
| Ally Hunter | 27/01/1973 | 1973-76 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 3249 |
| Dmitri Kharine | 26/08/1999 | 1999-02 | 42 | 42 | 2 | 3528 |
| John Kelly | 02/11/1929 | 1929-30 | 42 | 42 | 2 | 3528 |
| Gordon Marshall | 23/11/1991 | 1991-98 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 3757 |
| Evan Williams | 01/12/1969 | 1969-74 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 3825 |
| John Bonnar | 06/11/1948 | 1948-58 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 3872 |
| Richard Beattie | 03/09/1955 | 1954-59 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 4901 |
| Pete Shevlin | 18/10/1924 | 1924-27 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 6804 |
| Stewart Kerr | 12/10/1996 | 1993-02 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 6912 |
| Denis Connaghan | 27/10/1971 | 1963-64 1971-77 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 8379 |
| Willie Miller | 22/08/1942 | 1942-50 | 16 | 16 | 33 | 8448 |
| David Marshall | 04/12/2003 | 2003-07 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 10580 |
| Joe Cullen | 23/1/1892 | 1892-97 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 12000 |
| Mark Brown | 20/05/2007 | 2007-present | 39 | 39 | 10 | 15210 |
| Carl Muggleton | 22/01/1994 | 1994 | 39 | 39 | 10 | 15210 |
| Roy Baines | 26/03/1977 | 1976-79 | 37 | 37 | 14 | 19166 |
| George Hunter | 31/01/1951 | 1949-54 | 25 | 25 | 34 | 21250 |
| Andy McPherson | 19/05/1902 | 1902-04 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 21952 |
| George Johnstone | 10/08/1940 | 1940-41 | 26 | 26 | 36 | 24336 |
| Jamie Bell | 23/8/1890 | 1890-91 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 29791 |
| Allen McKnight | 26/08/1987 | 1986-88 | 34 | 34 | 26 | 30056 |
| Andy Bell | 20/10/1951 | 1951-55 | 29 | 29 | 39 | 32799 |
| Rab McFarlane | 09/05/2001 | 1901-02 | 30 | 30 | 37 | 33300 |
| Jimmy Culley | 15/10/1941 | 1941-42 | 31 | 31 | 35 | 33635 |
| John Wallace | 26/11/1932 | 1932-34 | 33 | 33 | 38 | 41382 |
| John Hunter | 21/05/1941 | 1941 | 34 | 34 | 42 | 48552 |
| Donald McKay | 30/09/1939 | 1939-40 | 34 | 34 | 42 | 48552 |
| Bob Smith | 02/03/1940 | 1940 | 38 | 38 | 41 | 59204 |
| Bob Boyle | 30/09/1912 | 1912-13 | 42 | 42 | 40 | 70560 |
| Willie Duncan | 16/03/1910 | 1910 | 45 | 45 | 47 | 95175 |
| Javier Sanchez Broto | 23/02/2003 | 2003 | 45 | 45 | 50 | 101250 |
| John Docherty | 6/11/1897 | 1896,97,98,1900 | 41 | 41 | 63 | 105903 |
| Tom Duff | 15/8/1891 | 1891-92 | 45 | 45 | 53 | 107325 |
| Tom Sinclair | 18/08/1906 | 1906 | 52 | 52 | 44 | 118976 |
| James Foley | 19/10/1935 | 1934-36 | 52 | 52 | 47 | 127088 |
| John Falconer | 12/09/1931 | 1931-33 | 48 | 48 | 58 | 133632 |
| Ian Andrews | 13/08/1988 | 1988-90 | 48 | 48 | 61 | 140544 |
| Frank Connor | 12/08/1961 | 1960-62 | 48 | 48 | 61 | 140544 |
| John Hughes | 14/10/1922 | 1922-25 | 55 | 55 | 49 | 148225 |
| Alan Rough | 17/08/1988 | 1988 | 51 | 51 | 57 | 148257 |
| Willie Dunning | 1/9/1888 | 1888 | 52 | 52 | 60 | 162240 |
| Willie Donnelly | 24/09/1900 | 1900-01 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 163350 |
| Rolando Ugolini | 05/05/1945 | 1944-48 | 55 | 55 | 63 | 190575 |
| Tom Doyle | 06/04/1937 | 1935-38 | 55 | 55 | 63 | 190575 |
| Tony Warner | 14/11/1998 | 1998-99 | 60 | 60 | 55 | 198000 |
| James McLaughlin | 13/10/1888 | 1888-90 | 60 | 60 | 55 | 198000 |
| Mick Dolan | 28/5/1888 | 1888-94 | 59 | 59 | 58 | 201898 |
| Frank Collins | 06/09/1921 | 1921-22 | 65 | 65 | 51 | 215475 |
| Jim Oliver | 09/01/1909 | 1909 | 65 | 65 | 51 | 215475 |
| Jack Kennedy | 22/09/1965 | 1965-67 | 71 | 71 | 44 | 221804 |
| Benny McCreadie | 22/04/1957 | 1955-57 | 71 | 71 | 44 | 221804 |
| Alex Devanny | 15/09/1951 | 1949-52 | 60 | 60 | 63 | 226800 |
| Joe Coen | 10/10/1931 | 1931-32 | 60 | 60 | 63 | 226800 |
| Willie Lawrie | 25/10/1919 | 1919-21 | 60 | 60 | 63 | 226800 |
| John Doherty | 03/01/1939 | 1937-39 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 266175 |
| David Robertson | 25/10/1930 | 1930-31 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 266175 |
| David Syme | 12/10/1918 | 1918-19 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 266175 |
| Charlie Kelly | 3/10/1891 | 1891 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 266175 |
| Barry John Corr | 14/04/1999 | 1996-03 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 317583 |
| Andy McCondichie | 07/11/1998 | 1995-99 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 317583 |
| Graham Barclay | 15/02/1975 | 1973-77 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 317583 |
| Gordon Marshall | 04/08/1971 | 1971-72 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 317583 |
| Bobby Wraith | 25/09/1968 | 1968-69 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 317583 |
| Dick Madden | 27/03/1963 | 1962-64 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 317583 |
| Willie Goldie | 01/10/1960 | 1960 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 317583 |
| Eamonn McMahon | 16/10/1954 | 1953-55 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 317583 |
| Dan McGarvey | 06/12/1941 | 1941 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 317583 |
| David Nicol | 29/09/1928 | 1927-29 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 317583 |
| Leigh Roose | 12/03/1910 | 1910 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 317583 |
| John O’Brien | 30/3/1895 | 1895 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 317583 |
| John Tobin | 24/11/1888 | 1888 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 317583 |
| Lucasz Zaluska | 23/09/2009 | 2009-present |