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Nice work if you can get it! 19:48 - Jun 9 with 1750 viewsPlanetHonneywood

Scot Carson: Six years at City, several million trousered, 11 trophies and played two games.

Enjoy your retirement fella!

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Nice work if you can get it! on 20:01 - Jun 9 with 1684 viewsBazzaInTheLoft

There is a nice retirement market for 35+ English goalkeepers at top clubs because of the European registration rules.

Remember the Preston keeper who went from League One to sit on Liverpool’s bench for five years.
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Nice work if you can get it! on 20:47 - Jun 9 with 1584 viewsNorthernr

It's basically the dream job - reserve keeper for the club you support. A season ticket which pays you thousands a week. Steve Harper, Newcastle fan, sat there watching them play for a decade, occasionally got to trot about in a League Cup tie.
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Nice work if you can get it! on 21:25 - Jun 9 with 1519 viewskensalriser

Absolute genius. Maximum return for minimum effort. Most efficient job in the world.

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Nice work if you can get it! on 21:43 - Jun 9 with 1467 viewscolinallcars

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Nice work if you can get it! on 01:57 - Jun 10 with 1266 viewsSW_Ranger

One of the great successes from the Joel Lynch mentorship programme.

Heard he got a ‘first’ in the Joel ‘free’ Lunch degree programme too.
Well done lad!!

Picked up some silverware too - a real role model of modern football.
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Nice work if you can get it! on 06:07 - Jun 10 with 1138 viewsPlanetHonneywood

I see that City are after Chelsea's third choice keeper, 33 year old Marcus Bettinelli, who has spent the last four years perfecting his arse-sitting skills and not played a game.

Given Carson's example, if Bettinelli 'winds' his career down in Manchester until he's 39, he'll have surpassed Carson's achievements by spending 10 years effectively doing feck all. Clearly the prancing 40 year old Ronaldo didn’t get the same memo.

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Nice work if you can get it! on 06:27 - Jun 10 with 1106 viewsGroveR

So utterly unmemorable I thought this was going to be about the late Northern Irish comedian whose catchphrase was "It's the way I tell 'em!"

Will achieve more fame as the answer to a pub quiz question.
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Nice work if you can get it! on 08:46 - Jun 10 with 962 viewsTheChef

Will they be unveiling a golden bench in his honour?

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Nice work if you can get it! on 10:36 - Jun 10 with 803 viewsJuzzie

Having played just two games, will he be legible for any medals, honours etc as I understand you need to play a certain number of games each season for each competition to qualify?

If not, I'm sure his bank balance will make up for it.
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Nice work if you can get it! on 10:41 - Jun 10 with 778 viewsBazzaInTheLoft

Nice work if you can get it! on 20:01 - Jun 9 by BazzaInTheLoft

There is a nice retirement market for 35+ English goalkeepers at top clubs because of the European registration rules.

Remember the Preston keeper who went from League One to sit on Liverpool’s bench for five years.


This dude:

[Post edited 10 Jun 10:43]
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Nice work if you can get it! on 10:43 - Jun 10 with 769 viewsNorthernr

Of course we then went out and bought one of these and thought it would do 45 games of Championship football no problems.
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Nice work if you can get it! on 10:43 - Jun 10 with 769 viewsstowmarketrange

He didn’t earn as much as short wright Phillips did for doing FA at our place.But he had to turn a couple more times than Scott.
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Nice work if you can get it! on 12:43 - Jun 10 with 608 viewsslmrstid

A couple of our ex-goalies have been recipients of this pension top up in recent years - Tom Heaton back at Man Utd where he started as a youth and Alex Smithies at Leicester.
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Nice work if you can get it! on 13:10 - Jun 10 with 533 viewsqueensparker

Joe Lumley with his first third choice Prem season with Soton last year, is limbering up nicely for a big cheque no games career as well
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Nice work if you can get it! on 13:18 - Jun 10 with 515 viewsdaveB

it helps with the english quota in the squad in europe, someone like Lumley will be made for life as clubs want a 3rd choice English keeper
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