England has history of goalkeeping blunders
England's Robert Green was ridiculed after his embarrassing gaffe handed the United States and equaliser in the team's World Cup match on Saturday but the country's national team has a history of goalkeeping blunders.
Even the nation's finest goalkeepers, dating back to Gil Merrick, who died earlier this year, but who was on the receiving end of a 6-3 defeat by Hungary at Wembley in November, 1953, have endured nightmare experiences.
A look at the most famous, or infamous, blunders:
Bonetti gifted Beckenbauer a goal
Image: Peter Bonetti during an exhibition soccer match
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Image: Peter Bonetti during an exhibition soccer match
Peter Shilton, who allowed a soft, low effort from Poland's Jan Domarski to beat him and eliminate England in a key World Cup qualifier at Wembley in October, 1973.
Shilton was also dispossessed by Robert Baggio, who promptly scored, while trying to dribble during the third-place play-off against Italy in the 1990 World Cup finals. He was England's most-capped player with 125 appearances, but that was his last before retiring, in Italy's 2-1 win.
Image: Peter Shilton
Image: Ray Clemence
Image: David Seaman
Image: David James
Image: Paul Robinson
Image: Scott Carson
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