He was England's regular goalkeeper for a decade.
He played five times during 1977-78 and then forced his way into the first team to be the regular goalkeeper for 1978-79.
He made his first-team debut in 1958, and soon became the club's regular goalkeeper.
Bodo Illgner, the regular 1990 goalkeeper, was on the bench.
Setback number one arose the night before the game when their regular goalkeeper went down with a mystery illness.
Starting in the 2006-07 season, he was the regular goalkeeper where he passed every matches except one.
He played in five successive games during the month but was never picked again, as Billy Stewart became the regular goalkeeper for the club.
However, it wasn't until the 1997-98 season that he established himself as a regular goalkeeper at the age of 26.
On the field the champions had won the title despite not having a regular goalkeeper.