Left back penalty takers
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David Unsworth2
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Morts did fill in at left back and scored 6/7. How many of those he took when playing in that position I do not know. Caton was left footed but, again, left back wasn't his main position. He scored 3/3 including our winner away to MiddlesbroughDave Rudd said:As has been mentioned above, Mark Reid is the obvious one.
Colin Walsh too, I think ... and Andy Reid.
BBC SPORT | Football | Championship | Charlton 2-0 Norwich
Some golden memories in that link.
Regarding other suggestions above ... Bob Curtis was very definitely a right-back and was right-footed. And Tommy Caton was a central defender and I don't recall him taking penalties or being left-footed.
I'll also guess that, if Phil Warman took a penalty, it would probably end up in our net. He wasn't called 'Warman (OG)' for nothing.
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Back in the 50s I seem to remember the great Frank Lock blasting a couple.0
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Ian Harte, seem to remember him getting close to 20 goals for Carlisle one year from the spot and freekicks5
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Dennis Irwin?2
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Andreas Brehme1
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He was right-footed just played left-backRob7Lee said:Dennis Irwin?0 -
Bob Curtis, although not left footed.killerandflash said:It feels quite rare now that penalties are taken by anyone other than strikers and attacking midfielders. The days of a Stuart Pearce or Julian Dicks (another left back) blasting them in seem long gone.
I can't think of any Charlton defender after Reid who was our regular penalty taker.0 - Sponsored links:
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Pretty Sure all of Tommy Catons penalty’s where away from home0
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Didn’t he score one in the 4-4 draw away to Ipswich?walshiesleftfoot said:Pretty Sure all of Tommy Catons penalty’s where away from home0 -
Paul Breitner0
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Lawrie Madden took the worst penalty I've ever seen. He was mostly a centre back I think but played left back as well.1
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Did Harry Cripps ever take a penalty for us?0
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Curtis was before Reid.AddicksAddict said:
Bob Curtis, although not left footed.killerandflash said:It feels quite rare now that penalties are taken by anyone other than strikers and attacking midfielders. The days of a Stuart Pearce or Julian Dicks (another left back) blasting them in seem long gone.
I can't think of any Charlton defender after Reid who was our regular penalty taker.0 -
Remember that Chris Powell took one in a pre season friendly, and missed!0
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Why do I have an image of him taking one right footed in the play off final?DaveMehmet said:Mark Bowen0 -
For some reason left footed players look so awkward when taking pens and I always fancy them to miss
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May I do what 90% of the rest of the people have done and not read the title or the OP and just throw in the name of any old footballer?
David Beckham…..0 - Sponsored links:
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John Hewie played left back amongst most other positions and missed a penalty for Scotland in the 1958 World Cup finals.0
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Every one of the penalties that were scored in the 98 play-off final were taken right-footed. Michael Gray, on the other hand...DamoNorthStand said:
Why do I have an image of him taking one right footed in the play off final?DaveMehmet said:Mark Bowen0 -
Seem to remember Andy Hinchcliffe taking a few for Everton/Wednesday?0
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Brian Kinsey wouldn't have taken many if any penalties from left back because Bob Curtis was about.0
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From the NY Times... Trying to assess causality is complex, though penalties can be fairly rigorously tested. Football is an open sport with constantly moving parts and 22 players, but penalties are as closed a skill as you will find: the ball and players are always in the same places, the distance is unchanged, the ball is static and the taker has one touch to score.
Since 2019-20 — our reference point because of law changes — left-footers have scored 84.7 per cent of Premier League penalties, over five per cent higher than right-footers (79.4 per cent). The left-footers could just be better penalty-takers, regardless of footedness, but this seems unlikely as they and right-footers miss at almost identical rates: 6.1 per cent for right-footers; 6.5 per cent for left-footers. The difference is in save rates: goalkeepers save 14.4 per cent of right-footed penalties but only 8.7 per cent of left-footed ones.
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Ashley Cole used to take pens.
EDIT 2 min later, Google says otherwise 😂
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Roberto Carlos?0
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I remember Gordon Banks saving a Hewie penalty at the Valley at the South end.LenGlover said:John Hewie played left back amongst most other positions and missed a penalty for Scotland in the 1958 World Cup finals.1 -
Would that possibly be because goalies practice so much more against right footed players and therefore read them better?Chizz said:From the NY Times... Trying to assess causality is complex, though penalties can be fairly rigorously tested. Football is an open sport with constantly moving parts and 22 players, but penalties are as closed a skill as you will find: the ball and players are always in the same places, the distance is unchanged, the ball is static and the taker has one touch to score.
Since 2019-20 — our reference point because of law changes — left-footers have scored 84.7 per cent of Premier League penalties, over five per cent higher than right-footers (79.4 per cent). The left-footers could just be better penalty-takers, regardless of footedness, but this seems unlikely as they and right-footers miss at almost identical rates: 6.1 per cent for right-footers; 6.5 per cent for left-footers. The difference is in save rates: goalkeepers save 14.4 per cent of right-footed penalties but only 8.7 per cent of left-footed ones.
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