Keeper!!!

2024/25 Issue 05: Editor’s Note

Words by: Michael Normanton
John Squire impersonator John Lukic staring intently at the camera, presumably wondering why the hell he chose to be a goalkeeper

By the time I was born, John Lukic had already made over 150 appearances for Leeds before moving to Arsenal. By the time I was attending Leeds games, the backpass rule had been introduced and John Lukic was a struggling goalkeeper in a changing Leeds team. Itโ€™s only since looking back at his promotion and title-winning seasons that I realise the huge amount of credit he had in the bank before I turned up, an ungrateful snot-nosed child, in 1993/94.

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