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Stockdale in training yesterday
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PRO-GK are proud to announce the Oldham Athletic Goalkeepers Dean Brill and Josh Ollerenshaw have agreed to wear PRO-GK.
Dean is 23 years old and a experianced Football League keeper with over 90 apperances to his name. Brill started his career with Luton Town where he won the Football League Trophy last season
Josh is 19 years old and has made his way through the ranks at The Lactics , being named in the 1st team squad on a number of ocassions this season.
Dean Brill
Josh Ollerenshaw
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In March this year goalkeeper Chris Smith learned that he had picked up a serious knee injury which could have had him out of the game for up to eighteen months.
Yesterday the keeper and Club Physio, John McCreadie, went to London to see the surgeon who repaired Chris' knee and the news is that the keeper is set to make a return to full training within the next few weeks.
John worked with Chris throughout his rehab and is delighted for the player in coming through such a quick recovery period.
He said, "Chris had his cruciate ligament reconstructed and his lateral ligament repaired just five-and-a-half months ago so he has done remarkably well over that timescale.
"His recovery hasn't been long, if you look at the overall time-frame this could have been anything from six to eighteen months so Chris has done remarkably well to get himself back to fitness in a period of more or less six months."
For John it is now about getting Chris prepared for full training and that should not be too far off happening.
He said, "Yesterday we went down to London to see the surgeon and he is happy with Chris' knee and has given him the go-ahead to do unrestricted goalkeeping activities, which is all about getting his eye back in, his touch and his reaction time.
"This means that we - myself and Paul Mathers - will now work out a wee programme to hopefully get Chris through the next couple of weeks and back to full fitness where he can join back in with the rest of the squad for training.
"Chris has been a really good professional through all this, everything he was asked to do he did it without any question, he was really good to work with as he worked hard and got on with what needed to be done."
When we spoke to Chris he was more than delighted at the news and suggested he could have made alternative travel arrangements home from London.
He said, "I'm really happy about the news - when the surgeon told me I could go ahead with things I could have flown home from London under my own steam."
Then Chris contemplated what is ahead for him over the next week or so: "Over the next couple of days I'll be working on goalkeeping stuff like jumping and diving then hopefully in a couple of weeks I'll be back to full training with the rest of the squad.
"I'm just looking forward now to getting back in with all the boys again - it'll get my shoulders back up again to be back in among the rest of the players.
"It has been a quick six months but in other ways it has been a long wait but I'm really looking forward to getting back into things again."
While Chris is delighted with his quick recovery he is also grateful of the support he has had from the Club, and of course for all the hard work put in by John McCreadie.
He explained, "The Club have really looked after me through all this and gone about it all so professionally - I can't thank all involved enough.
"The Chairman sent me to the real deal basically when I went to see the surgeon Mr Williams down in London - I'm just so happy with the way things have turned out.
"John has been absolutely fantastic through all this. At the time we discovered the injury it was John who seeked out advice on who the best person was to go and see and the Club were more than happy to support him in it.
"He set up my rehab programmes and he was very cautious through the whole process on how we progressed through it. It has been hard work but I have enjoyed working with John through all this."
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PRO-GK endorsee Russell Hoult will be joining Darlington on a one month loan from the 17th September through to the 17th of October.
Russell was instrumental both in helping Notts County avoid relegation previously, and in the strong home game start to this season and as such can be called back within 24 hours should Kasper Schmeichel suffer an injury or loss of form.
Noots County Manager Ian McParland said: "Russell is unlucky not to be the first keeper at the moment, it's best for him and the team if he is able to remain playing first team football in order to keep his hand in and retain match fitness."
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PRO-GK Endorsee Dale Roberts played 80 minutes today in England C's 1-1 draw with Bulgaria's Under 21's. The Rushden and Diamonds stopper made 3 excellent stops during the game to earn the Three Lions C team a respectable draw.
A picture of Dale in training can be seen below
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PRO-GK's David Stockdale made his Premier League debut on Sunday for Fulham in there 2-1 win over Everton at Cravern Cottage.
A interview with Stockdale will be online in the next few days.
A picture from Sunday's game is below
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Interview with Mansfield stopper Alan Marriott
http://www.mansfieldtown.net/page/NewsD ... 03,00.html
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Rookie Goalkeeper Evan Bush has been named to the USL First Division Team of the Week for Week 17 after his four-save shutout in Saturday's 0-0 draw with the defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps.
It was the first career shutout in USL play for Bush, a local product who attended Lake Catholic High School and the University of Akron before beginning his professional career this season with the City Stars.
"Evan played well and it was good to see him play with confidence," said City Stars Head Coach Rod Underwood. "Evan is a young guy with a lot of talent and he's been working hard this season. It's good to see him take advantage of his playing time and respond with a clean sheet against a very good team."
Bush made his professional debut on May 30th on the road against the Charleston Battery and made his debut in front of the hometown fans on June 9th in the City Stars 3-0 victory over the PDL St. Louis Lions in the U.S. Open Cup. Besides the victory in the Open Cup, Bush has appeared in three league matches and has a record of 0-2-1 with a Goals Against Average of 1.000.
Bush started every match in goal last season as a Senior for the nationally ranked Akron Zips and posted a 17-2-4 record including 13 shutouts and a .46 Goals Against Average. Bush was a three-time all-Mid American Conference first-team selection and is the all-time career leader in the MAC in wins (62), shutouts (48), and G.A.A (.60)
With thanks to www.clevelandcitystars.com
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PRO-GK are proud once again to announce that another Football League goalkeeper has decided to wear PRO-GK
Hartlepool United stopper Mark Cook will be wearing the Revolution Pro glove for the 2009/2010 season
A former Newcastle United Youth team keeper Mark signed for Hartlepool after a succsessful trial period
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