284: Colin Barnes

Goalkeepers' Union

Slightly different approach this week.
Colin Barnes is a man with skin in the goalkeeping game. After 25 years in the coaching arena, he's contributed to the development of more than 40 professional stoppers over the course of his career (he may have also been Richard Lee's first-ever goalkeeping coach).
Now, as Head of Emerging Talent at Crystal Palace, he's scouring South London to find the next generation of Eagles as part of the club's burgeoning academy setup.
Not many people within professional and non-league goalkeeping don't know who this man is, so we sat back and let him offer his thoughts on the position, how it's evolved over the years and what the future holds.