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When he came back with Schteve he made me realise how important GK Coaches are. 

Under Martin Taylor all of our ‘keepers seemed to deteriorate in terms of performance. 

Yet Grant went from strength to strength and even Butland showed serious signs of improvement after only a month of being here. 

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4 minutes ago, cannable said:

When he came back with Schteve he made me realise how important GK Coaches are. 

Under Martin Taylor all of our ‘keepers seemed to deteriorate in terms of performance. 

Yet Grant went from strength to strength and even Butland showed serious signs of improvement after only a month of being here. 

As far as I know, Kasper Schm, Peter Smick, Tom Heaton, Le Grant, Lee Camp, Paul JOnes, Mick Stowell plus me, he is fing brilliant

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This should give everyone a idea of where to look I suspect the list is quite long.

In 1988, he retired to run a pub, before establishing Eric Steele Coaching Services, which provided goalkeeping coaching to Manchester City, Leeds United, Derby County, and Barnsley, as well as working overseas in Australia,Switzerland, Norway, Germany and the United States.

Steele was at Huddersfield Town as goalkeeping coach and left at the end of the 1997/98 season when he joined Derby County when they came calling again in 1998, and he spent four years coaching there before being appointed goalkeeping coach at Aston Villa in 2001. Steele left his post at Aston Villa in 2006.

In 2006 Eric visited Australia, where he worked with junior and senior goalkeepers in Victoria and Perth. He worked with well-known coaches and helped improve Australian goalkeepers.

In 2007, he became the new Manchester City goalkeeping coach, following the departure of Tim Flowers to Coventry City as assistant to Iain Dowie.

Steele left his job at City on 27 June 2008 after being part of the backroom team under managers Stuart Pearce and Sven-Göran Eriksson. Mark Hughes, who had left Blackburn Rovers to take charge of Manchester City, brought with himKevin Hitchcock, replacing Steele as goalkeeping coach. Paul Ince soon appointed him as goalkeeping coach at Blackburn Rovers. However, just weeks after joining Blackburn, Steele attracted the attention of Manchester United, who had been in search of a new goalkeeping coach since Tony Coton had been forced to retire through injury.

In preparation for Steele's departure, Blackburn signed Bobby Mimms fromWolverhampton Wanderers as their new goalkeeping coach. Manchester United confirmed the signing of Steele on 4 August.[1]

Steele left United after David Moyes took over as manager in 2013.[2]

On 30 September 2013, Steele returned to Derby County when he was appointed goalkeeping coach by the Championship club's newly installed manager, Steve McClaren, the former England team boss.[3]

In July 2015, Steele was engaged by the Football Association to coach goalkeepers across their junior teams.

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2 minutes ago, Rambalin said:

This should give everyone a idea of where to look I suspect the list is quite long.

In 1988, he retired to run a pub, before establishing Eric Steele Coaching Services, which provided goalkeeping coaching to Manchester City, Leeds United, Derby County, and Barnsley, as well as working overseas in Australia,Switzerland, Norway, Germany and the United States.

Steele was at Huddersfield Town as goalkeeping coach and left at the end of the 1997/98 season when he joined Derby County when they came calling again in 1998, and he spent four years coaching there before being appointed goalkeeping coach at Aston Villa in 2001. Steele left his post at Aston Villa in 2006.

In 2006 Eric visited Australia, where he worked with junior and senior goalkeepers in Victoria and Perth. He worked with well-known coaches and helped improve Australian goalkeepers.

In 2007, he became the new Manchester City goalkeeping coach, following the departure of Tim Flowers to Coventry City as assistant to Iain Dowie.

Steele left his job at City on 27 June 2008 after being part of the backroom team under managers Stuart Pearce and Sven-Göran Eriksson. Mark Hughes, who had left Blackburn Rovers to take charge of Manchester City, brought with himKevin Hitchcock, replacing Steele as goalkeeping coach. Paul Ince soon appointed him as goalkeeping coach at Blackburn Rovers. However, just weeks after joining Blackburn, Steele attracted the attention of Manchester United, who had been in search of a new goalkeeping coach since Tony Coton had been forced to retire through injury.

In preparation for Steele's departure, Blackburn signed Bobby Mimms fromWolverhampton Wanderers as their new goalkeeping coach. Manchester United confirmed the signing of Steele on 4 August.[1]

Steele left United after David Moyes took over as manager in 2013.[2]

On 30 September 2013, Steele returned to Derby County when he was appointed goalkeeping coach by the Championship club's newly installed manager, Steve McClaren, the former England team boss.[3]

In July 2015, Steele was engaged by the Football Association to coach goalkeepers across their junior teams.

He took me to Wolves and Oxford as a keeper, and then at Chesterfield when I was a youth there, and he was brilliant. Plus he told my dad that I wasnt good enough, so I should do A levels instead, that is what makes him as the greatest gk coach ever. Regardless as my thoughts, has anyone had the same as him? Why not ask Roger? (he knows me as well) Eric, w as not only one of the first GK coaches, but also the best. (Miss the goals and do 10 press ups)

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On 18/03/2019 at 19:21, Mick Harford said:

He took me to Wolves and Oxford as a keeper, and then at Chesterfield when I was a youth there, and he was brilliant. Plus he told my dad that I wasnt good enough, so I should do A levels instead, that is what makes him as the greatest gk coach ever. Regardless as my thoughts, has anyone had the same as him? Why not ask Roger? (he knows me as well) Eric, w as not only one of the first GK coaches, but also the best. (Miss the goals and do 10 press ups)

I thought you were a striker.

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