Sam Hornby

Strange that considering he was "miles better" than a bloke with around 350 league appearances to his name.

 

It's a tough gig being a keeper, there's only room for one in a team at a time and if that's not you then you're waiting for the guy in front of you to get injured or lose form. I don't think Sam let anyone down whilst he was with us but I never felt that he made any great saves and I think most of his popularity was to do with him not being called Richard O'Donnell.

I went all Derek Adams on the goalkeeping stats from the Trueman/Sellars era at the end of the 20/21 season when Hornby broke in to the first team, I don't have the spreadsheet anymore but IIRC they were pretty equal in terms of minutes/games per goal conceded, however, ROD was well ahead when it came to shots faced per goal, xg per goal and I think also when it came to clean sheets per shot/xg. Hornby had the big advantage of playing most of his games behind a defensively solid back four of AOC, POC, Cannavan, Wood whereas ROD played most of his games behind weaker back 4's.