This day 1982 - Terry Cochrane & Jim Platt played for Northern Ireland

[Erimus74]

Against France in Paris in a 4-0 defeat

It was Terry Cochranes, one time Boro record signing, penultimate NI appearence, he played a total of 19 times, 7 as substitute

Jim Platt, my favourite & one of the best Boro GK's, won one more cap than Terry, was in the middle of his run

Two of Jim's 20 caps were as a used sub

They played 6 together for their country in the same match

 

[Erimus74]

Jim Platt also made his NI international debut this day 1976 against Israel in Tel Aviv in a 1-1

He was named on the bench for the game, one of 2 sub appearences of his 20

 

[El Guapo]

It was such a shame for Platt that Jennings was around at the same time.

 

[Erimus74]

It was such a shame for Platt that Jennings was around at the same time.

Certainly was, IMHO, he could have doubled his number

 

[Nobby_Barnes]

It was such a shame for Platt that Jennings was around at the same time.

Yeah Platt was a great alround keeper, could dominate his area, come for crosses and was a brilliant shot stopper.
Second only to Schwarzer in my lifetime supporting the Boro...

 

[Erimus74]

Yeah Platt was a great alround keeper, could dominate his area, come for crosses and was a brilliant shot stopper.
Second only to Schwarzer in my lifetime supporting the Boro...

1st for me Nobby

 

[Nobby_Barnes]

1st for me Nobby

Fair enough Erimus...next best would be Pears and Randolph but after that nobody really stands out.
Shay Given was excellent but he wasn't ours and only played a few games...

 

[Erimus74]

Fair enough Erimus...next best would be Pears and Randolph but after that nobody really stands out.
Shay Given was excellent but he wasn't ours and only played a few games...

Agree with that Nobby

 

[El Guapo]

Certainly was, IMHO, he could have doubled his number

More than doubled I’d think

 

[El Guapo]

Agree with that Nobby

Platt
Schearzer
Pears
Crossley

 

[Erimus74]

Platt
Schearzer
Pears
Crossley

Yes, forgot about him, Crossley was a very good keeper for us

 

[Trug]

I thought Willie Whigham was excellent. A good penalty saver if I remember rightly.Jim Platt was definately the best though.

 

[Erimus74]

I thought Willie Whigham was excellent. A good penalty saver if I remember rightly.Jim Platt was definately the best though.

Didn't see much of WW Trug, maybe a 2, 3 games

 

[boroPE]

Pears will always be my favourite keeper. Platt was just before my time really though i did see him play. Got chatting with him at York races 2 or 3 years ago he was a nice bloke.

 

[Nobby_Barnes]

Crossley was ok but he only played 23 games for us so I can't really put him in the same bracket as the others.

Schwarzer and Platt played most of their careers in the top flight and were both Internationals.

 

[El Guapo]

I thought Willie Whigham was excellent. A good penalty saver if I remember rightly.Jim Platt was definately the best though.

WW was before my time I’m afraid

 

[Erimus74]

Crossley was ok but he only played 23 games for us so I can't really put him in the same bracket as the others.

Schwarzer and Platt played most of their careers in the top flight and were both Internationals.

I also liked Kelham O'Hanlon, not everyones favourite, I think he was unlucky in that he played behind such an awful defence, saying that when Stephen Pears made his debut Kelham must have thought oh noooooooo

 

[El Guapo]

Crossley was ok but he only played 23 games for us so I can't really put him in the same bracket as the others.

Schwarzer and Platt played most of their careers in the top flight and were both Internationals.

Yeah I agree, i put him as ‘best of the rest’ of the permanent keepers - he was a very good keeper though and I guess unfortunate for him that Schwarzer was ahead of him

 

[Nobby_Barnes]

Yeah I agree, i put him as ‘best of the rest’ of the permanent keepers - he was a very good keeper though and I guess unfortunate for him that Schwarzer was ahead of him

Yeah although I probably only saw Crossley play live for us about a dozen times.
I thought Randolph was good he played 106 times for us so I feel qualified to give an opinion. It was only in the Championship of course.