Revealed: Football has come a long way. This is a picture of a match between Chelsea and Charlton on December 25 1937. The match was stopped halfway as a result of bad weather. But the Chelsea goalkeeper Sam Batram never knew the game has ended, it was a police officer who came and inform him that the match ended 11 minutes ago...

 

Good Morning Friends.

The Goalkeeper

Today in my blog I am sharing an enthusiastic

 anecdote of goalkeeper Mr Sam Bartram.

In December 1937, a football match

 between Chelsea and Charlton football 

clubs at the Stamford Bridge stadium 

London was stopped in the 60th minute 

due to thick fog.

Charlton’s legendary goalkeeper Sam 

Bartram remained oblivious and kept on 

shielding the goal 15 minutes after the 

game had stopped, as he did not hear the 

referee’s whistle because of the crowd 

behind his goal post.

He stood there with his arms outstretched

 and completely focused, looking forward

 so as not to be surprised by the opponent’s

 shots.

Fifteen minutes later, when the stadium 

police approached him and informed him

 that the match had been abandoned, Sam

 Bartram said these famous words with great

 sadness,

“How sad that my friends forgot me when

 I was guarding their goal post.”

Bartram thought his team was attacking 

and not allowing the opposing team to get 

close to the goal post.

There are so many players in the field 

of life whose goal post one defends with 

enthusiasm and support, but when the

 situation becomes like a wave of fog, they

 walk out of the field and leave us alone.

Always pay attention to the goalkeepers 

of your lives. Never abandon the one 

guarding your goal post. This will lead 

to success.