Dave Beasant – penalty saving king!

Big Dave. THE Penalty King.

I don't know if Big Dave Beasant actually was the penalty saving goalkeeping expert that he's sometimes cracked up to be. But it really doesn't matter. As the first man to save a penalty in an FA Cup final, ever, with a great block to parry away John Aldridge's well placed penalty and hand the FA Cup to underdogs Wimbledon, Beasant will forever be remembered as a penalty saving goalkeeping hero.

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