Edwin van der Sar beats Death

Edwin van der Sar's clean sheet for Manchester United against Everton yesterday means that he has not conceded a goal for longer than Reading's Steve Death who kept a clean sheet for 1,103 minutes in the 1978-79 and 1979-90 seasons, this was the previous English record.

If Edwin van der Sar can keep West Ham at bay for at least 75 minutes on 8th February then he will overtake Chris Woods and take the British record beyond 1,196 minutes.

If Edwin van der Sar keeps a clean sheet for the whole of that match against West Ham and then stops Fulham from scoring on 18th February for more than 64 minutes, then he will take the world record from Atletico Madrid's Abel Renso at 1,275 minutes.


Well done Edwin van der Sar; a Dutchman by birth, qualified to play for England by residency and a long term stalwart of my Fantasy Football teams.