Ben Alnwick
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| Ben Alnwick | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ben Alnwick | |
| Date of birth | January 1, 1987 (age 19) | |
| Place of birth | Prudhoe, England | |
| Position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sunderland | |
| Number | 1 | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 2004- | Sunderland | 19 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 2006- | England U21 | 0 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Ben Alnwick (born January 1, 1987 in Prudhoe, Northumberland) is a football goalkeeper for Sunderland A.F.C. He made a name for himself in the title run-in (2004-05), replacing Thomas Myhre for Sunderland's last three games. His performances against Leicester City and West Ham, the games that won Sunderland promotion to the Premiership and Championship win respectively, impressed the fans greatly.
In November 2005, he enjoyed a stint as the number one goalkeeper at Sunderland, replacing Kelvin Davis. Despite impressing, particularly in Sunderland's 3-2 defeat to Tottenham where he made a superb penalty save from Robbie Keane, Alnwick was dropped in favour of Kelvin Davis, though his performances have won him plenty of accolades on Wearside. After the departure of Davis to Southampton F.C., Alnwick was given the no.1 shirt for the 2006-07 season.
Alnwick received his first call-up to the England under-21 squad ahead of the August 15, 2006 match against Moldova.
After a disapointing start to the season 06/07 season, Alnwick was relegated to the substitutes bench in favour of Darren Ward by new boss Roy Keane.
It was comfirmed on November 27 that Alnwick had agreed to join Tottenham Hotspur in the January transfer window for a fee of around £1m, with Tottenham goalkeeper Márton Fülöp heading the other way.[1]
On December 7, 2006, tabloid newspaper The Sun reported Alnwick, along with team-mates Chris Brown and Liam Lawrence had filmed themselves in an orgy with a brunette girl refered to as 'Stevie.' In the video, Brown is said to give "Match of the Day" style commentary as his team-mates perform sexual acts on the girl. Former Sunderland midfielder Martin Woods also features on the tape, but remains fully clothed, along with two other men. In reference to the watching men, Brown reportedly comments “Here’s the boys — the watching faithful — every week without fail.”[2]
On December 8, The Sun reported that the girl in the video was just 16 years old, with the girl claiming she had no idea she was being filmed.[3]
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| Sunderland A.F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Alnwick | 2 Wright | 3 Nyatanga | 5 Cunningham | 6 Caldwell | 8 Whitehead | 10 S. Elliott | 11 Murphy | 12 Nosworthy | 13 Ward | 15 D. Collins | 16 Hysén | 20 Brown | 23 Leadbitter | 24 Carson | 26 R. Elliott | 27 Varga | 28 Kavanagh | 29 Hartley | 30 Richardson | 31 Connolly | 32 Fülöp | 33 Wallace | 34 Yorke | 36 Miller | Manager: Keane |
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