What do you expect from one of Murdoch's media rags?

Looks like Matt Mills to me jimi, and I don't know where your neck of the woods is, but in every tree I've lived in, a stopper is what the birds call an old-fashioned centre half.

Robster... It only took a day for them to change the picture! Was Definatly andy king before. And that was I said in my neck of the woods as different areas call certain things differently. A stopper round near me (Chester) is a keeper.

James? Chester?...... rings a bell.

"Stopper" is used to mean a solid and uncultured wall of a centre half, but I always prefer it to mean "goalkeeper" as well.

In fact, I prefer it not to be used at all. It always sounds too much like something out of a boring American sport to me.

stop·per (stpr)
n.
1. A device, such as a cork or plug, that is inserted to close an opening.
2. One that causes something to stop: a conversation stopper.
3. Baseball A relief pitcher, especially one called upon to protect a lead.
4. Sports
a. A player who excels on defense, as in basketball.
b. In soccer, a defensive player who plays behind the center midfielder and often guards the opponent's best forward.
c. A goalie.

Everyones right as a memeber of the union a keeper is know as a shot stopper and a stopper is the birckwall type centre half

Angels on a pinhead, guys. Roll on the new season, before we all run mad.......