Michael Ingham still York City's number one says Nigel Worthington

11:30am Tuesday 5th March 2013 in Sport Photograph of the Author By Dave Flett, Sports reporter

Michael Ingham Michael Ingham

NEW Bootham Crescent chief Nigel Worthington does not have a problem with any past comments made about him by York City goalkeeper Michael Ingham.

The Minstermen’s long-serving shot-stopper, right, capped three times by Northern Ireland, was upset at being overlooked for selection when Worthington was in charge of the national team from 2007 to 2011.

But the Ballymena-born 51-year-old has explained that he felt Ingham could not be considered for a recall while he was a non-League player and is hoping to now have a positive working relationship with the man who has kept the second-highest number of clean sheets in the North Yorkshire club’s history.

Worthington said: “Football is full of opinions and statements but you get on with life because it’s too short. There’s no issues.

“I’ve seen Michael in training and he looked very good.

“With the Northern Ireland thing, to step out of the Conference into an international match is a huge step.

“I made the decisions then and we are here together now to do our best for York City Football Club.”

Worthington will, however, be looking to recruit an understudy for Ingham, following the departure of player/goalkeeping coach Paul Musselwhite.

“We will get a ’keeper in alongside Michael to make sure we are covered,” he added.

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Comments(10)

ian923 says...
1:36pm Tue 5 Mar 13

It's high time Ingham had some competition. He was always a first choice despite several howlers.

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uhtred says...
1:47pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Ingham has come in for some unfair crtiticism of late. Constantly under pressure due to our lack of goals, which has lifted the opposition even when we have been on top otherwise.

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referee 1 says...
2:26pm Tue 5 Mar 13

well said uhtred people should remember the outstanding saves he has made this season has well has mistakes that all goalies make at times on saturday he collected and looked confident untill his error but the cross should have been closed down, he does need cover and competition though

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neutral observer 2 says...
4:41pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Unfair ?
No.
Due to his brainwave of charging out of goal at wembley we spent another season in the conference.
He has no confidence is commanding his area. He makes too many bad choices at times.
Hopefully he'll listen to a goal keeping coach and forget the international nonsense.

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nigthepig says...
7:45pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Some people are never happy. An excellent goalkeeper. I doubt you will find anyone willing to come to York City, who is better than him and could actually replace him. A bit of competition won't do any harm though.

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jumbojet says...
1:20am Wed 6 Mar 13

One of the reasons we are in the position of 18th in league 2 is because of the keeper. As 'neutral observer 2' says: he does not command his area, he gives the ball to the opposition 9 times out of 10, by kicking it sky-high anywhere up the field, and he has no relationship at all with his fullbacks. Why does he never roll the ball out to a team mate and give the momentum to a forward move down the field?? Musselwhite was a better keeper as proved when he player in Blue Square, but not a very good coach, because he never got any joy from Ingham.

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jumbojet says...
1:20am Wed 6 Mar 13

One of the reasons we are in the position of 18th in league 2 is because of the keeper. As 'neutral observer 2' says: he does not command his area, he gives the ball to the opposition 9 times out of 10, by kicking it sky-high anywhere up the field, and he has no relationship at all with his fullbacks. Why does he never roll the ball out to a team mate and give the momentum to a forward move down the field?? Musselwhite was a better keeper as proved when he player in Blue Square, but not a very good coach, because he never got any joy from Ingham.

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jumbojet says...
1:20am Wed 6 Mar 13

One of the reasons we are in the position of 18th in league 2 is because of the keeper. As 'neutral observer 2' says: he does not command his area, he gives the ball to the opposition 9 times out of 10, by kicking it sky-high anywhere up the field, and he has no relationship at all with his fullbacks. Why does he never roll the ball out to a team mate and give the momentum to a forward move down the field?? Musselwhite was a better keeper as proved when he player in Blue Square, but not a very good coach, because he never got any joy from Ingham.

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RooBeck says...
10:13am Wed 6 Mar 13

Thanks and good-luck in the future to Paul Musselwhite - his three games deputising for the injured Michael Ingham last April, were crucial games for us and had a big bearing on us qualifying for the play-offs and finishing in fourth place. His performance at Braintree Town when the ref backed his challenge and booked their centre-forward for diving, was a game changer!! I think that Ingy has many positives to his game but that there is some truth to the concern by some posters, that he could command/organise his area with a little bit more assertiveness, especially from set-piece play. Perhaps, one for Fred Barber to look at??

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YcfcKeepingTheFaith says...
5:43am Thu 7 Mar 13

Ingham has made some incredible saves this season and has had to contend with much better-skilled strike forces than in the conference. Yes there have been some mistakes but for the majority of the time he's been let down by a sloppy defence. Get McGurk back in if he's fit, they work well together.

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