also diesen hier muss ich noch anbringen, bevor überall Kunstrasenplätze gebaut werden und der doppelte Sinn der Sache verschwindet:

The goalkeeper. They also call him doorman, keeper, goalie, bouncer or netminder, but he could just as well be called martyr, pay-all, penitent or punching bag. They say where he walks, the grass never grows.
-- Eduardo Galeano, Soccer in Sun and Shadow