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title: "Norwich fans vote Keelan as club’s greatest ever ‘keeper"
canonical: "https://readnorwich.com/2016/03/25/norwich-fans-vote-keelan-as-clubs-greatest-ever-keeper/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Daniel Emery"
section: "News"
published: "2016-03-25T15:52:53Z"
modified: "2016-03-25T15:52:53Z"
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# Norwich fans vote Keelan as club’s greatest ever ‘keeper

In a duel run on this [site](https://readnorwich.com/2016/03/25/who-is-norwichs-best-goalkeeper-of-all-time/?winner=10878&loser=10879), Norwich fans have voted for Kevin Keelan as the club’s greatest goalkeeper of all-time.

Keelan won an impressive 78% of his duels in the piece, with Bryan Gunn coming in at 2nd with 61% of his duels won. Chris Woods, Robert Green, Andy Marshall and John Ruddy were the other goalkeepers that were up to be voted for.

![Roger Jackson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images](https://media.readnorwich.com/readnorwich/2016/03/3432545.jpg)

The ex-Norwich shot-stopper won the duel and is now named as the first player in our Read Norwich all-time XI. We will be doing pieces like this each day, with a different position each day to get a fans all-time XI of Norwich’s best ever players.

Keelan is the first name on the teamsheet here. He amassed over 600 first-team appearances for the club during his 17-year stay at the Norfolk club. I wasn’t lucky enough to be alive during his time at the club but I have heard some superb things about his performances and seen replays of some of his fine saves.