Chris Woods: ‘Scotland can create history

He won 43 England caps but the goalkeeping coach is focused on helping Steve Clarke’s team succeed in Germany

It was the one save Chris Woods refused to make. To Brian Clough, Woods was not only Peter Shilton’s back-up but a regular squash opponent. One match sticks in Woods’ mind.

“We were playing one morning at Trent Bridge – generally it was a Friday – and there was a guy watching us from behind,” Woods recalls. “All of a sudden there was a clatter. It was Colin Milburn.” The former England cricketer had lost an eye in a car accident. “He says: ‘Sorry Brian. I’ve dropped my glass eye.’ Cloughie turned round to me and said: ‘Pick his eye up and go and give it back.’ It was the only time I ever said ‘no’ to him.”