Upon retiring from playing, Grobbelaar moved to South Africa to work as a coach and in was appointed as manager of South African side Seven Stars. He took his side from the relegation zone to fourth place in the final table before moving to league rivals Hellenic in where he also saved them from relegation.
He left his role at Ottawa Fury in January to pursue other challenges and subsequently joined Zimbabwe side Matabeleland five months later as a coach. He was an ever-present in his first five league campaigns at Anfield , when Liverpool were champions four times and runners-up on the other occasion. However, in —89 , injuries and illness restricted his first team opportunities and he played 21 times in the league, with Mike Hooper taking his place on the other 17 occasions.
However, he was fit to face Everton in the 3—2 FA Cup win on 20 May , though six days later he conceded a last minute goal to Arsenal midfielder Michael Thomas on the final day of the league season as the league title was wrenched from Liverpool's grasp and headed to Highbury instead. A month earlier, he played in the FA Cup semi-final win over Nottingham Forest which was played at Old Trafford after the original match at Hillsborough was cancelled due to the tragedy that led to 96 fans dying on terracing just behind Grobbelaar's goal.
Grobbelaar attended many of the victim's funerals. It was the signing of David James from Watford in mid that spelt the beginning of the end for Grobbelaar. Although James struggled to impress at first, Grobbelaar's insistence on playing for Zimbabwe gave James chances; Grobbelaar only played six times for Liverpool during —93,and even spent a period on loan at Stoke City.
James's uncertainty allowed Grobbelaar to regain his place in the first team at the start of the —94 season, in which his performance, like the team's, started well but fell away badly. In a notorious incident in a Merseyside derby that year, Grobelaar even physically assaulted young teammate Steve McManaman. It turned out to be his final appearance for the club.
In 14 years at the club, he had won six league title medals, three FA Cup winner's medal, three Football League Cup winner's medals and a European Cup winner's medal. Grobbelaar left Liverpool in mid, transferring on a free to Southampton. He spent two seasons with the Saints competing with another goalkeeper with a reputation for eccentricity, Dave Beasant.
Allegations that Grobbelar had been match-fixing first appeared in November Nevertheless, in his next game, at home to Arsenal, he managed to keep a clean sheet despite the media frenzy that surrounded the game.
In the —96 season, Grobbelaar only managed two games for the Saints, before moving on to Plymouth Argyle. Grobbelaar spent the — season with Plymouth, after which he spent short spells at Oxford United, Sheffield Wednesday, Oldham Athletic, Chesham United, Bury, Lincoln City and Northwich Victoria over the next 2 years before returning to his native country. Grobbelaar played for Rhodesia, as an year old in a friendly against South Africa.
Grobbelaar first played for Zimbabwe in qualifying for the World Cup and he earned 32 caps for the Zimbabwe national football team between and On 10 November , [9] Grobbelaar was accused by the British tabloid newspaper The Sun of match fixing during his time at Liverpool to benefit a betting syndicate, after being caught on videotape discussing match-fixing.
Despite these allegations, Grobbelaar and Segers were allowed to continue playing, while Fashanu retired from playing less than a year after being charged. Grobbelaar pleaded not guilty, claiming he was only gathering evidence with the intent of taking it to the police.
After two successive trials, in both of which the jury could not agree on a verdict, he and his co-defendants were cleared in November The Sun appealed, and the case was eventually taken to the House of Lords where it was found that, though the specific allegations had not been proved, there was adequate evidence of dishonesty.
In his judgement, Lord Bingham of Cornhill observed:. It affords little or no protection to those who have, or deserve to have, no reputation deserving of legal protection. Until 9 November when the newspaper published its first articles about him, the appellant's public reputation was unblemished. But he had in fact acted in a way in which no decent or honest footballer would act and in a way which could, if not exposed and stamped on, undermine the integrity of a game which earns the loyalty and support of millions.
He and Segers did not retire from playing until some time after being cleared of their involvement in the alleged match fixing. In Grobbelaar appeared in a British television commercial for the Irish bookmaker Paddy Power , in which he is seen returning a losing stake to a punter. Grobbelaar moved back to South Africa where he coached a number of teams with various degrees of success. He managed Seven Stars in and took the team from the relegation zone to finish fourth in the final league table.
In he took over struggling Hellenic. He also spent time coaching Supersport United , Manning Rangers and Umtata Bush Bucks , as well as in his native Zimbabwe, where he was twice briefly player-manager of Zimbabwe's national team. Grobbelaar came back to the United Kingdom briefly to help coach a number of clubs. Grobbelaar has recently [ when? It was just shy of five years after making his debut in August when Grobbelaar missed his next match - a remarkable run of consecutive games keeping goal for Liverpool.
Despite some erratic performances towards the start of his first season, a momentum shift in the second half of the campaign brought consistency for both the Reds and their new keeper. On their way to collecting the league title, Liverpool also beat Clemence's Spurs team in the final of the Milk Cup. Grobbelaar's unique brand of showmanship, altheticism and unshakeable confidence ensured he kept hold of his first team place while Fagan and Dalglish were in charge of the Reds.
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