Stand in Jamie Keeps so calm

By Dave Flett

LEARNING CURVE: Jamie Searle in his Swansea days
PICTURE: Alamy

Barnsley's third-choice keeper Jamie Searle had never even managed to make a first-team bench during four seasons in the pro game prior to last weekend.
Going into yesterday’s programme of fixtures, however, the 21-year-old Kiwi had navigated his first two hours of competitive senior football without conceding a goal.
Searle was only in the dugout for the League One trip to Cambridge eight days ago due to normal net-minding understudy Jack Walton picking up a back injury.
But, just before the hour mark, he ...

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