Freddie Woodman ready to swim after being ‘chucked into deep end’ at Liverpool
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<p>Third-choice keeper’s first top-flight Liverpool appearance came on weekend his dad took Bromley up – and now he may start against his boyhood club</p><p>It was a weekend the Woodman family will never forget. On Saturday, Andy celebrated his second promotion in three seasons as manager of Bromley, taking the club into League One for the first time in their history, and on Sunday his son Freddie made his Premier League debut for Liverpool in their <a href="https://www.theg
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Freddie Woodman ready to swim after being ‘chucked into deep end’ at Liverpool Third-choice keeper’s first top-flight Liverpool appearance came on weekend his dad took Bromley up – and now he may start against his boyhood club I t was a weekend the Woodman family will never forget. On Saturday, Andy celebrated his second promotion in three seasons as manager of Bromley, taking the club into League One for the first time in their history, and on Sunday his son Freddie made his Premier League debut for Liverpool in their historic win at Hill Dickinson Stadium . And dad and lad may not be done yet. Liverpool’s season had been bereft of “big moments” – to use Arne Slot’s description – until Virgil van Dijk scored a 100th-minute winner that clinched victory in the first Merseyside derby at Everton’s new stadium. That big moment may not be surpassed for Liverpool this season and also rewarded Freddie Woodman’s decision to become their third-choice goalkeeper when his contract with Preston expired last summer. A 58th-minute replacement for the injured Giorgi Mamardashvili, the 29-year-old played his part as Liverpool tormented their local rivals yet again and closed in on Champions League qualification in the process. Only one moment could possibly rival a Liverpool league debut in those circumstances for a Croydon-born keeper who was both a mascot and a ball boy for Crystal Palace, and who started his career in Palace’s youth academy. And, indeed, a full Premier League debut for Liverpool against Palace at Anfield beckons for Woodman on Saturday with Mamardashvili expected to be sidelined with a knee injury and Alisson unlikely to return from a hamstring problem until Liverpool visit Manchester United on 3 May. “It would be unreal, incredible, to get another game in the Premier League and for Liverpool,” Woodman says. “I grew up supporting Palace, I was a ball boy and played against them in the Carabao Cup [when Palace won 3-0 at Anfield in October ]. I want Giorgi to be ...
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