If memory serves me well Peter Bonnetti was the first English keeper to wear a black top in European games for Chelsea as he said it mingled in with the crowd behind him and was difficult to be seen by the attacking side.
Too many keepers have a shirt very similar to their team. Was it Rochdale at Withdean who wore a blueish/ purple and the keeper virtually the same colour top and Charlton away wore their red and the keeper a slightly lighter shade of red.
I think that we should go back in time and only allow keepers to wear Red, Green or Blue tops but not the same as either team or referee. I have noticed more and more teams are wearing a gold kit and the goalie a yellow top or vice versa or a blue top and the goalie wearing a slightly...