Rip Petar Borota

[James 5,233]

Ex -Chelsea goalkeeper Petar Borota, from the former republic of Yugoslavia, passed away in Italy yesterday. RIP

[Steve 10,227]

1979-1982

107 Appearances

RIP Petar

[Blueboy 14]

He was before my time, but nevertheless my condolence for his family, friends & the Chelsea fans.

[Mungii 3]

R.I.P. Legend here as Goalkeeper of Partizan Belgrade! The newspaperds wrote about him this mourning the hole article...He was so popular as a showman!...

[zolayes 14,489]

read it on Chelsea in america site but nothing on the Chelsea site ..

remember him with affection R I P Petar

[Term-X 7,891]

rest in peace.

[Ray. 217]

RIP. We had a minutes applause for him just before kickoff. It was almost spoilt by those sheep shaggers as they didn't want to keep quiet.

[boshman 1,073]

I didn't know until they announced it just before the game today. Was well shocked. I wasn't around in his time but have heard about him and that he was quite a personality.

RIP Petar Borota.

[Laylabelle 9,434]

Never saw him play but

57.. RIP

[Ricky10 5]

R.I.P

[misschief 24]

The news that former Chelsea goalkeeper Petar Borota (56) died on Friday will certainly have saddened a few of our older supporters although I’m sure the memories of him will have raised a few smiles as well.

Signed by Danny Blanchflower in 1979 from Partizan Belgrade, Borota made an impressive debut in a 0-0 draw with Liverpool. Going on to play under Geoff Hurst and John Neal, Borota – who was voted our player of the year in 1981 managing 16 shut-outs – made 114 appearances for Chelsea, keeping 36 clean sheets.

A real character of the era, Borota is likely to be remembered as a player who could go from spectacular to sectionable in 60 seconds. Because when they say he was ‘out in left field’, with Petar Borota, it isn’t some fancy synonym – he literally was out in left field, and right field, and halfway up the field come to that. Never one to rest on his laurels – or his goal-line, Borota was often found dribbling up field trying to get past the opposition or taking throw-ins before running back to make some ridiculously good save.

Not that everyone appreciated his style of play of course, because after a bust-up (and possibly another near coronary) with John Neal, Borota left Chelsea in 1982, going on to play for Brentford, Boavista and Porto.

R.I.P Petar.

[Kez 2,727]

R.I.P

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Rest in peace.

My dad seems to remember him bouncing the ball off the crossbar after making a catch sometimes, when he was bored

[Fulham Broadway 17,046]

Rest in peace.

My dad seems to remember him bouncing the ball off the crossbar after making a catch sometimes, when he was bored

Yup he did that -always had a wave and banter with the faithful travelling 5-6000, and was not averse to going up for corners at the other end, not only in the 88th minute when a goal down, but at random times...