All time greatest goal keeper excuse:

[mattjo]

Ahh, had to love this article. The female keeper went to a concert, and her team lost 50-1. Best comment: "At half-time the score was 27-0. But after half-time we were able to recover. We had to stomach only 23 goals"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9042009/


Any other notable excuses?