{"id":432952,"date":"2011-05-30T21:13:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/30\/blackpool-goalkeeper-richard-kingson-i-proved-i-could-play-at-this-level\/"},"modified":"2011-05-30T21:13:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-30T21:13:00","slug":"blackpool-goalkeeper-richard-kingson-i-proved-i-could-play-at-this-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/30\/blackpool-goalkeeper-richard-kingson-i-proved-i-could-play-at-this-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackpool goalkeeper Richard Kingson: I proved I could play at this level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Kent Mensah<\/h3>\n<h4>30 May 2011 22:13:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"54.2749731472\">\n<div readability=\"14.2675159236\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Richard Kingson (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/115500\/115515_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Richard Kingson (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"11.4432\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/ghana\/657\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a>\u2019s first choice goalkeeper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/ghana\/12349\/richard-kingson\">Richard Kingson<\/a> believes his spell at relegated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/1094\/blackpool\">Blackpool<\/a> was timely, in terms of proving his critics wrong that he is fit for the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The keeper acknowledged that the Seasiders have helped him to raise his game, after taking over between the sticks from Matthew Gilks and keeping his starting place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a great time at Blackpool and I think in the end I proved to those who had doubts that I am good for that level,\u201d the 32-year-old told <em>KickOffGhana<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is just a shame that the club went down because it is a very good club, one that will remain very special to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/30\/2510799\/blackpool-goalkeeper-richard-kingson-i-proved-i-could-play\" title=\"Blackpool goalkeeper Richard Kingson: I proved I could play at this level\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blackpool goalkeeper Richard Kingson: I proved I could play at this level<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Kent Mensah 30 May 2011 22:13:00 Richard Kingson (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Ghana \u2019s first choice goalkeeper Richard Kingson believes his spell at relegated Blackpool was timely, in terms of proving his critics wrong that he is fit for the Premier League. The keeper acknowledged that the Seasiders have helped him to raise his game, after taking over between the sticks from Matthew Gilks and keeping his starting place<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":432953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-432952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blackpool goalkeeper Richard Kingson: I proved I could play at this level - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/30\/blackpool-goalkeeper-richard-kingson-i-proved-i-could-play-at-this-level\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Blackpool goalkeeper Richard Kingson: I proved I could play at this level - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Kent Mensah 30 May 2011 22:13:00 Richard Kingson (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Ghana \u2019s first choice goalkeeper Richard Kingson believes his spell at relegated Blackpool was timely, in terms of proving his critics wrong that he is fit for the Premier League. 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