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Christopher 'Chris' Charles Eric Woods (born November 14, 1959 in Boston, Lincolnshire) was a football goalkeeper who was best known for being Peter Shilton's long-time understudy in the England team in the mid to late 1980s. more...

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Woods was a confident, brave, and agile goalkeeper, and his association with Shilton began at an early age when he signed for Nottingham Forest as an apprentice in 1976. Over the next three years he never made an appearance for Forest as they won promotion from the Football League Second Division in 1977 - Shilton had yet to arrive at this time - and then won the Football League First Division title straightaway. Shilton came to the club in September 1977 and didn't miss a match.

However, Woods was given his chance to make an impact when he was selected by manager Brian Clough to play in Forest's League Cup fixtures that season, as Shilton had already appeared for previous club Stoke City in the competition and was therefore cup-tied. Forest reached the final where they played Liverpool at Wembley and Woods was thrust on to the big stage as an unknown outside of Nottingham. He responded with a brave and mature display, and a number of telling saves, as the game ended 0-0. He kept a second clean sheet in the replay and a John Robertson penalty won Forest the game and the Cup.

Woods' heroics were, however, never going to displace Shilton, whose form in the First Division was such that he was only ever going to miss a match if he became injured. Forest went on to win the League Cup again in 1979, but this time Shilton played. Woods was on the bench when Forest then won the European Cup with a 1-0 win over Malmö in Munich, and therefore gained a medal.

In the summer, Queens Park Rangers offered 250,000 pounds for Woods, even though he was not yet 20 years old and had not made a League appearance. The move took place and Woods settled into Second Division life as QPR's first-choice goalkeeper. He played two seasons there before Norwich City offered 225,000 pounds to take Woods to East Anglia.

As Norwich's goalkeeper, Woods' performances really began to attract attention. In 1985 Norwich reached the League Cup final and Woods picked up his second winners medal when his side beat Sunderland 1-0 at Wembley, though Woods was fortunate not to concede when Sunderland player Clive Walker struck a penalty against his left-hand post. Despite Woods' subsequent efforts, Norwich were relegated at the end of that season, but England coach Bobby Robson had seen enough to take Woods on a post-season tour of North America.

In the international fold, Woods was once again Shilton's back-up, but he was given his debut in a friendly against the USA in Los Angeles. He would rarely be left out of an England squad again over the next five years.

Woods went to the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico as Shilton's potential replacement; he wasn't required to play and England exited in the quarter-finals. After the tournament, he left Norwich for Glasgow Rangers in a 600,000 pounds deal as one of the original 'English invasion' players brought in by Graeme Souness - one of the others was Woods' England team-mate Terry Butcher.