‘Goal of the Season’ is a long-established Match of the Day feature stretching back more than 50 years to the 1970-71 season.

The award has evolved through various TV rights cycles, but is embedded in the history and tradition of MOTD.

‘Goal of the Month’ provides the contenders for the ‘Goal of the Season’ vote, and is an enduring and popular part of the programme.

The addition of the Premier League Golden Glove in 2004 has prompted an increased focused on goalkeepers, but there is a feeling ‘Save of the Month’ would not carry the same appeal as ‘Goal of the Month’.

There is also a practical issue of timings.

The ‘Goal of the Month’ feature typically runs to four minutes and there wouldn’t be time in the programme to devote another four minutes to ‘Save of the Month’.

Pundits such as Joe Hart and Shay Given would probably disagree but, as things stand, MOTD is happy to celebrate goals, not the prevention of them!