Newcastle United Srníček made 30 appearances in the
Czechoslovak First League for
Baník Ostrava spanning the 1989–90 and 1990–91 seasons. He was signed for English side
Newcastle United in January 1991 by manager
Jim Smith for a fee of £350,000, Smith left just two months after Srníček's arrival. Ardiles replaced Srníček as goalkeeper with Wright and by February 1992, the club was merely one place from last in the Second Division. This led to
Kevin Keegan replacing Ardiles as manager, with the club winning seven of their remaining 16 games, only managing to confirm their future status in the division with an away win against
Leicester City on the last day of the season. Wright lost his place as goalkeeper to Srníček after 14 games of the season. A "terrible error" by Srníček in a September 1994 match against Liverpool resulted in a goal for Liverpool striker
Ian Rush, ending Newcastle's perfect start to the season and leading Glenn Moore of
The Independent to question how much longer the goalkeeper would remain in the first team. During Srníček's league
suspension in 1995, former
Reading man
Shaka Hislop assumed position as the team's goalkeeper.
Banik and Sheffield Wednesday Srníček returned to Ostrava in 1998, playing six matches in the
Czech First League for Baník. He had a five-day trial with
Sheffield Wednesday in October 1998, joining the club soon afterwards. He made his debut for the club at
St James' Park in a 1–1 draw against former team Newcastle, standing in for injured goalkeeper
Kevin Pressman. On 18 December 1999, in a league match against
Aston Villa Srníček saved two penalties, one from
Dion Dublin and one from
Paul Merson, however Wednesday still ended up losing 2–1. He played for Wednesday for the last time in March 2000, leaving the club in June 2000 under the
Bosman ruling, after the club was relegated from the Premier League.
Italy Srníček joined Italian club
Brescia in July 2000, signing a three-year contract. During a November 2000 league match against
Reggina, Srníček was hit by a
firework, which caused a stoppage to the game. Other objects were thrown onto the pitch including
flares and sticks on numerous occasions, eventually resulting in the decision by referee
Pierluigi Collina to abandon the match.
Return to England Srníček joined newly promoted Premier League side Portsmouth on 1 September 2003 on a free transfer, citing former Newcastle goalkeeper Hislop and Czech teammate
Patrik Berger as key influences in his decision. Having fallen behind Hislop and
Harald Wapenaar in the selection, Srníček joined
West Ham United in the
First Division on a one-month loan deal on 19 February 2004. After making his debut against
rivals Millwall as a substitute for
Matthew Etherington on 21 March 2004 in a 4–1 defeat, known as the "Mothers' Day Massacre", at
The Den, following the sending-off of first-choice goalkeeper,
Stephen Bywater, Srníček moved to West Ham on a free transfer, signing a contract until the end of the season. He started two matches in Bywater's absence, against
Derby and
Crystal Palace, but the team took just one point from the two games. He played no further games for West Ham and left the club at the end of the season. He subsequently headed to Portuguese club
Beira-Mar, for whom he made his debut in September. Beira-Mar finished last in the
league and were relegated at the end of the 2004–05 season.
Second spell at Newcastle Srníček made a return to Newcastle on 29 September 2006, signing a short-term deal until the end of the year as cover for the injured
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