There is something special about long-distance goals. The vision and foresight by the goalscorer as well as the confidence to attempt the shot in the first place is great to see.More often than not, the shot sails well wide or the goalkeeper has time to watch the ball coming towards him and is able to […]
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Football’s Greatest Goals No.31
Such football legends as George Best, Thierry Henry, Diego Maradona, George Weah and Zinedine Zidane have all featured in this weekly feature. This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from Norwich City’s Jeremy Goss but would have been a goal worthy of any of the players listed above. Norwich City performed admirably in the inaugural Premier League […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.30
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from the great George Best. It came in a 2-0 win for Best’s Manchester Unite side at home to Sheffield United in a First Division match on 2nd October 1971. Sheffield United were top of the old First Division at this point, having won eight and drawing two of their first ten […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.29
The name Pajtim Kasami will never appear on the list of all-time great Premier League players, but one of his three goals for Fulham will definitely be described as one of the greatest goals. Kasami joined Fulham from Italian side Palermo in the summer of 2011. He stayed at Craven Cottage for three years before […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.28
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from the trusty right boot of Wayne Rooney. It came in the Manchester Derby at Old Trafford and is shown over and over again on Sky Sports adverts for Premier League football.The goal was a spectacular acrobatic effort came in a 2-1 victory over their bitter rivals Manchester City on 12th February 2011. […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.27
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal” is probably the most iconic goal of the 1980’s. It came from Coventry City’s Keith Houchen against Tottenham Hotspur in the 1987 FA Cup Final. The Final was a classic and was the perfect opportunity for nearly every single football cliche to be used by John Motson in the BBC commentary […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.26
After yesterday’s ‘Iconic Moment’ featured a moment in Euro 96, I thought that I would include a goal from the tournament for this week’s ‘Greatest Goal’.In my opinion there were four truly great goals in the tournament. Paul Gascoigne’s delightful goal against Scotland, Karel Poborsky and Davor Suker’s lobs for Czech Republic and Croatia and […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.25
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from Arsenal’s record goalscorer Thierry Henry. In a game against Charlton Athletic at Highbury in October 2004, the mercurial Frenchman showed his awareness, skill and flair with a single flick of his right foot. Many of Thierry Henry’s goals in his two spells at Arsenal were fantastic. He perfected the […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.24
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud against Crystal Palace on New Year’s Day 2017.The game was a late kick off and I watched it with friends at the pub after coming back from watching my team Aldershot Tow beat Woking in a local derby. Arsenal are my other team and we just […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.23
This week’s greatest goal comes from Gianfranco Zola for Chelsea in the 2002 FA Cup against Norwich City.The goal has been rightly considered one of the greatest in Chelsea’s 105 year history and showed a real sense of skill, initiative and class by the diminutive Italian. With the score at 2-0, Chelsea won a corner […]