Tony Yeboah celebrates his thunderbolt against Wimbledon, 23rd September 1995 Today’s Greatest Goal was scored by Leeds United’s Tony Yeboah and came a few matches into his first full season at the Yorkshire club.The Ghanaian scored two absolute screamers in the first two months of the 1995/96 season, one away at Wimbledon and another at […]
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Football’s Greatest Goals No.21
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from Manchester City’s Georgian play-maker Georgi Kinkladze.The Georgian had been one of Alan Ball’s first signings when he replaced Brian Horton in the summer of 1995. He joined City a couple of weeks after Dennis Bergkamp, another foreign forward had signed for Premier League side Arsenal. Ball decided to build […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.20
As an Englishman, Diego Maradona’s first goal in the 1986 Quarter Final for Argentina against England is the defining moment of the game.I was only a month old when Maradona punched the ball into the back of the net in that match and I have grown up reading about the injustice of that goal. The […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.19
Ronaldinho’s first of two goals in the El Clasico in November 2005 This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from the El Clasico at between Real Madrid and Barcelona on 19th November 2005.Samuel Eto’o fired Barcelona into the lead in the first half before Ronaldinho scored two fantastic, almost identical goals in the second half. Ronaldinho ran […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.18
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from the enigmatic Paolo di Canio. The wild-tempered Italian had moved to West Ham United in January 1999 after Sheffield Wednesday were unable to cope with his behaviour. Four months before he joined West Ham, Di Canio had shoved referee Paul Alcock to the ground after being sent off and […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.17
A tribute for Justin Fashanu’s great goal made by Norwich City fans. The banner shows the original commentary from Match of the Day’s Barry Davies This week’s ‘Greatest Goal‘ comes from Justin Fashanu of Norwich City back in . The goal was given the ‘Match of the Day Goal of the Season’ award for the […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.16
Edman’s shot is about to hit the back of the net in the Kop End goal This week’s Greatest Goal comes from Tottenham’s Erik Edman, in a Premier League game at Anfield in April 2005.It was the only goal that the Swedish left-back scored in his time at Spurs, but it was certainly a memorable […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.15
There are some goals that come along once every few years that defy logic, reason and in this case physics.Physicians and Mathematicians are called in to look at the goal in detail. They analyse aspects like speed, distance, trajectory and other scientific elements of the goal. Their findings are then shared in newspapers, websites and […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.14
It seems fitting that number 14 in this series should be from Thierry Henry.The Frenchman wore this squad number during his first spell at Arsenal, where he became the club’s record goalscorer. Henry joined Arsenal in 1999 and was originally a winger; but manager Arsene Wenger saw something in him that made him think he […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.13
Today’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from Cristiano Ronaldo during his time at Manchester United. It was in a league match at home to Portsmouth on 30th January 2008. Going in to the game with Pompey, United needed a win to go back to the top of the table. They would win this game 2-0, courtesy of […]