This week’s ‘Greatest Own Goal’ is a bit of an odd one in that the scorer of the own goal didn’t face the negative press or face the backlash of the own goal. On this occasion, it was the goalkeeper who had to take the blame for the error. Although it was officially Gary Neville […]
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Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.21
There seems to be an ongoing theme throughout this series about own goals. They tend to be scored by players who are either in the wrong place at the wrong time, have an unfortunate bit of bad luck, or make an incredibly bad error of judgement. For this week’s ‘Greatest Own Goal’, the unfortunate defender […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.20
The International Champions Cup isn’t a major tournament but has slowly turned into a decent annual pre-season event played across the globe.It has been running since 2013 and all the major clubs have taken part in it. It started off as a small tournament with eight participants but more participants have been able to join […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.19
Gary Mabbutt lifted the FA Cup in 1991 after Nottingham Forest’s Des Walker put through his own goal in Extra Time to give Tottenham a 2-1 win.Four years earlier, Mabbutt had an FA Cup Final to forget as he scored an own goal in a 3-2 defeat to underdogs Coventry City. Nobody outside Coventry gave […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.18
There must be no greater feeling than to play for your country in a World Cup. You go out onto the field knowing that not only you are one of the best players from your country and are about to play against the world’s best players. Brazil’s Marcelo went into the first game of the […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.17
This week’s own goal comes from Liverpool’s Ronnie Whelan against Manchester United at Old Trafford in the 1989/90 season.Seven years earlier, Whelan curled in the winner against Manchester United for Liverpool in the League Cup Final at Wembley but in my opinion, this own goal was much more memorable! Liverpool were leading 2-0 with eight […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.16
West Ham’s Adrian watches on helplessly as the ball drops into the back of the net off James Collins’ foot James Collins of West Ham United is the unfortunate man to feature in this week’s ‘Greatest Own Goals of All-Time’.He scored a freak own goal in West Ham’s match away to Manchester City on 19th […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.15
Former Ipswich Town defender Eddie Youds is the unfortunate man to feature in this week’s ‘Greatest Own Goals of All-Time’ with his calamitous error against Arsenal on 5th March 1994. Ian Wright grabbed the headlines with fantastic hat-trick but the Portman Road crowd were also treated to two fantastic own goals.Youds put through his own […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.14
Vincent Kompany. Man mountain. Leader. Tough tackler. Own goal genius!This week’s ‘Greatest Own Goal’ comes from the former Belgian defender and Anderlecht incumbent from his eleven year spell at Manchester City. The own goal came in a six-goal thriller at Craven Cottage on 21st December 2013 and provided Fulham with an equaliser to make the […]
Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.13
Leicester City’s Frank Sinclair walks off with his head down after scoring an own goal to give Middlesbrough the lead (Photo by Steve Morton/EMPICS via Getty Images) Poor Frank Sinclair! He had a torrid time with own goals when he played for Leicester City, scoring three own goals in his six years in his time […]