What is your five favourite goals of all time?

cournioni

Mine is:
1) Gaizka Mendieta (for Valencia vs Barcelona, a volly from a corner)
2) Roberto Carlos (for Real Madrid vs Espanyol?, volly from the end line into the top corner)
3) Ryan Giggs (for Man United vs Arsenal '99, beat seven players and crashed the ball into the roof of the net)
4) Tony Yeboah (Leeds vs Liverpool?, volly from outside the box, absolutely class)
5) David Beckham (Man United vs Tottenham 96/97 season, shot from 35 yards into the top corner).

What is yours?

TwoShedsJackson

1) Marco van Basten for Holland v Russia at Euro 88.

2) George Weah v Vincenza in 1996 where he dribbled past their entire team and stuck it in the net.

3) Zidane's goal in last year's CL Final.

4) Archie Gemmill's goal against Holland in 1978.

5) Shearer's volley against Everton this season

Honorable mention: Steven Gerrard against Man U at Anfield a couple of seasons ago.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Nayim from the half way line.

Mc Manaman v Celtic.

Maradonna against England.

Owen V Argentina.

Ray Houghton v England.

jonno

Houghton against Italy

Zidane in CL final

Owen Vs Argentina

Fowler's free kick for the Real Reds Vs ManYoo a few years ago

Houghton against England

2 that I can't leave out: Stevie G against ManYoo at Anfield and Weah doing his thing against Vincenza

Seaneh

Weah Vs. Vincenza in 1996

Dejan Savicevic Vs. Barca Champions League Final 94.

Shevchenko Vs. Juve last season


in no order.

Sposs

Mark Hughes for Wales against Spain (88 i think),half volley from the edge of the box like a rocket pass a crowded goal mouth to the top corner.

Who can forget Roberto Carlos Free kick against France (97 i think)

Hobart

1) Carlos Alberto (for Brazil against Italy in the 1970 Final)

2) Maradonna (Against England in the 86 Finals) (not the hand of god. the other)

3) Gaizka Mendieta (for Valencia vs Barcelona, a volly from a corner) I can't believe that somebody else actually remembers this. Class strike

4) Gazza (Against Scotland in Euro Championships)

5) Owen (For England v Argentina 98)

Nemici

1. Denis Bergkamp against the argies in the World cup. was it 94?

2. Maradona versus england WOW 1986

3. Micheal Thomas, arsenal versus Liverpool at anfield 1989

4. Le Tissier genius versus Newcastle years ago (both of them)

5. henry, arsenal vs man u. (the turn around volley chip)

uberwolf

i see a few honourable mentins for gerrard against ManU but wat about Riise against the same opppostion, nearly took off barthez head clean off also

whelan against russia '88 (first goal i can remember)

owen against argentina (welcome to the world)

George Best against West Ham (the master himself)

Rivaldo overhead to qualify Barca for CL (a year or two ago)

Me two days ago! (they'll sign me yet)

Gaffo

Van Basten as per previous post.

Maradonna from the tip off when he was still in Argentinian league.

Uberwolf's goal two days ago (it was a screamer, on the volley from a considerable distance into the top right corner. the bastard did it again 2 minutes later again!!)

Maradonna against England

Kluivert's overhead. (from a volleyed pass from Rivaldo from the corner flag and Kluivert was nearly on the 18 yard line)

Gaffo

Why not add your 5 most important goals or moments in football aswell.

Both of Man U's against Bayern.

Peter Schmeichel's penalty save from Bergkamp.

David O Leary's peno against Romania.

Nike picking the Brazilian team in '98

Hairy Homer

Carlos Alberto Brazil v Italy World Cup Final 1970 "Oh that was sheer delightful football'

Diego Maradonna (2) Argentina v England 1986 World Cup second round 'You have to say that's magnificent'

Ray Houghton Ireland v England June 12th Neckar Stadion Stuttgart Euro 88 first round match. 'Yeeesssssssss! One Nil. Pick it out Shilton, you bubble-permed fashion victim'

Frank Stapleton Ireland v Spain European Championship qualifier 1981
Equalising header at 3-3. Great buildup great finish. And I was there.

Marco Van Basten Holland v Soviet Union Euro 88 final. Left Zidane's volley in the ha'penny place

uberwolf

in terms of me losing my voice, keane against germany and houghton against italy. had to get throat remedies after both of those! But it was worth it

KdjaCL

1. Andy Cole vs Newcastle in 95 i think (schmeicel threw to Cantona who 1st timed to Giggs who 1st time hit to Cole who 1st time from edige of box into net ,4 touches in 7 seconds)
2. Nayim ,he scored from the halfway line in the last mintue to win a cup final.
3.Reuben Sosa vs someone ,Keeper kicked it really far it went into the other teams box (going wide of the keepers right) ,Sosa ran onto it as it was going off the pitch and somehow volleyed it into the far corner, Tv replays were shown to have proved the ball crossed the line the and went WIDE and he somehow volleyed it in from the behind the goal.
Dunno if it went wide but great bleedin shot as it was on the line and he smacked it.
4. Trevor Sinclar vs Someone ,Overhead kick possibly best overhead kick ever.
5. Brazils 4th goal (Jairzinho i think) in 1970 WC final ,superb team goal.

BKtje

These might not be the best goals but the ones i enjoyed most for various reasons.

1: Giggs vs Arsenal in that memorable FA cup game.

2:Ray Houghton vs Italy in USA 94

3:Zidane CL final

4:Carlos in le tournois (or however thats spelt, did german in school )

5:Nayim from the hal way line, nayim in injury time

WhiteWashMan

each goal against utd is a gem as far as im concerned.

especially steve carr's 40 yard screamers.

thegills

Riise freekick vs Utd. last season (The ball had hit the net before Barthez had even moved)
Van Basten Russia 88 - always love seeing that again
JPP - backheel from edge of box for AC Milan a good few years ago
2 goals by Le Tissier from about 40 yards out
Roberto Carlos volley from the corner flag
Ray Houghten x 2
Robbie Keane vs the G-Men, WC 2002
Liam Kelly in the Cup for Pats vs. Shels last season (He got hit with a can of bulmers for his troubles)

Sundy

Gary Breen v Saudi Arabia hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...........

steveocn300

I have many a favourite goal but I will name 5 great goals here.

1) Matt Le Tissier Vs Newcastle (volley)
(he scored 2 unbelievable goals in this game)

2) Zidane against Bayer L in Champions League Final @Hampden

3) Steven Gerrard Vs Manchester United
(30 yard drive)

4) Ruud Van Nistelrooy Vs Fulham
(Top Class Solo Goal)

5) Harry Kewell Vs Arsenal
(What a strike in the title decider earlier this season)

They are definately not the top 5 but yet brilliant goals.

Greenbean

Links to some classic vids:

http://www.moovies.it/Sports/movies/vanbasten.mov
http://www.moovies.it/Sports/movies/baggio.mov
http://www.moovies.it/Sports/movies/chilavert.avi (a tad special)
http://www.moovies.it/Sports/movies/maradona01.mov

http://www.usp.br/eef/lob/pele/vanbasten.avi

http://www.usp.br/eef/lob/pele/video.htm (assorted bicycle kicks in there, rivaldo, silva... proper contenders for best goal).

Wheeler

tony yeboah vs wimbeldon

van basten vs russia

tony yeboah vs liverpool

le tissier vs man utd

rivaldo to qualify barca for cl

Michael Collins

There's always something special about...
http://www.michaelcollins.utvinternet.com/videos/italia90.wmv

Or in radio format:
http://www.rte.ie/radio/radio75/audioclips/worldcup90.ram

tomED

I know it wasnt a goal - but if only..........

Pele's near miss - i think it was against uraguay ( thats a guess)

when he dummid the ball by the keeper and it just went an inch outside the right hand side post.....

ohhhhh soooo close... would have been the greatest goal ofa ll time...

anyone know where i can get that vid?

ciano

My two favourite goals of recent times have to be Keane Vs Germany (man, I lost my voice for days after that goal. Just thinking about it still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand), and McAteer Vs Holland (sweet! btw i mean the one in landsdown road).

Obviously, one of the greatest goals of all time is Houghton Vs England! I was only a kid at the time, but I can remember it like it was yesterday!

ohhh .... the memories!!

p.pete

Maradona v England (world cup)

Zidane (CL final)

Terry Phelan v Spurs (FA Cup)

Space Coyote

Here's 5 in no particular order of brilliance...

George Weah Vs Vicenza (seen it live on C4, incredible)
Marco Van Basten volley Vs USSR (sheer magic)
Rivaldo bicycle kick Vs Valencia (perfection)
Maradona solo goal Vs England (legendary)
Roberto Carlos volley from corner flag (holy shít!!!)

BTW Thanx for those links Greenbean

cournioni

I'm downloading the Mendieta goal at the moment so I'll have it up on the net for whoever wants to see it in a while.

cournioni

http://www.geocities.com/colincourtney/mendieta-vs-barca.mpg

That is the link to the video of Mendieta's goal... Enjoy.

steveocn300

What would be the greatest solo goals in everybody's mind?
Henry Vs Spurs this season?
Van Nistelrooy Vs Fulham this season?
Gascoigne Vs Scotland?

There has been many a great solo goals so what does everyboy think?
I am still lookin for a clip of the Rivaldo bicycle kick, it is driving me mad as I have clips of all the great goals!

Space Coyote

Without doubt, it has to be Maradona's against England in '86. I remember Said Owiran's (sp?) goal for Saudi Arabia against Belgium in '94, great goal but he didn't have total control of the ball for the whole run like Maradona. Same with Weah's, he nearly lost the ball on the half-way line. Henry's and Van Nistelrooy's were very good too. Ronaldo scored one for Barca in the league when he was with them boys, where he dribbled around about 6 players and tucked the ball past the goalie, forget who it was against but that's my 2nd fave solo goal that I can think of at the moment. My hangover setting in big time, and I'm starting to shake so gonna stop typing now...

KdjaCL

Good solo goal was,
Some guy off leeds a few years back cant think of his name.
Year they won league i think.
Picked it up near halfway line from a throw in and ran and scored.
Kinkladze when he was with man city got a few good ones.

kdjac

Hairy Homer

Originally posted by tomED
I know it wasnt a goal - but if only..........

Pele's near miss - i think it was against uraguay ( thats a guess)

when he dummid the ball by the keeper and it just went an inch outside the right hand side post.....

ohhhhh soooo close... would have been the greatest goal ofa ll time...

anyone know where i can get that vid?

It was against Uruguay in the Semi Final of World Cup 1970. That goal, and all the others Brazil scored in 1970 and other world cups up to 1986 (and believe me there were a few belters) can be seen on a video released by the BBC called the Boys from Brazil. It's quite old now. It ends with John Motson looking forward to Italia 90. But you might be able to get it on amazon or some site like that. Maybe the Beeb have even brought out an up to date version.

If you do search for it on the Web, make sure you get the right Boys from Brazil, otherwise you'll get some B-movie with Laurence Olivier hamming it up as a Nazi hunter on the trail of Josef Mengele (Gregory Peck). You've been warned. :-)

Pigman II

Negrete for Mexico v Bulgaria at the 1986 World Cup Finals

http://www.kenaston.org/World_Cup/Videos/86_negrete_mexico_v_bulgaria.mpeg

Tellox

Since Im only 15, I cant remember much of italia90,as I was only 3 at the time... I do remember the screams though, and seeing the goal shown all over TV over the next few years or so. the goal against USA '94 was something to be remembered though.. I still can hear the roar.

My all time favorite would have to be Keane against germany though. I can remember sitting down thinking to myself; "I bet Roy Keane is sitting down right now with a smug grin and a beer in his hand"..

DerekD Goldfish

Good solo goal was,Some guy off leeds a few years back cant think of his name.
Year they won league i think.
Picked it up near halfway line from a throw in and ran and scored
Was rod wallace I think
Best Goal ive ever seen has to be eddie gormley for pats against sligo in a 4-1 about 97 or 98(I think)
He scored from his own half with an amazing left foot strike better than that beckham waster anyday. would have probably made it on to one of those guess what happens nest things but the cameraman cocked up and missed the goal. he was a genious in his day apart from those dodgy backheals.

uch

Ray Houghton, euro 88 as the song say's - It was in the year of 88, in the lovely month of June........................

Space Coyote

Best goal by an Irish player? Ronnie Whelan's scissors kick vs USSR.
Most memorable goal? Ray Houghton's vs England in '88.

woosaysdan

houghton v italy usa 94

DapperGent

Originally posted by Space_Coyote
Ronaldo scored one for Barca in the league when he was with them boys, where he dribbled around about 6 players and tucked the ball past the goalie, forget who it was against but that's my 2nd fave solo goal that I can think of at the moment.

Compostella - beautiful goal. I love that at some point in the middle of it they stopped tried to take the ball from him and just started trying to take him out without even getting close.

1. Clarence Seedorf against some scrubs when he was at Real Madrid an amazing shot (not chip!) from just inside the halfway line. Incredible.

2. Roberto Carlos - Le Tournoi. It still cracks me up to see the photgrapher start to duck when the ball eventually ends up about 40 yards from him. I still don't think that curve is actually possible. Roberto Carlos uses camera tricks!

3. Carlos Alberto last goal in the 1970 World Cup Final.

4. Bergkamp Vs Argentina. 1998 World Cup. Greatest pass ever.

5. Tony Yeboah Vs Wimbledon. A million times better than his Liverpool goal he beat loads of players and then hit an unstoppable shot.

DapperGent

Originally posted by Pigman II
Negrete for Mexico v Bulgaria at the 1986 World Cup Finals

http://www.kenaston.org/World_Cup/Videos/86_negrete_mexico_v_bulgaria.mpeg

Christ almighty!

Makaveli

In no particular order.

1. Rivaldo bicycle kick (Against Valencia, to give him a hat trick, Barcelona a 4-3 victory, and put Barce in the CL)

2. Berkamp vs Argentina (France 98) Sheer class.

3. Houghton vs Italy (USA 94)

4. Yeboah vs Liverpool (Fantastic strike from the edge of the box, in off the underside of the crossbar.)

5. Roberto Carlos vs France (That 4 team tournament, I remember the name but I cant spell it . That free kick, you all know it.)


Anyway there the first five to come to mind.