Conference trucks::football;1

    Even though I hate the arrogant person, I nominate Mark Hughes' goal
    for Wales (I think it was against Spain) where he met a volley sideways
    in the air, from the edge of the box and crashed it into the top
    corner. It was amazing.
    
    Rich. 

    Van Basten, Netherlands v England, Euro Championships, 1988.
    
    Also, one of the most painful as I was sat at the time in my
    girlfriends house, with the rest of her family, in Eindhoven.
    
    Paul.
    

    

       VanBasten                    Holland v's USSR        Euro cup 
       Davie Cooper(free kick)      Rangers v's Aberdeen    Skol Cup Final
       Glen Hoddle (Lates 70's)     Spurs   v's ???         League match
       Pele        (1940's)         Allied PoW v's Germany  ?????????
       Scott Nisbet                 Rangers v's Brugge      Champ/league
    
    
    
    
    
    

>            <<< Note 367.2 by UPROAR::LEMP "Live slow, die young" >>>
>                                   -< Angst >-
>
>    Van Basten, Netherlands v England, Euro Championships, 1988.
    
Paul,

Even more painfully, which one of the 3 do you want?!

grahame    

    
    Believe it or not one of the best goals I`ve ever seen was by Justin
    Fashanu against Liverpool about ten years ago.It actually won the
    goal of the season competition run by Sportsnight.
    
    From what I remember Fashanu caught the ball on his chest and turned
    and volleyed the ball into the top corner past a helpless Ray Clemence.
    
    Matt Le Tisier has scored a couple of crackers this season too.
    
    Davie
    

    
    It's got to be Maradonna's against the "Auld Enemy"......
    
    Disregarding the "Hand Ball" goal this was worth two goals easy......
    
    Or Jinky's 30 yard shot against the huns to equalize and give Celtic
    the league after being two-nil down.
    
    colin.

    
    
    		It has to be Lexy Shields (playing for Bo'ness United), 
    	in the Scottish Junior Cup Final at Ibrox, which for any Lithga 
    	fans out there, Bo'ness won.
    	
    						Eck

    re .3
    
    >   Pele        (1940's)         Allied PoW v's Germany  ?????????
    
    Yes, he seemed to have all the time in the world, didn't he?
    
    Running Fox's goal for Fulchester Town was better.
    
    Paul
    

    I hate to do it but I must nominate Primadonna's goal against England
    in '86.
    
    Ica, Sydney.
    
    P.S. Corica scored a beauty for Marconi against Sydney Olympic on the
    weekend.

    
    Carlos Alberto  
    
    Brazil v Italy  1970 World Cup Final
    
    
    Dave...
    
    

>Even more painfully, which one of the 3 do you want?!
    
grahame,
    
    Not sure which one it was - it was a shot from the RHS of the penalty
    area.
    
    Paul
     
    

    
    	I scored a header once from outside the box against Six Bells at
    Adwest.  
    
    Cliff

Well Neil Cossey's famous last minute own goal sticks in my memory... and to 
beat Cliff - I once scored from the half way line, playing for Harlow Town's 
youth team (in the dim & distant past!)... now a few unkind comments were made
that it was a clearance and that the keeper was cr*p... but of course, none
of this was true ;-)

My vote goes to Di Cannio, this year, playing for Napoli against Milan...
actually his run afterwards was almost better than the goal!

Norman

RE;-1
	I'll second Cossey's goal. That DIDCOCK two notes ago can't be Cliff 
can it, I'm trying hard but I can't honestly remember him ever heading the 
ball. The best goal has to be Michael Gilkes outside of the left foot past 
Les Sealey in the 1988 Simod Cup Final.

Andy.

     Cast your minds back to the days of long sideburns and numbered socks
    (before anyone asks, I'm only 32)...
    
    In no particular order:
    
    - Eddie Gray, Leeds vs. Burnley (late 60s?)
    Took possession near the left corner flag and dribbled past SIX
    Burnley defenders, using every trick in the book, before slotting the
    ball home.
    
    - George Best, Man. Utd vs. Sheff Utd. (early 70s)
    Stopped dead with the ball outside the opposing penalty area (cardinal
    sin), then suddenly took off like a greyhound, outflanked the Sheff
    Utd. defence for sheer speed, and hammered in a right-footer off the
    far post.
    
    - Brian Flynn, Wales vs. Scotland (c.1980)
    Brilliant team goal - mesmerizing interpassing to leave Flynn right in
    front of goal - couldn't miss!
    
    - Peter Lorimer, Leeds vs. Chelsea (late 60s)
    A scissors kick from OUTSIDE the area (!) - I had to wait for the
    action replay to even see the ball!
    
    - Clive Woods, Ipswich vs. Leeds (F.A. Cup semi-final [?], c.1978)
    Curling shot into the top corner from the edge of the box.
    
    - Diego Maradona, Naples vs. Lazio (c.1984)
    Aerial 1-2 with Bertoni, then a volley in off the far post.
    
    - Ray Kennedy, Liverpool vs. Bristol City, (late 70s?)
    Series of perfect one touch passes, followed by a half-volley into the
    top corner from the edge of the box - no defence could have done
    anything about it.
    
    - The Maradona goal vs. England
    No description necessary!
    
    (Cue dour Yorkshire accent!): "Aye, football i'nt t'game it were..."
    
    Dom 
    

    
    
    Dalien Atkinsons 300 yard run and 75 yard chip for Villa.
    
    Alan Sunderlands goal in the FAcup vs ManU.. A man in the right place
    at the right time.
    
    I'll second Fash's bash against Liverpool a few back.
    
    And my right foot drive from 20 yards at AdWest for 'Ringers'
    
    
    Gazzer

Shaun Teale's flying header against Tranmere in the second leg of the Coca-Cola
Cup final. It has quite rightly earned him an England call-up. 8-)

Mike

    
    
    Rabah Madjer ( F.C.Porto)
    
    1987 european champions cup final against Bayern Munique.
    
    He made the 1-1 at 72 min. but Porto won it by 2-1 ( Juary made the 2-1
    one minute later ) . 
    Oh, Madjer made the goal with the backside of his right foot....
    
    
    Luis.
    

re.18

>> Oh, Madjer with the backside of his right foot...>>
                       ^^^^^^^^ 
He did well to play at all, with such an awkward shaped body ;^)

Norman

    For best goal under pressure, I'll have to second Van Bastens goal in
    the '88 EC-finale against Russia.
    
    Other great goals:
    Van Basten in his Ajax period against FC Den Bosch.
    I don't know the english term, but the Germans call it a
    'fall-ruck-ziehe' from a right-corner, in the left corner of the 16
    metre area in the right cross of the goal(with cross I mean the point
    where the bar meets the post).
    
    Or what about Stefan Petterssons goal for Ajax against FC Twente last
    weekend. About 35 yards, from 5 metres from the side of the field.
    With his right foot in the left cross of the goal (for cross, see
    previous description)
    
    Marcel.

    re.19
    
    sorry for my bad english!
    
    Luis( from Portugal).

    Charlie George for Arsenal in the F.A. Cup Final against Liverpool
    (1970 or 1971??) in overtime.
    
    
    I've hated Arsenal ever since!
    
    Gerry

    Hi Luis,
    
    I'm sure if some of our learned colleagues were to try Portugese,
    you'ld have some fun !!!
    
    If you're interested, you could say:     
    
    	"He hit it with the heel of his right foot..."
    or
    
    	"He backheeled it with his right foot...".
    
    
    Backside is usually used in reference to one's bum (i.e. you sit on it
    a lot ;-) ).
    
    Jerry.
    
    
    P.S. Re: sorry for my bad English :
    
    	Plenty of our "English-Speaking" colleagues have been known to use
    rather dubious grammar and sentence constructs in their (or is it
    "there", or perhaps "they're", for example) notes. At least you have a
    valid excuse ;-)

    
    Charlie Nicholas (1st time around) for Celtic versus Rangers at Ibrox
    in a 1982 league match.
    He took a throw-in from Murdo McLeod, beat three huns, dummied another
    & crashed a 20 yard left footer past the scumbags keeper.
    
    

    
    
    	It must be "Chicken" George McCluskey's big toe'r for the
    	Celts in the 1980 cup final against the huns.
    
    	It must have been really cold that day, cause i remember some
    	poor rangers fans having to set fire to the stand, just to keep
    	warm..:-)
    
    
    

    Toyota World Club Final in 198?
    Juventus v. Argentina Teenager
    
    At mid-SECOND HALF, French Star Platini made the goal after series of
    perfect passes but was announced uneffective. This keep the best in my
    mind.
    
    Anyone remember..
    Leon

    Alan Woodward
    Derby County v Sheffield United
    Baseball Ground
    70-odd
    
    'E just whacked it from the half-way line (no lob), it went in a
    straight line to the top corner past a flying Colin Boulton. Silence at
    one end of the (poxy) ground, elation at the other.
    
    Simon

    I suppose if I'd have to choose the best goal at the best moment
    it would have to be Michael Thomas's goal against Liverpool in
    the 89th minute that made the score 2-0 and gave Arsenal the title.  A
    moment which I hated as it was at the beginning of my holiday and
    ruined the whole bloody thing.
    For most classy goal, I'd say John Barnse's against Brazil.  Mainly
    for giving them a taste of their own medicine, and because I'm very
    biased.
    
    Jimbo

    re.-1
    Or perhaps I should have said worst goal at the worst moment.
    
    
    Jim

Your worst moment... my best!

Norman

    
    Davie Cooper's goal against the yahoos in the 1979 Dryburgh Cup Final
    has to rate as one of the best individual goals of all time.
    From the corner of the 18 yard box he controlled the ball on his chest,
    chipped 3 defenders,(one of them twice),then the 'keeper without the
    ball touching the ground.I don't think this goal has been shown on tv
    but it is on the "super Cooper" vid.
    
    Sandy Jardine also scored a corker that day.
    
    But i must agree with a previous noter about Carlos Alberto's World
    Cup Final goal being the best ever.That's what i call total football.

    I agree with -1, the build up to Carlos Albertos goal in '70 made it
    surely one of the best ever... Pele stopping it and slipping it right
    into his path for a scorching drive.
    
    Puskas' goal in the 8-1 thrashing of England was also supposed to be
    pretty special - but i don't suppose any of us saw it live!
    
    Ronald Kooman has also scored some pretty good goals for Barcelona in
    this years Champions Cup (he loves that top right corner doesn't he!
    
    Or, for a real classic, how about... Gary Sprake of Leeds' throw into 
    his own net in front of the kop at Liverpool !!
    
    The best goal I have seen live was Johnny Rep for Bastia against
    Newcastle in the UEFA cup in 77 or 78 - He received it wide on the
    left, shimmyed past a defender and sent a curler into the top right
    hand corner past Mick Mahoney's (Mick Mahoney, Super goalie tra la la
    la laa) outstretched hands!
    
    Dave C.
    me that was one of the best chants
    

    What, nobody mentioned David Platt's goal in WC '90 (quarter finals, I
    think)?  He managed a perfect volley on a free kick coming in from the
    rear over his shoulder.  Great goal.
    
    Clark

    
    Re Live Goals...
    
    Got to be Dalglish at Hampden v Spain.....
    
    Me behind the goals and a throw in from our left about 25 yds out.
    
    Dalglish gets it, turns, goes past two defenders and into the box....
    
    We couldn't see him by this time because of three red shirted players
    trying to close him down, next thing this curling shot comes round them
    and into the top corner.....looked brilliant on replays now when you
    see it.
    
    Not to be confused by a very similar goal against Yugoslavia, I think,
    around the same time.
    
    p.s. Beat them 3-1, a world cup qualifier and Mo Johnston got the other
    	 two.
    
    colin

    
    re.-1
    
    I think the 'similar' goal was against Belgium in some European
    championship qualifying section.....another great goal.
    
    
    Andy.

Here's my vote for the best goals that I have ever seen.

1st.
Ronnie Whelan's cracker against Russia in the 1988 Euro c'ships. What a
goal? Mick McCarthy takes a throw from the left hand side of the pitch. The
ball comes to Ronnie as he winds up and volleys the ball into the top corner of
the net to leave Dasaev helpless.

2nd.
John Aldridge's goal for Liverpool against Everton in the 1989 FA cup final.
The game was just four minutes old and Aldo hadn't got a touch. In the Liverpool
half, Nicol played a one-two with Beardsley before releasing a perfect ball 
down the right hand side where McMahon was galloping into space. Macca goes
forward and cuts the ball back to Aldo who with his first touch leaves Nev
helpless.

3rd. 
Van Bastern's cracker against Russia in the 1988 EC.

4th.
Maradona's second goal against England in the 1986 WC.

5th.
John Barnes against Brazil in 1984.



C U N N O

    
    Ray Wilkins for Rangers V Celtic... a volley from about 30 yards
    
    Davie Cooper for Rangers V Aberdeen... free kick in Skol Cup final
    
    Archie Gemmells V Holland '78 world cup
    
    Dave Narey's "toe poke" V Brazil 
                                    
    John Brown Gers V Hearts...  this years Scottish Cup
    
    And number 1  ALLY McCOIST the winner in this years Skol Cup final
    V Hibernian... first game since injury comes on and scores with
    an overhead kick with 3(yes three) Hibs defenders around him.
    
    Also the goal cheered loudest and longest... Rangers down to 9 men
    after Terry Butcher and Chris Woods sent off... Graham Roberts in goals,
    2-1 down... 88th minute... Richard Gough sticks out his big toe and scores
    from 5 yards... I've still never heard anything like it.     

>title suggests, who scored, in your ever so humble opinion, the best ever goal.
>I think the best goals are scored in high pressure situations, against high
>quality teams when it is really needed, for example Archie Gemmill's goal
>against Holland, Argentina '78 World Cup Finals, when Scotland needed to win by
>3 goals to qualify. Or Ricky Villa's goal for Spurs in the 1981 FA Cup Final 
>against Man City, or Maradona's second goal against England in WC quarter final
>1986. I think that these goals stand out more than just a `flash in the pan' 
>piece of skill  against inferior opposition in an ordinary league game or 
>whatever. I would find it hard to pick just one so here's some of my 
>favourites in no particular order.
    
RE: last....
    
    	If you read the base note you would see what type of goals the base
    noter is meaning....not flash in the pan skill but players performing
    and doing it at the highest level.....I'm afraid Mr McCoist does not
    enter into that category neither does Mr Cooper come to think of it.
    It's the usual blinkered view, i.e. Dalglish never performed in a
    Scotland shirt......no mention of the crap huns that have played for
    years......but when it boils down to it, Dalglish scored some cracking
    goals for Scotland.....have McCoist and Cooper ??? John Collins now
    gets the abuse Dalglish gets...makes you wonder what team some people
    really support. 
    
    colin

    
    EH .... "in your ever so humble opinion..."
    
    What I wrote was MY opinion... in the circumstances, McCoist's goal
    was as good as any other. As for Coopers, only Koeman could have matched
    it.
    
    You may also be forgeting that you are considerably older Colin, I
    don't have many vivid memories of any of the goals by Kenny but I remember
    the goals I mentioned in all their excellence...hence to me they are
    the greatest goals ever.
    
    Cheers then
    
    G.

    
   > EH .... "in your ever so humble opinion..."
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    
     "QUOTING" me....can't remember typing that....
    
  >  What I wrote was MY opinion... in the circumstances, McCoist's goal
  >  was as good as any other. As for Coopers, only Koeman could have matched
    
     Flash in the pan....MY opinion.....Koeman does it all the time.....
     Don't you mean Cooper matched Koeman ??
     
    > You may also be forgeting that you are considerably older Colin, I
  
      You must have seen John Collins play.......
    
    > don't have many vivid memories of any of the goals by Kenny but I remember
    
     Don't you have a television.....'Sonny' ????? I Don't imagine any of
     the people noting in here were at many of these World Cup games.......
     
    Cheers then
    
    colin. 8*).
                                                  

It was back in the late '60s, Santos against Lazio in an exhibition in Jersey
City, New Jersey (US).

Pele was getting chopped down every time he came near the ball, so it looked as
if scoring was out of the question.  After one of the numerous fouls, Santos was
awarded a direct from about 40 yards, near the corner of the box.  Lazio set up
a wall of about 6 men.  As Pele approached the ball he must have thrown a
magnificent fake, because the whole wall jumped in unison and Pele screamed a
grass-burner under the wall into the open end of the goal.

The general reaction was: how did he do it?

-Bob

    
    Last night on the bank hol monday special on BBC2, Maradona's goal was 
    voted the best goal ever in a phone poll.........
    
    See note 367.6.....8*)
    
    colin.

I haven't enjoyed a night of T.V so much in a long time.

The "Battle of Santiago" made Cantona's tackles look like tickles.
The documentary on why it is the greatest game in the world, was fantastic. It
highlighted every reason why we love the game.

Quite a few footballers described scoring a goal as better than sex ,  with the
exception of Lee Chapman (which I found a bit strange).

A great night overall anyway!!!!!!!


Peter.

    I would like to change my list from .0
    
    Trevor Sinclair's 20 yard bicycle kick in the Cup game last Saturday
    was the greatest goal ever....
    
    Ray....

Ray,

It was a complete fluke. He was simply trying to stop the ball going into 
touch due to the terrible overhit cross and by pure change it went into the 
net. Now Waddle's goal, that was a cracker.

Rgds, Steve