Best football goals you have seen

[Pratters]

I am fairly new to football only following it with some regularity for the past year. So I will not state the best I have seen because it will be a very small insignificant list.

But what are the best you guys have seen?

 

[a massive zebra]

If one was restricted to international matches only, these must come pretty near the top.

1970: Carlos Alberto's goal, Brazil 4 Italy 1
1986: Maradona's second goal, Argentina 2 England 1.
1988: Marco van Basten's volley, Holland 2 USSR 0.
1997: Roberto Carlos' free-kick, France 1 Brazil 1.

 

[sledger]

1970: Carlos Alberto's goal, Brazil 4 Italy 1
1986: Maradona's second goal, Argentina 2 England 1.
1988: Marco van Basten's volley, Holland 2 USSR 0.
1997: Roberto Carlos' free-kick, France 1 Brazil 1.

great choices there mate, all fantastic goals....

although a personal favourite of mine was robert pires chip vs aston villa in the 2001-2002 season at villa park, one of the best goals i have ever seen, and a very personal favourite of mine from perhaps my personal favourite player of all time.

 

[Kweek]

ny guys of you saw quaters of WC 98** Holland-Argentina...Dennis Bergkamp
''89 2-1...WHAT A GOAL!

 

[Pothas]

ny guys of you saw quaters of WC 98** Holland-Argentina...Dennis Bergkamp
''89 2-1...WHAT A GOAL!

Yes that was one of the greatest goals i remember seeing as it happened.

I remember george weah running almost the whole lenght of the pitch and scroing once aswell

but the best of all time has to be Nikos Dabizas stunnig own goal a bullet diving header after running halt the lengh of the pitch to get there

 

[sledger]

bergkamp is another fine fine player, one of the best ever in fact, his goal against argentina was superb, he scored one very similar to that against leicester for arsenal earlier that year, another very memorable goal for me....

also thierry henrys flick up and volley against man utd in 2001 was also a remarkable goal.

 

[Majin]

The first goal that came to mind that people might remember is that Euro 96 volley by Gazza, when he chipped the defender, ran around him and vollyed it home. Granted, it was against Scotland, but still. Other than that my memory is terrible.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Beckham against WImbledon 1996 because it had never been done before (it had been attempted by Pele, but he wasn't successful IIRC).
Bergkamp v Leicester stands out, as does the Carlos free-kick. Seen the van Basten one, that was incredible. Giggs against Arsenal in the FA Cup semi final replay stands out aswell, not least because we'd have lost the penalty shoot-out that would otherwise have followed because Schmeichel was injured and wouldn't have been up to much diving around.

BTW all these in no particular order

 

[marc71178]

but the best of all time has to be Nikos Dabizas stunnig own goal a bullet diving header after running halt the lengh of the pitch to get there

Nah, Lee Dixon in the early 90s.

1st game of the season, first minute.

"It was my first tocuh of the season, so I wanted to make it a good one" is how he described his 40-yard curling shot into the top right hand corner past David Seaman.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Wayne Rooney's 35-yard flying volley against Newcastle last year was something special, and Gerrard's against Middlesbrough on the same weekend was unbelievable.

However, of all the goals already mentioned, few goals touch Ryan Giggs' FA Cup Semi-Final effort against Arsenal in 1999 - second half of extra time, 1-1, and Giggs beats 6 men and lashes it home into the roof of the net. Astonishing.

 

[sledger]

Giggs beats 6 men and lashes it home into the roof of the net. Astonishing.

heartbreaking

 

[Neil Pickup]

Not letting this get any further without mentions of either George Weah or Dean Moxey.

 

[Jamee999]

Henry flicks the ball through the defenders legs, with his back to goal, beats the keeper, who had no idea.

 

[sledger]

Henry flicks the ball through the defenders legs, with his back to goal, beats the keeper, who had no idea.

great memories

 

[andyc]

This one's pretty good

 

[steds]

This one's pretty good

LMAO

 

[Tom Halsey]

This one's pretty good

Lol! That's the first time I've laughed out loud at something on this board for a while.

 

[sledger]

suprised that nobody has come in here making reference to egg chasing yet

 

[Tom Halsey]

Oh, and Scholes's goal (volley from corner from edge of box) v Bradford in 2000 wasn't bad. Couldn't believe it when Harry Redknapp came on and talked some **** about expecting him to do that every week!

 

[steds]

suprised that nobody has come in here making reference to egg chasing yet

Now that you mention it, when warming up on Friday, Jamie Lyon kicked one from nearly 10 metres behind the halfway line.