What was the best goal you ever scored? You can exaggerate a bit if you like.
For me, it was a Charlie Adam's type lob from around the halfway line. The only other difference was that it was on a pitch the size of a postage stamp in Sutcliffe Park. Other than that, a penalty struck in the top corner in the first minute of a cup final felt good.
Any great claims anyone?
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I was a steward for a CSN and Y and Joni Mitchell concert in 1974 and we played before the gig.
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Bournemouth beach, am running up the sea wing (sea to my right) screaming for the diagonal pass to me. Pass duly pinged over but falling short so had to adjust feet and acrobatically scissor kick the ball from slightly behind my left shoulder
2nd was on Newquay beach in a North v South impromptu game. Running into box and cross came over and I launched myself forward, whipped off my hat, and scored a diving header.
Feet were fcked, ground was hard, after 2 hrs on a concrete like pitch I had no option but to take them off. Standard right foot bottom corner but was sense of relief was better than any other goal.
My best by far was when I was playing for my college team against Dartford college. Playing CM, I came across the halfway line with the ball. An opposition player came to close me down, so I chipped it out wide to our left winger. It wasn't the best pass and looked like it might go out for a throw-in, but our winger hooked it over his head and I found the ball dropping to me, as I'd continued my run (more out of hope than expectation) to the edge of their area. As the ball was dropping, I realised I was out of stride in my run and fully aware that I couldn't kick for shit with my right peg, I jumped up and caught it in a sissor kick motion (like that famous Di Canio goal for West Ham) and watch at the ball flew off my foot like a bullet, into the top corner.
Once I calmed down from celebrating, I was left with a feeling of utter dejection, knowing none of my mates or team-mates from my sunday team were there to witness it..................
Never really scored too many goals as generally played at the back throughout my career but that was one of those that I caught so sweetly
I'll never be able to do it again if you gave me 1000 tries.
Think we lost 5-2 or something so didn't even matter.
There weren't many, was usually at right back!
Game was 1-1 with about five minutes left. I was playing shit - took the ball on my chest about five yards in my own half, back to goal, controlled it on my right knee, then my left, flicked it up with my right, turned and absolutely leathered it. Ball sailed over the keeper, who was only a couple of yards off his line.
Like all the best worldies, I celebrated by just standing there with one arm up (largely out of shock rather than because I was cool). Had various reactions from teammates - ranging between going potty, laughing and just mugging me off. Best of the lot was the best player on our team saying "Fuck. Off." as the ball was in the air and looked like it might go in.
I scored a few from long range over the years, but that one was almost too ridiculous for words. If only I hadn't been a fat c**t most of my adult life, eh?
I'll wait for the thread on "worst own goals" to describe another goal that I scored.
Memories!
Having already scored two and just had a shot cleared off the line, I took up position at the near post for the resultant corner then at the last moment peeled outside the six-yard box.
The RB whipped the corner inch-perfect onto my head (I didn't move or even jump) and the ball thundered into the net to give me my first competitive hat-trick.
I can still close my eyes and see the net bulge and then ripple outwards in apparent slow motion now. We didn't have any spare match balls so I never got to keep the ball :-(
it was a Saturday morning at Old Bexley school on Hurst Roard. The other team had a shot that went wide, i went behind the goal and got it, threw it to our keeper and waited level with the goal line and got him to pass to me. I then run the whole length of the pitch, must have beat about 5 or 6 players on the way, rounded the keeper and passed the ball into the open net. Should have retired then!
I really don't miss playing football.
Their keeper takes a goal kick, its coming down with ice on it from a great height and about to land in our half just behind their left winger. I nip in front (I could nip then) met it on the volley and without bouncing the ball went top left corner......screamer! For a few seconds I was a footballing god!
Hall Place circa 1994, ball broke to me in the last minute of a game in which we were 4-3 down in injury time, I was about 40 yards out and I 'double hit' the ball with first my shin pad and then my (weaker) left foot striking the ball towards goal.
The ball went like a bullet and seemed to gather pace as it flew into the top corner - never hit a ball like that again, seems incredible now that I could once do it at all.