What a plonker! He had no-one around him. He could have controlled it and played it out or even just put the ball out for a throw or a corner.
Got what he deserved!
Absolutely. Just where did he think he was putting it? The best that could have hoped for out of that was a stray ball bouncing around the penalty box that he couldn't possibly deal with because he'd have his back to it. Stupid.
Think the Dowie one is my favourite of all time. The rest are mostly carelessness and misfortune, Dowie appears to have completely forgotten who's penalty area he's in and deliberately powered home a fine header!
Best I ever saw in the flesh was at a Maidstone United game, late 80s early 90s. Paul Brush playing for Southend smashed one into his own net from about 35 yards.
Sam Lawrie's wasn't bad when he nutmegged reserve keeper Frank Reed from the kick off v Plymouth with a pass back in the early sixties to gift the visitors a 1-0 lead.
Think we won it 6-4 in the end having lost by the same score to the Pilgrims a few days earlier.
Sam Lawrie's wasn't bad when he nutmegged reserve keeper Frank Reed from the kick off v Plymouth with a pass back in the early sixties to gift the visitors a 1-0 lead.
Think we won it 6-4 in the end having lost by the same score to the Pilgrims a few days earlier.
Nutmegging dear old Frank wasn't exactly a difficult act!
Jim tolmie i think his name was. Carlisle v Charlton in our promotion season of 81. Scored from the half way line. Had all day to do anything he wanted with it. We were 2-0 down at the time, went on to win 3-2 and promotion.
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Got what he deserved!
Jamie Pollock for City was quality.
That twat Dowie
Think we won it 6-4 in the end having lost by the same score to the Pilgrims a few days earlier.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42950567
Not that there's anything special about it as an actual own goal, but scoring three in seven minutes is quite some achievement.
Of those mentioned above, the only one I saw was Dave Shipperley's v Orient.