Certainly has been. Was getting me thinking of some of what I think have been top football moments in my life for either goals or matches. Here are few in date order from when I started following football
May 88 cup final Wimbledon beating Liverpool May 89 Arsenal winning the league at Anfield Dec 92 Us returning to the Valley and beating Pompey April 93 Steve Bruce’s 2 headers as Man Utd came back from behind to beat sheff wed on their way to first Prem title May 93 Swindon 4-3 Leicester play off final August 94 (I think, might be August 93) the Yeboah volleys for Leeds against Liverpool and Wimbledon August 95 Beckham v Wimbledon September 95 our 5-4 win at Wimbledon and 3-3 draw at home in the League Cup April 96 Liverpool 4-3 Newcastle End of 95/96 season Man Utd overtaking Newcastle in the Prem Euro 96, 4-1 win over Holland and 2-0 win over Scotland 96/97 Barnsley getting promoted to the Prem 97/98 our promotion and obviously May 98, best day of my life in arguably one of the best games of all time WC 98 Bergkamp vs Argentina April 99 Our 4-3 win at Villa April 99 Giggs FA Cup replay goal against Arsenal 98/99 Man Utd treble 99/00 our 12 game winning run on way to Championship title 2000 Germany 1-5 England May 02 Zidane goal in CL final for Madrid vs Leverkusen Oct 03 Beckham vs Greece 03/04 our 7th placed finish in the Prem May 2005 CL final Liverpool coming back from 3 down to beat AC Milan on pens
Must admit my football memories have blurred a bit in the years after my early 20s, but ones that spring to mind in recent years have been Germany 7-1 Brazil, that play off second leg between Watford and Leicester when Leicester missed a penalty in the last minute and Watford go straight down the other end and score to go through to the final. Aguero last minute winner against QPR to win the title. Leicester winning the Prem are just a few that spring to mind
He has scored six goals this season - all from outside the box. Teams don't get that many in as season from that position!
And he's only had half as many touches in the opposition box this season. Clearly no engine and an inherent inability to make third man runs. Nothing but a glorified quarter back. Might make the bench with us though.
A good list there. Mine go back a few years earlier... Off the top of my head (and including a few bad ones)
76 cup final Bobby Stokes winner for Soton, the first game I can remember 78 cup final Arsenal 3 Man U 2 Alan Sunderland winner 78WC Archie Gemmill goal vs Holland 80 cup final, Brooking header, Paul Allen being brought down in a professional foul 81 cup final Ricky Villa goal WC86 Lineker hattrick WC86 Maradona hand of god and goal 87 Play off win (listened on radio while studying for A levels) 88 Battle of the bridge as we stay up WC 90 Platt volley WC 90 Pearce and Waddle penalty misses
Should be playing in the top half of the Premier League. Might well be where Wolves are this time next year.
They will be an easy top 10-12 club next year. Almost beat ManC earlier in the year when ManC was unbeaten. I've watched a handful of their matches this year and they are already better than several PL clubs, without any question.
Somehow, Jorge Mendes, the agent bringing in all those players (and their manager) to Wolves is a part owner of Wolves via very unusual ownership structure with a FOSUN subsidiary and how this is allowed is beyond me. It breaks several supposed rules.
Also, Wolves lost £22M last year and rumors are after all its incoming record Championship transfers this last summer, might lose £35M this year. But FOSUN figured that they could explode Championship FFP loss limit rules and by the time they are reported next year, they will be in the PL, where they can't really be touched. It seems to have worked.
Look at it this way... Wolves net transfers the last 12 months exceeds 14 of the 20 Premier League teams. Just insane.
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Think Chelsea should have taken a punt on him
What a mental couple of days of football.
May 88 cup final Wimbledon beating Liverpool
May 89 Arsenal winning the league at Anfield
Dec 92 Us returning to the Valley and beating Pompey
April 93 Steve Bruce’s 2 headers as Man Utd came back from behind to beat sheff wed on their way to first Prem title
May 93 Swindon 4-3 Leicester play off final
August 94 (I think, might be August 93) the Yeboah volleys for Leeds against Liverpool and Wimbledon
August 95 Beckham v Wimbledon
September 95 our 5-4 win at Wimbledon and 3-3 draw at home in the League Cup
April 96 Liverpool 4-3 Newcastle
End of 95/96 season Man Utd overtaking Newcastle in the Prem
Euro 96, 4-1 win over Holland and 2-0 win over Scotland
96/97 Barnsley getting promoted to the Prem
97/98 our promotion and obviously May 98, best day of my life in arguably one of the best games of all time
WC 98 Bergkamp vs Argentina
April 99 Our 4-3 win at Villa
April 99 Giggs FA Cup replay goal against Arsenal
98/99 Man Utd treble
99/00 our 12 game winning run on way to Championship title
2000 Germany 1-5 England
May 02 Zidane goal in CL final for Madrid vs Leverkusen
Oct 03 Beckham vs Greece
03/04 our 7th placed finish in the Prem
May 2005 CL final Liverpool coming back from 3 down to beat AC Milan on pens
Must admit my football memories have blurred a bit in the years after my early 20s, but ones that spring to mind in recent years have been Germany 7-1 Brazil, that play off second leg between Watford and Leicester when Leicester missed a penalty in the last minute and Watford go straight down the other end and score to go through to the final. Aguero last minute winner against QPR to win the title. Leicester winning the Prem are just a few that spring to mind
Be interested to hear others
PS sorry I gatecrashed the thread with this, it was a beaut of a goal
Off the top of my head (and including a few bad ones)
76 cup final Bobby Stokes winner for Soton, the first game I can remember
78 cup final Arsenal 3 Man U 2 Alan Sunderland winner
78WC Archie Gemmill goal vs Holland
80 cup final, Brooking header, Paul Allen being brought down in a professional foul
81 cup final Ricky Villa goal
WC86 Lineker hattrick
WC86 Maradona hand of god and goal
87 Play off win (listened on radio while studying for A levels)
88 Battle of the bridge as we stay up
WC 90 Platt volley
WC 90 Pearce and Waddle penalty misses
Somehow, Jorge Mendes, the agent bringing in all those players (and their manager) to Wolves is a part owner of Wolves via very unusual ownership structure with a FOSUN subsidiary and how this is allowed is beyond me. It breaks several supposed rules.
Also, Wolves lost £22M last year and rumors are after all its incoming record Championship transfers this last summer, might lose £35M this year. But FOSUN figured that they could explode Championship FFP loss limit rules and by the time they are reported next year, they will be in the PL, where they can't really be touched. It seems to have worked.
Look at it this way... Wolves net transfers the last 12 months exceeds 14 of the 20 Premier League teams. Just insane.