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no1 Huddersfields 2nd at swindon.
simon cox has a penalty to equalise, the goalie saves it ,boots it down the field to their striker who fires it into the net.
no2. leeds have a free kick just after we equalise,its shot tameley over the wall for an easy catch for smith only for smith to move to his left and fumble the ball into the goal.
no3. yesterdays rovers goal ifil cuts out the ball it falls to amankwa who lashes it into the rovers player,the ball rebounds past smith and just inside the post.
At that point i thought we were doomed,not the luckiest of seasons.

Reeve's own goal against P'boro tops the list for me

 A goal which sticks in my mind, was v ColU when Kingy's side was on a losing streak. They got a free kick early doors, and I think Izzet, took it stubbed his foot and miss kicked it....it dribbled towards Grieminck, who let it through his legs.  It didn't have enough power though to reach the goal, and I think Scott Mcleish nipped in behind to finish it off.

 We rescued a point through Sabinhio and Gurney, which probably saved King his job.

I don't remember many bizarre goals conceded, did Andy Nicholas once score with a cracking diving header into his own net?

I do remember us 'scoring' a bizarre one though.

It was vs Bury waaaaaay back in '79, their keeper performed a great diving save before throwing the ball into his own net.......

It was in front of a sympathetic Town end on a very muddy pitch.

I was 6 and sat in the upper tier of the 'hazardous' shrivvy road stand....ahh the memories.

And we won 8-0....before beating Arsenal 4-3....great side we had then.

8-0! Ah yes I remember that now, I think that was about my tenth ever Town game, I thought they'd all be like that.....

Think your child's memory may have played a trick on you here...Bury didn't score an OG that game.

Really? I could've sworn thats what happened.... or perhaps the goalie purely let it slip through his hands - and 30 years of excitement has hyped that memory into a huge drama of the goalie chucking it into the net.....

Give it another 30 and I'll be regaling the story about how a Bury keeper once threw the ball at the ref then volleyed the rebound into his own net before dropping his shorts in front of an awed Town End.....

Right, I've spoken with my Dad who was also at the Bury drubbing and he does indeed remember that game and goal.

Apparently the keeper did a diving save and then just when it looked like he had it under control he let it squirm through his fingers and it dribbled over the line.... so my idea that he threw it into the back of the net was waaaaay past the mark.

Just thought you'd all like to know in case any of you were desperately seeking closure.

This is the best own goal...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1csQG0ZciFQ

I was at 2 of these 3 games. The Huddersfield one was so frustrating as we'd just missed the penno!

:D

I was at reading v Swindon, very early eighties i think, when both goalies scored own goals in a 1-1 draw, that was easily the bizzarest double i've seen.

Anyone remember Charlton away in 2000? They were top, we were bottom and our goal was probably one of the most bizarre the Valley has ever seen. I can't remember the exact details as we were down the other end, but I think Dean Keily pretty much threw the ball in the net.

Charlton should have won about 7-1 that day.

From a Steve Cowe cross?

I was at that, one of my favourite away days.

Steve Cowe crossed the ball into nobody and their keeper spannered it in I think. Classic.

Talia was amazing in goal that day.

We were always on for a result that day...they were top, we were bottom, but they'd won the previous 12 and were going for a record 13th....

Keily was often shite against us...3-0 vs York early in 1995...comedy York left back as well, that day.

As for the Charlton game, the Rialto bridge had some confused Italians on it as a bloke in a Swindon was laughing manically reading the paper a day after the event (before the internet and mobile phones were widespread).  I laughed a fuck of a lot more when I got home and saw the goal.

What a terrible feeling that was!

Anyone got any idea where I might find footage of the invincibile goal that day?

Everyone bangs on about Brezovans debut at Hartlepool but in my honest opinion, Talia's was miles better. Some of the saves he made were unbelievable, and I remember walking back to the car after the game with the Charlton fans asking where we got him from!

Sippo, that was class.

We'd only just beaten Huddersfield mid-week to end a stupid run of 20 something games without a win, I think anyway.

Town vs Ipswich Dec 87.

Free kick played into the area,Ian Cranson (Ipswich Centre Half) next to nobody around him,produces a quality
diving header into his own net,from about 10 yards out.

Town vs Blackburn Boxing Day 89

Duncan Shearer, chasing down a ball towards the touchline by the Shrivvy Rd Stand,Blackburn defender goes
to clear,it ricochets off Big Dunc and unbelievably, it's diverted towards goal and it loops over the keeper into
the net.We finished that game in the fog.

Town vs Stoke Nov 89.

Dave Bamber's own goal.Not a classic,but nevertheless it was funny seeing him defending a corner and it
going in off him.Here are the goals from the game.We were a little bit good in those days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVuDTHq0Fi4

Remember that Stoke game very well! Was in the Townend and we could see the Stoke fans doing a conga as the goals kept flying in.

Mick Mills was their manager at the time. Not long after we demolished them he got the boot.

With both sets of fans demanding his resignation from what I remember! Hilarious.

I recall Frank Talia cocking up with an own goal from a cross at home to West Brom in about 1996. We were 1-0 up and he (if I recall correctly) dropped the ball into the net from a cross in front of the Stratton Bank (I was in the Town End).

We lost the game 3-2.


As for favourite own goals, I always liked Wayne Hatswell's for Forest Green Rovers... He joined Oxford shortly after.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkBkr7bD7bw

Dear oh dear.... you gotta feel for this guy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzKdzR2uGMY

Jason Stockwell for Ipswich at the County Ground in 89-90, Steve White crosses the ball and Stockwell chips his own goalie from about 20 yards. Obviously Ipswich players were good at this in the 80's after Alan Mayes post above.

I always liked Lee Dixon's looping header over Seaman at Ipswich at some point in the early 90s.  Also, I remember Eddie Youds falling over when trying to clear a ball, falling over and nudging the ball in with his arse.  Which was amusing.

Also a big fan of Jason Cundy scoring from the half way line just trying to clear the ball.

Can anyone remember Steve Cowes goal at QPR...didnt get many but it was abit special.

Twas a fine strike indeed.... I almost broke my ankle celebrating this goal from what I remember....such cramped seating conditions in the away end at Loftus Road...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk8UV7hUYXs

His one away at Chesterfield was pretty good as well, I'll have to dig that up...

Well done Arch....better than i even remember.

Hmmm... perhaps the one against Chesterfield isnt as good as I remembered. I thought he was a lot further out?! I've included Thorne's peach of a strike as well, an absolute natural goal scorer that boy....

Anyway, enjoy...

***WARNING*** This clip does include some mild Fraser Digby flapping - which may cause offence to some viewers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vXBnvCqXOQ

Thats f...ing brilliant !

Can anyone remember Alan Reeves own goal against Leicester, in a pre season friendly?

Anyone have a link to Thorne's goal at Old Trafford?

comedy assistant or ref too, Ty Gooden I think it was (or Stevie Finney) had the ball a good foot over the goal line and put the cross in for us to score, amazingly the goal stood.

As for Talia he had some good games - Wolves away when Iffy scored his 100th goal from the spot in particular was a great Talia game, but for every good game there were plenty of bad - away at Huddersfield, blaming the sun for his impression of Bonner in the 94 WC, away at Forest when he inexplicably chased down a player well out of the 18 yard box are two that stick out for me.  He was a bloody liability as far as I was concerned.

As for bizzare goals, there's that Horlock own goal away at Luton when Fraser(?) tried to clear the ball and it rebounded off Horlock's shins.  Also the goal that wasn't this season between Reading and Watford has to go down as one of the most bizzare moments in football ever...

Here you go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhnqhEIErL8

It was a big file and seemed to take for ever to upload to YouTube, it's still saying 'Video Being Processed'

I loved our away shirt from that season.

Keep em coming, superb.

The best own goal EVER was by a Man City midfield player ,Jamie Pollock, who thought it would be a good idea to dink the ball over his own defender, and then just head it back to his keeper. Unfortunately, he got more power on the header and headed it over his keeper into the net.

They got relegated due to that own goal.

You could've warned us that there was a close up of McMahon...boo.

Anyone remember away to Tranmere in the early 80s? They had a free kick and formed a wall in between the ball and the STFC wall! As the Tranny player ran up to take the kick, the Rovers wall scattered in all directions confusing the Town players and all fans in the ground rather like silver paper used to confuse radar. I can't remember if the ball went in direct, or whether it took a deflection etc. At the time we described it as the 'bomb burst free kick'.