Djimi Traore - Best own goal ever

[janaage]

I've only ever scored one own goal, in the annual Compton Bassett 23 a side Boxing Day match, played on a farmers field, as flat as a bumpy mine field.  The ball came over from a corner hit me and went in.  I was gutted.  My mates and brother loved it, bastards!!!

[Man of Steel]

Saw an amazing own goal in 1999, i think? It was Chievo's first season in Serie A, and i think it was against Lazio. Chievo won 3-0, but the best own goal and one of the best goals i have ever seen happened.

Chievo were breaking forward, left to right as i saw it, and a midfielder out on the left midway between the half way line and box was about to play the ball across the pitch to about 25 yrds from goal, and level with the right side of the 18 yrd box. Noone was their but there was a forward running through with a defender at his side.

He hit it alongthe gorund at pace, the defender had already seen what was about to happen with someone breaking to hopefully receive this ball (although miles out) the defender lashed at it while in full stride from about 25-30 yrs. He completely miss hit it as he was trying to hoof it out of play, anyway he hit it with the out side of his boot. He lobbed the keeper and bent it in to the top corner from about 25-30 yards, it was spectacular.

[Boeta]

Found the Holdsworth one I was talking about, anyone else rememeber it?

1 FEB 1997 Sheffield United Home 2-1 8,811 Elkins, Holdsworth (og)

[Simon Pieman]

check out the virtual replay

http://www.bbc.co.uk/virtualreplay/premiership/index.shtml?854

 

[spacey]

Found the Holdsworth one I was talking about, anyone else rememeber it?

1 FEB 1997 Sheffield United Home 2-1 8,811 Elkins, Holdsworth (og)

 I remember this game  

 8 AUG Sheffield United Away 1-2 15,937 Holdsworth (og)

 I reckon he wanted to play for us :shock:

[DMR]

Reeves' own goal against Rushden last season at home was pretty classy as well!

Only because there was no-one else in the box  

What about Jimmy Floyds wonder header for Chelski?

[Reg Smeeton]

Found the Holdsworth one I was talking about, anyone else rememeber it?

1 FEB 1997 Sheffield United Home 2-1 8,811 Elkins, Holdsworth (og)

 I remember this game  

 8 AUG Sheffield United Away 1-2 15,937 Holdsworth (og)

 I reckon he wanted to play for us :shock:

 Holdsworth did the unusual feat of scoring an OG in two different matches, they may have been in consecutive seasons.

 Yesterday i forgot about the legendary Steve Vickers OG in the PO semi of 93.......staright from the ko none of this hoof it out of play, but we work it out to Nicky Summerbee who bends in a wicked near post cross and Vickers heads it into his own goal after about 45 secs.

 Another curio worth a mention was the 2 OG's scored by Arsenal, John Hollins and Willie Young when we beat them 4-3 in 79 in LC quarter final.....both headers into the TE goal, when balls wer crossed into the box by Ian Miller and Animal .

[DMR]

Lee Dixon chipping Seamen from the halfway line

[Whits]

http://67.18.37.16/525/186/upload/p914480.gif  

[sonicyouth]

That .gif and replay simply doesn't do it justice I'm afraid.

[Rich Pullen]

Traore's turn was sublime! He'd been dreaming of that moment for years and it didn't matter what goal it was scored in! Maybe not, I've never seen such a sulky look on a player after he did that!

Lee Dixon's? Wasn't that in the days of the backpass and he lobs the keeper from miles out?

Wayne Hatswell: What's funniest about that own goal is Oxford United saw that as a good reason to sign him a week or so later!!!!

There's some cracking Own Goals on the Soccer AM DVD, watched it at work a few weeks ago.