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We’ve all considered ‘what was as soon as he doing?’ own goals. Never mind the accidental faucet-ins or headers, these are ten essentially monumental bodges. So there is about a Phil Jones.
Josue Duverguer v Canada
The ball is handed assist to the Haitian keeper. No longer ferociously but slowly. It was as soon as a easy ball to adjust however the Haiti keeper Josue manages to compose a advanced manoeuvre where he lets the ball between his legs, tries to rescue it because it trickles to the honest, and in doing so hits the ball alongside with his standing foot, tries and fail to terminate it alongside with his varied foot but misses it and it rolls into the on-line. That’s some noxious ju ju.
Santiago Vergini v Southampton
Called ‘the Premier League’s most spectacular own honest’ at the time, it was as soon as one in every of these own goals that for a moment appears be pleased a global-class strike, most efficient in the ugly net. There’s some intricate passing from Southampton as they development to honest. The ball breaks free on the perimeter of the field and Vergini, with appreciable grace, has a mind fart and hits a ideally suited curler into the pause corner. Moderately what he was as soon as attempting to retain out stays unclear. He was as soon as on mortgage from Estudiantes, was as soon as saved on for one other season but didn’t play and went on mortgage to Getafe. Amazingly, he acquired three caps for Argentina before they realised he was as soon as essentially sh*te.
James Collins v Man City
One among these ‘wager you couldn’t carry out that twice’ now not going own goals. The ball is crossed from the suitable, it’s going nowhere till it drops onto Collins’ foot as he’s running assist, sending it up and over the keeper in a looping fashion that now not even the sphere’s handiest striker would possibly possibly possibly well reproduce. He’s been retired for four years now. Perceived to be continuously spherical.
Gareth Bale v Liverpool
Spurs’ favourite golfer scored this narrative own honest. The ball ricochets across the field and heads in direction of the honest. However there’s a individual on the line – phew. However oh no, he’s kicked it away into Bale’s face with some vitality from terminate vary. The ball bounces off the golfer’s coupon three yards out and goes into the on-line, leaving Bale flat out and dreaming of a switch to a less comedy-vulnerable membership.
Richard Dunne v West Brom
When it involves ‘oh, how’s he done that?’ own goals, Dunne was as soon as the unrivalled master at striking his gigantic bottom in the approach to the ball and deflecting it into the on-line. However on this event v West Brom, he’s chasing assist as the ball is looped forward and he’s in a bustle with a striker. He will get to the ball first but is going thru the honest and as a change of booting it into touch, it lands on his foot and he fires it, nearly casually, into his own net with accuracy from 30 yards. You foolish boy.
Nigel Reo-Coker v Portsmouth
My buddy old school to name the midfield hot head Nigel Ego-Stroker because he continuously looked in a strop and belief he was as soon as better than he was as soon as. Here, in a game for Aston Villa against Portsmouth, an attack is on and our man is defending. A thru ball is played but it absolutely appears easy to certain and is 35 yards from the honest. That is till Villa goalie Scott Carson comes speeding out his honest, will get to the ball first and kicks it into Ego-Stroker’s legs. It bounces off him and the ball rolls into the on-line. What hold you ever done?! Pillock.
Phil Jones v Newcastle
No list of uncomfortable own goals is complete without one from Phil, soccer’s favourite gurner. It’s all easy enough: a prolonged excessive ball from the keeper is played forward and drops out of the sky into the centre of the penalty field. Phil, the most efficient defender, clearly doesn’t know the strategy to handle it, leans forward to take a watch at and head it away, misses it totally and by somewhat loads, and the ball bounces into him and he knocks it into the on-line. The very definition of a klutz. You’ve acquired to feel sorry for him as he trudges away wanting be pleased Stan Laurel (demand yer grandad).
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Tony Popovic v Leicester
A noteworthy own honest scored by Palace’s sweaty Aussie. Extra be pleased a trick essentially. The ball is crossed from the suitable and Popovic is on the perimeter of his own six-yard field. Because the ball comes over leisurely him he flicks a heel at it in a half of-hearted are trying and terminate it, but he appropriate catches the ball ugly and directs it into high bins. It’s a assist-heel volleyed own honest, the be pleased of which you would possibly possibly possibly well moreover now not ever behold ever all another time.
Ashley Westwood v West Ham
Backwards header over the goalkeeper, any individual? A straightforward ball into the field is intercepted by Westwood, taking half in for Villa, who makes an are trying to head it away but can’t somewhat obtain enough elevation on his soar and succeeds most efficient in letting the ball crawl off the pause of his head, taking it in a monumental loop over the keeper’s head into the bottom corner. Pondering he’s acquired his assist to the honest, I wager he’s in no method scored a bigger one. He performs for Charlotte F.C. in The usa now, y’know.
Eddie Youds v Arsenal
OK, this was as soon as 30 years in the past but it absolutely is amazingly calamitous soccer. Arsenal were somewhat genuine and the Tractor Boys weren’t, ending fourth and Nineteenth respectively. The Gunners fracture forward and are in on honest, the ball is crossed alongside the deck from the suitable, contained in the six-yard field, appropriate in front of the honest, Youds – uncommon title, appears be pleased a typo – is assist and makes an are trying to kick it away, which he manages, but he most efficient succeeds in kicking it into his standing foot and it bounces into the on-line. Oops. It’s now not going, but it absolutely came about in a sing century, when we old school to snigger.
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