Goal Celebrations You Would Like To See...

[Craig the Aussie]

I'd like the player to calmly trot back to his own half, possibly with a quick handshake with a couple of teammates.

It'll never happen though.

[otterulz]

I'd like for the goal scorer to calmly walk towards his bench with his head down very humble like. Then as he approaches his teammates, he yells out "JUST KIDDING!" and starts break dancing. Niiiiiice!

[skipshady]

Originally posted by Craig the Aussie
I'd like the player to calmly trot back to his own half, possibly with a quick handshake with a couple of teammates.

It'll never happen though. That's my style in pickup matches. Basically, I find the guys who set me up for the goal and go out of my way to congratulate them. But then again, I prefer making a good through pass that leads to a goal over actually scoring.

Nothing pisses me off than someone who makes a big deal out of a goal in a pickup game. Competitive match? Sure. But a pickup match?

[Craig the Aussie]

Being a fullback I'm probably a bit bitter and twisted about all this celebration stuff.

After all, that's what a strikers job is isn't it? I don't start running about ripping my shirt off after making a good tackle. (Those who have seen me with my shirt off probably think this is a good thing).

I am looking forward to 2 weeks time. It is our last game of the season and we can't make the playoffs. We are playing the team coming last who haven't got a point all year, so have agreed that regular backs will play up front and strikers play down back. So, if I do manage to jag a goal - watch out.

Actually, no 'probablies' - I am bitter & twisted.

[skipshady]

Does anyone else remember when Effenburg scored a goal in Champion's League, he stood still and gestured to a teammate to get down? That's about the most homoerotic goal celebration I've seen, short of biting a teammate's, er, tender region.

[DjDomino]

If you have an easy tap-in, give the person who assisted you a piggy-back ride to half.

My fave tho, the Robbie Keane: A front roll and when you come out of it, you act like your shooting a gun

[Ringo]

After you score a goal, rip off your shirt, sign it and present it to the goalkeeper as souvenier of your greatness.


then run like hell

[WinGoal15]

Hey when a guy scores a nice goal he is entitled to the spot light for at least a minute. Why not celebrate? It may very well be the last time he scores a goal. That being said, most of the time in our youth leagues here the celebrations are pretty simple-just a group gathering with some high fives. But today I reffed a u19 game in which one player was from Poland and spoke no English. This player obviously was not accustomed to the expected modesty of the goal celebration here and after his first goal began to dance and then did a classic slide. A little later he scored again. This time he ran to the corner flag, took it out of the ground, and pretended to break it over his knee. Finally, after his third goal, he whips the shirt off and starts to run around screaming and then tops it off with a sommersault. Everyone thought it was the greatest thing. Even most of the guys on the opposing team get a kick out of it. Soccer is a game full of emotions and there is no reason these emotions should just disappear for the few seconds after a player achieves the main objective of the game. Anyone that says someone is just showing off or anything like that is only jealous that they aren't the one everyone is looking at.

[NNCRed]

In college I ran to the sidelines and sat down in a Buddha pose in front of the fans. Kinda funny because I went to a Christian school.

I always wanted to see somebody slide on their back into the corner flag so that the flag is sticking up between their legs and then start masturbating acting like the flag was their penis. That would be so friggin' hilarious.

Or run to the corner flag and act like it is the tap to a keg, pump it up, poor an imaginary beer from the flag into an imaginary cup, drink the beer, then fall down like you're wasted.

[BWMcTell]

After scoring a player shouts to the opposing teams fans, "I'm from Holland! Isn't that weird!!?"

Of course, this celebration only works is the player is a Dutchman.

[Manolo]

I had the idea of a goal celebration in which a player lifts up his uniform over his face, only to reveal an undershirt which has a picture of him celebrating a goal...with his uniform lifted up over his face.

Now, if that picture is taken with the same shirt underneath, and so on...kind of strange but very imaginative, if I say so myself.

[BWMcTell]

Originally posted by Manolo
I had the idea of a goal celebration in which a player lifts up his uniform over his face, only to reveal an undershirt which has a picture of him celebrating a goal...with his uniform lifted up over his face.

Now, if that picture is taken with the same shirt underneath, and so on...kind of strange but very imaginative, if I say so myself.

That is the greatest thing I've ever heard.

[Footballitis]

I'd like to see the goal scorer hop on the assister's back and run down the field pretending to have a gun and making machine gun noises and have the other teammates fall down

[kickin365]

Originally posted by Manolo
I had the idea of a goal celebration in which a player lifts up his uniform over his face, only to reveal an undershirt which has a picture of him celebrating a goal...with his uniform lifted up over his face.

Now, if that picture is taken with the same shirt underneath, and so on...kind of strange but very imaginative, if I say so myself.


To bad I am not a famous player, or I would take this one on. Thats great. I don't think it would go over to well in my pickup games.

[Melloblkmon]

Originally posted by skipshady
That's my style in pickup matches. Basically, I find the guys who set me up for the goal and go out of my way to congratulate them. But then again, I prefer making a good through pass that leads to a goal over actually scoring.

I feel that same way Skip!!! A good through pass or back heel gives me a better feeling than scoring!!!

[Doctor Stamen]

How about the team wheel out a giant microwave and put David Mellor in it ?.

Or if it's in the next WC, copy John Cleese's walk in Fawlty Towers.

[Coryattheplex]

Originally posted by Melloblkmon
How about after scoring a teammate puts out his knee and spit shines the goal scorers shoe?

Done this already...got me and the guy yellow carded dammit!

Best one I've ever see is my friend Fudge, he scored against college rival team, ran to corner flag in front of there crowds home stand, and acted like he was pissing on it.....got him kicked off the team for a year but made him a legend.

[Coryattheplex]

Oh, I almost forgot............the big balls dance from the movie Major league II, the one that Cerrano does down the first base line.....did that in an indoor game and got grounded by my mom! Damn I have really bad luck with my celebrations!

[Craig the Aussie]

Hey Cory, as a ref I think it was a bit harsh for you to be cautioned - unless you were really sticking it up the other team?

[Dread_I]

Two years ago a player in our club did the "doggie" and pretended to pee on the goalpost after scoring. Our local forum lit up with complaints about this "classless act". The kid was South American and was just imitating what he had seen on TV. Personally I didn't have a problem with it, but I guess it was too much for the middle class suburban soccer moms. It was an under 12 game. He didn't play last year, but look out - he's back with us this year!:)