Spurs' Gary Mabbutt sends the FA Cup to Coventry with an extra-time own goal in the 1987 FA Cup final In the 1991 final, Mabbutt pressures Forest defender Des Walker into heading the ball past his own keeper
West Ham striker Iain Dowie couldn't resist powering a header into his own net against Stockport in 1996 Dangerous with his head or either foot, Leicester's Frank Sinclair is nearing double figures at the wrong end
This towering header against Arsenal in 1999 was Sinclair's second own goal in a week Alaves' Delfi Geli scores a golden own goal in the 2001 Uefa Cup final against Liverpool
Peter Enckelman's blunder against Birmingham may rank as the Premiership's most embarrassing own goal
Sinclair is the master of own goals. The Arsenal OG was the 1'st of the 2 he got in that season. I was at the match.... I was sitting with the leicester supporters, the score was 1-1 and it was in injury time. very deep into injury time now, all the Leicester supporters screaming "Blow the f***ing whistle" then.... oops. Arsenal 2 - 1 Leicester That was the first match of the season. The 2'nd match of the season (the picture above the OG against arse) was at filbert street against Chelsea. Leicester get a penalty late on to give them a 2-1 lead. the Sinclair strikes again in injury time... Leicester 2 - 2 Chelsea. He also had a brilliant one against boro last season from the edge of the centre circle. Kicked it back to his keeper not knowing exactly where he was.... goes past the keeper who was 25 yards out, and into the goal, much to the delight of the boro. final: Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Leicester.
2001 UEFA Cup Final 5-4 Liverpool-Avales Marred the end of what some would call the greatest European cup game EVER. (I know it isn't a premiership match, but Pool is in the Premiership)
Most tragic own goal Escobar for Colombia vs US in 1994 cost him his life most near tragic own goal Agoos vs portugal wc 2002 would have cost him his life if we ended up not winning the match
I saw on SkySports last night, that a keeper in one of the lower divisions had an own goal just like Enkleman's except it was on a back pass rather than a throw-in. I tried briefly to find who did it, but can't. The manager in the interview said the keeper told him he just wanted to be like Enkleman.
Agreed. But then again, there's Brandi Chastain in WC 99 in the quarters vs. Germany. If she doesn't spur the comeback with a second-half goal, no sportsbra would have ever been shown.
Isn't that still open for debate? I remember hearing a few stories which claimed his death wasn't related to that incident. Or has it been confirmed since?
Gary Sprake, back in the '60's, throwing the ball into his own goal was pretty funny, as was Lee Dixon's 40 yard backpass for Arsenal a few years ago.
This one was a good few years ago. Mike Pollitt of Darlington tried to clear a backpass under no real pressure, missed the ball and it rolled into the net for the only goal of the game. I can't remember when it was or who it was against (it might have been Barnet). It was the only thing that stood out in the whole match.
i dunno this wasnt pro or anythin but it was still funny....in indoors last season, we let up a goal, so off the kickoff we passed it back. the defneder let it go to the goalie, who was lookin up at the scoreboard and got megged for a goal...maybe u had to be there
And then many males would've had to find a different pic to jerk of-- I mean, uh, yeah, no sportsbra. Yeah. Right. Mm-hmm.
Everything I've heard has always been that witnesses on the scene, heard the gunmen say with each shot... Goal! (shoot) Goal! (shoot) Goal! (shoot) I believe I also recently read that on the fifaworldcup.com site somewhere
auto golazo? Now that I think of it I do remember seeing a mention on the official WC02 website. It wasn't just angry fans, correct? It was people who had money on the game that were somehow connected to a drug cartel...
The funniest part of that was later in the game there was another back pass just like it and while it was traveling Paul Merson started celebrating like Portsmouth had scored again.
Nope, found the writeup for the one I was talking about -- slash/ED's reference clued me in. It was from the Portsmouth - Wimbledon match on Tuesday. In what was almost a carbon copy of Aston Villa stopper Peter Enckelman's mistake at Birmingham last night, Davis went to control a backpass from defender Mark Williams only to miss the ball completely and watch in agony as the ball crossed the line.
The own goals of Escobar, Agoos and even Sinclair were the result of those players making defensive plays. The own goal during the Villa-Birmingum match was pure stupidity. That's why it ranks far and wide as the most classic.