Hi ladies & gents.
I think deep down I know what Fulham's Best ever goal is, deep down I know what Fulham's greatest goal is. But the battle for 2nd and 3rd place is very close. To me they mean different things, so please when voting, vote for the quality of the goal, the best goal. Don't be swayed by occasions etc....because that isn't the question.
After doing a little research I've come up with 33 goals. Dating back to Alan Mullery probably being the oldest in the 70s. I have divided them into 3 pools of 11. Your job is to vote for the 4 best in each pool, which will give us 12 in the final.
I've managed to find a video of 31 of the 33 goals. Below are the goals in pool 1, refresh your memory and then click on the link to vote for the best 4.
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Pool 1
Collins John vs Boro
[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/44659566[/vimeo]
Papa Bouba Diop vs Man Utd
Alan Mullery vs Leicester
Clint Dempsey vs Stoke
Simon Davies vs Hamburg
[vimeo] https://vimeo.com/44441230 [/vimeo]
McCormack vs QPR
Steve Hayward vs Walsall
Viv Busby vs Cardiff 1974/ 75
No cameras at the game sadly, described as a superb solo dribble through the whole team starting on the half way line.
Paul Konchesky vs West Ham
[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/43170858[/vimeo]
Bryan Ruiz vs Bolton
[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/44093739 [/vimeo]
Berbatov vs Stoke
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Voting closes Sunday 9pm. Final is next week
Your best yet Dannyboi!
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There's no link for Viv Busby vs Cardiff 1974/ 75 Danny
Quote from: Barrett487 on June 23, 2017, 02:07:37 PM
There's no link for Viv Busby vs Cardiff 1974/ 75 Danny
That's one of the 2 that don't have a video. I've been told there was no cameras at the game. I'll take their word cos I wasn't even born lol.
Quote from: dannyboi-ffc on June 23, 2017, 02:08:56 PM
Quote from: Barrett487 on June 23, 2017, 02:07:37 PM
There's no link for Viv Busby vs Cardiff 1974/ 75 Danny
That's one of the 2 that don't have a video. I've been told there was no cameras at the game. I'll take their word cos I wasn't even born lol.
I vaguely remember him beating load of players before scoring. Can't find a video clip though, just looked
Quote from: Barrett487 on June 23, 2017, 02:13:53 PM
Quote from: dannyboi-ffc on June 23, 2017, 02:08:56 PM
Quote from: Barrett487 on June 23, 2017, 02:07:37 PM
There's no link for Viv Busby vs Cardiff 1974/ 75 Danny
That's one of the 2 that don't have a video. I've been told there was no cameras at the game. I'll take their word cos I wasn't even born lol.
I vaguely remember him beating load of players before scoring. Can't find a video clip though, just looked
Not much chance of video coverage of an ordinary Div 2 match back then.
I think there's a painting of it somewhere.
Quote from: Barrett487 on June 23, 2017, 02:07:37 PM
There's no link for Viv Busby vs Cardiff 1974/ 75 Danny
Shame there were no cameras at the game. I can't recall a better goal. If anyone has the programme for the next home game however, there was a fairly detailed description of it. I seem to remember he started well in his own half and went on a run before scoring beating some five or six players in the process. It was. however, a very long time ago and distance lends enchantment.!!!!!!
Quote from: Tonywa on June 23, 2017, 02:50:50 PM
Quote from: Barrett487 on June 23, 2017, 02:07:37 PM
There's no link for Viv Busby vs Cardiff 1974/ 75 Danny
Shame there were no cameras at the game. I can't recall a better goal. If anyone has the programme for the next home game however, there was a fairly detailed description of it. I seem to remember he started well in his own half and went on a run before scoring beating some five or six players in the process. It was. however, a very long time ago and distance lends enchantment.!!!!!!
The fantastic Fulham programme site is always good for this sort of thing.
http://www.fulhamfootballprogrammes.co.uk/eras/1971-1980/1974-1975/matches/York%20City/programme.html (http://www.fulhamfootballprogrammes.co.uk/eras/1971-1980/1974-1975/matches/York%20City/programme.html)
Wasn't there myself, but sounds a fabulous effort and deserves whatever small amount of publicity is available.
Shame Ivor's goal v. Chesterfield never got on to a screen...
Some great goals in there though. Nice one Danny :54:
What no Dempsey against Juve
Quote from: Nero on June 23, 2017, 03:07:11 PM
What no Dempsey against Juve
This is only the first round of 3
Patience my child
Quote from: Nero on June 23, 2017, 03:07:11 PM
What no Dempsey against Juve
If I had gone through all this effort and missed off that one I think if retire from friends of fulham altogether lol. Two more lots to come.
This is 1 of 3 semi finals
I presume John Mitchell's goals from 1975 semi's will be on the list.
One sublime, one so late and so ridiculous, but make me feel 9 years old again.
Clive Walker at Huddersfield, shame only about 250 of us saw it
Quote from: andyk on June 23, 2017, 04:22:05 PM
I presume John Mitchell's goals from 1975 semi's will be on the list.
One sublime, one so late and so ridiculous, but make me feel 9 years old again.
The one from the draw is. Not the one to take us to Wembley. It's the best goal were voting for and that goal at Hillsborough was a very good one.
For the same reason there's no Murphy header, Gera vs Hamburg, Kamara vs Man City. They were momentous goals and who knows it's a long summer. Might do one specifically for that. But they weren't the 'Best goal if that makes sense
Hope Dembele v spurs will be in there.
That Mullery goal was pretty special, way before my time.
Quote from: hopper on June 23, 2017, 04:44:04 PM
Hope Dembele v spurs will be in there.
That Mullery goal was pretty special, way before my time.
In pool 2 although the only clip I could find makes it seem less impressive as when I was there
Is a "great" weighted more on the individual skill, team build up or the importance of that goal?
I thought three were easy but struggled for a fourth. Mullery's goal was so good because it was a volley.
Quote from: YankeeJim on June 23, 2017, 06:13:40 PM
Is a "great" weighted more on the individual skill, team build up or the importance of that goal?
It's down to interpretation. I would class Murphy's header as a 'greater goal' than Berbatovs volley vs Stoke but it's not a better goal.
That's why I've tried to add variety because some love a team goal, some a rocket, some the skill and dribbling. You go with what you think is the 'Best' goal.
My only regret is that I don't have a header in there. And I'm sure there are many fantastic goals from the 70s and 80s but people need to be realistic with getting access to those goals. I'm only 28 so if there isn't coverage on YouTube etc then it's pretty impossible that I could know about them.
Hopefully people like the balance of the 33 I went with.
Danny this is great & impossible at the same time 😀
Headers. McGod & Heidur v Utd at OT. Sir Alex described them as flying salmon
Roger Brown iconic Lincoln header
But Leroy at Walsall years ago. Bullet of a header from edge of box into far corner. Looks great in my memory shame no tv footage
Quote from: Nero on June 23, 2017, 03:07:11 PM
What no Dempsey against Juve
I figured that would get a lot of votes.
Also what about Kasami vs. Palace?
I think I have to go with Diop though - been 10+ years on and my eyes are still blistered from that absolute screamer.
Excellent Compo Daniel, easily your best effort yet, and some of the previous efforts were pretty exceptional!
Thanks for putting this together mate.
Brilliant idea Danny.
I'm sure it won't win and in some respects I'd be quite surprised if it goes through to the next round, but the goal that has given me more pleasure than any other in over 40 years of football is in this list. It's Ruiz's scoop against Bolton. TV simply doesn't do it justice.
To sit in the JH stand with a seven year old son, see the ball head for the stratosphere, simultaneously think "what on earth has he done?" or something similar and then see it descend just as dramatically into the net, then look at each other in wide eyed amazement was just a beautiful thing.
Then for the remainder of the winter every park kickabout would involve the "Ruiz game" attempting to recreate it. We will talk of that goal for decades to come and I suspect the prefix "but not as amazing as" will usually be applied.
There was another startling goal that day: Dempsey's bullet header from distance into the bottom corner from Ruiz's brilliant cross. One for round 3 perhaps
Quote from: Carborundum on June 23, 2017, 09:59:03 PM
Brilliant idea Danny.
I'm sure it won't win and in some respects I'd be quite surprised if it goes through to the next round, but the goal that has given me more pleasure than any other in over 40 years of football is in this list. It's Ruiz's scoop against Bolton. TV simply doesn't do it justice.
To sit in the JH stand with a seven year old son, see the ball head for the stratosphere, simultaneously think "what on earth has he done?" or something similar and then see it descend just as dramatically into the net, then look at each other in wide eyed amazement was just a beautiful thing.
Then for the remainder of the winter every park kickabout would involve the "Ruiz game" attempting to recreate it. We will talk of that goal for decades to come and I suspect the prefix "but not as amazing as" will usually be applied.
There was another startling goal that day: Dempsey's bullet header from distance into the bottom corner from Ruiz's brilliant cross. One for round 3 perhaps
Sadly not included. I'll have to look that Dempsey goal up, in fairness he scored so many that I don't remember them all. But I was at this game and I agree it was an astonishing finish from Ruiz. I weren't his biggest fan but he did have his moments of sheer genius.
Quote from: dannyboi-ffc on June 23, 2017, 06:23:40 PM
Quote from: YankeeJim on June 23, 2017, 06:13:40 PM
Is a "great" weighted more on the individual skill, team build up or the importance of that goal?
It's down to interpretation. I would class Murphy's header as a 'greater goal' than Berbatovs volley vs Stoke but it's not a better goal.
That's why I've tried to add variety because some love a team goal, some a rocket, some the skill and dribbling. You go with what you think is the 'Best' goal.
My only regret is that I don't have a header in there. And I'm sure there are many fantastic goals from the 70s and 80s but people need to be realistic with getting access to those goals. I'm only 28 so if there isn't coverage on YouTube etc then it's pretty impossible that I could know about them.
Hopefully people like the balance of the 33 I went with.
That's kind of what I expected and also the way I rated them. Some great skill shots have an enormous hunk of luck in them. Kasami's comes to mine. It was a beaut to be sure. He couldn't do that again in several life times.
Has anybody mentioned Kassami's goal against Crystal Palace ???
Everything about that goal from his anticipation, awareness, execution of the strike, was perfect.
Quote from: Black and White Blood on June 24, 2017, 12:23:39 AM
Has anybody mentioned Kassami's goal against Crystal Palace ???
Everything about that goal from his anticipation, awareness, execution of the strike, was perfect.
It's in pool 2 on the front page.
One of my favourite moments from the Big Papa goal was Brian McBride's reaction afterwards. As Papa and the rest of the team ran to the corner flag, he feigned injury in the Man U half so that we could regain composure before kick off. This was a highly intelligent and professional move and told me a lot about McBride.
