YouTube thread of footballing joy

Breaking the rules slightly, but here's the commentary on GMR to accompany the Soksjaer goal with Wilf McGuiness (one-time Busby Babe and briefly the manager) screaming.

http://media.putfile.com/GMR-commentary-Solksjaer-goal

― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Sunday, 23 April 2006 12:55 (twenty years ago)

"It's up for grabs now...THOMAS!!!". Thanks Ailsa.

― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:00 (twenty years ago)

Lots of lovely Larsson action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agnLNcOPOm8

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:01 (twenty years ago)

I thought at the time this was one of the best goals ever (Zidane v Bayer Leverkusen, 2002 Champions League Final at Hampden)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD-h_BDmQ6w

but I've just realised that it's no better than this one (Jim Hamilton of Motherwell v Celtic earlier this season)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t90kTUCBhs

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:04 (twenty years ago)

that footage of Collina trying to get the Munich defenders back on their feet is quite endearing.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:05 (twenty years ago)

van basten, euro 88 final:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9hK8b1BsKQ

― lil' merzbow wow (haitch), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:09 (twenty years ago)

george weah goes end to end vs verona, 1996:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt49QZwpru4

― lil' merzbow wow (haitch), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:15 (twenty years ago)

Archie Gemmill v Holland, Argentina '78

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCVqjpDSZEI

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:18 (twenty years ago)

Neil Warnock putting rumours of dressing room bust-ups to rest on Soccer AM:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRG0dg2IZ9g

― caek (caek), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:19 (twenty years ago)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic taking on every defender on the pitch. Twice. (sort of)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_lqMi4ykxg

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:22 (twenty years ago)

Why can't we all just get along?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fiM7kwKhFE

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:22 (twenty years ago)

Davie Cooper rips the piss out of Celtic's defence for a laugh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka7uCWr1rFs

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:23 (twenty years ago)

Harry Redknapp being hit in the face is always worth repeat viewing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MrWS0bZqsY&search=harry%20redknapp

― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:25 (twenty years ago)

"I'd just love it if we beat them":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzDakZzA2UQ

― lil' merzbow wow (haitch), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:25 (twenty years ago)

Tony Yeboah's two astonishing goals from 95/96

v Liverpool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4KF07wRJ-A

v Wimbledon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luOFc4oHBeg

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:26 (twenty years ago)

I don't know about the dancing but its a brilliant way to card a player:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE_SA_kZ5n8

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:26 (twenty years ago)

Watching professional lazy git Eyal Berkovic being kicked in the head by John Hartson is also funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7TdTcwZLTM

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:27 (twenty years ago)

..and just think, this bloke is Brazil's first choice keeper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wZtmgSCH5g

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:29 (twenty years ago)

Higuita's "scorpion kick". Possibly the most interesting thing Jamie Redknapp has ever been involved in in his life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yILDiU859FU

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:34 (twenty years ago)

Weakest caution given by a ref:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqe21yaryMs

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:34 (twenty years ago)

Sorry dudebros.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjmBtubEZSE

― Jimmy Mod is a super idol of The MARS SPIRIT (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:35 (twenty years ago)

Don't apologise :-)

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:36 (twenty years ago)

Possibly the most interesting thing Jamie Redknapp has ever been involved in in his life.

...although his Dad is usually good value

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MrWS0bZqsY

Classic

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:37 (twenty years ago)

Ah - already posted! Never mind

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:37 (twenty years ago)

There's an ongoing in-joke on YouTube (as far as I can tell) that, if you search on the "Everton" tag, you mostly get vids of Everton conceding goals uploaded by Rednoses. Strangely, the opposite isn't true due to the overwhelming number of people who think they're the first to upload footage of the second half from Istanbul. You know what? I think I've seen those goals already, DICKHEAD.

I'll go downstairs in minute and check out the above on the laptop, where I can hear them as well as see them.

Lovely Graeme Sharp chip vs Sheff Wed in the FA Cup. 87-88, I think - a 5-0 away win in the third replay:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeD1eKInqXQ

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:39 (twenty years ago)

Cantona goes batshit insane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfwEIzcDpLM

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:41 (twenty years ago)

A streaker scores a goal (not safe for work, obviously)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sU7GPua9Og

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:42 (twenty years ago)

baggio vs czechs, '90 world cup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps90KpPAGlA

― lil' merzbow wow (haitch), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:43 (twenty years ago)

harry kewell's unusual penalty technique:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZtxWiiNDv8

― lil' merzbow wow (haitch), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:54 (twenty years ago)

Amazingly, Bjï¿½rge Lillelien's "Maggie Thatcher, can you hear me?" clip isn't uploaded to Youtube.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 23 April 2006 13:58 (twenty years ago)

Stoichkov goals compilation, soundtracked by Bulgarian punk-folk:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5hp9PxrnQE0&search=stoichkov

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 23 April 2006 14:00 (twenty years ago)

Partridge holds it down on the commentary front:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4PYcrYMFxXg&search=world%20cup

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 23 April 2006 14:03 (twenty years ago)

This thread is great. My chin's still on the floor from that Zidane vs Ronaldinho video.

― Johnny B Was Quizzical (Johnney B), Sunday, 23 April 2006 14:21 (twenty years ago)

Matt Le Tiss getting the ball and taking the piss. Ten times.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 23 April 2006 20:13 (twenty years ago)

Nice.

― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Sunday, 23 April 2006 21:20 (twenty years ago)

God, I loved Cantona. That celebration after his goal against Sunderland is nearly as good as Tardelli's.

― Dave B (daveb), Sunday, 23 April 2006 21:31 (twenty years ago)

Wow. Those 10 Le Tissier goals are pretty special.

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 23 April 2006 21:36 (twenty years ago)

Encore du Tiss. Quality's lower, but some of the moments in it are just beautiful. Also opens with a montage of him taking penalties.

Thing about him - there's players who make it look effortless. None of them ever looked like they were putting as little effort in as him. The free kick where the ball's rolled back to him, he flicks it a foot or so in the air with his right boot then tonks it with the same foot - he has the body language of a full-back putting it out for a throw, but the actual trajectory of the ball is this beautiful looping lob into the top corner. There was only one, and there will only ever be.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 23 April 2006 23:53 (twenty years ago)

This is the best thread I have ever started.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 April 2006 06:37 (twenty years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0_ghHbbg94&search=trundle

Thank you Soccer AM.

― JoseMaria (JoseMaria), Monday, 24 April 2006 09:31 (twenty years ago)

So for ages it was reckoned Beckham's chip from the halfway line against Wimbledon would take goal of the season in 1997.

Then this happened.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 24 April 2006 16:00 (twenty years ago)

in a similar vein: barcelona 2 valencia 2, two minutes from time. barca must win to make the champions league. frank de boer floats it forward, and, well...

― lil' merzbow wow (haitch), Monday, 24 April 2006 16:19 (twenty years ago)

Gregory Coupet really does not want to concede an indirect free kick

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 24 April 2006 16:22 (twenty years ago)

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Ladies and gentlemen, your goal of the season from 1994: Mr Rodney Wallace.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 5 January 2007 15:19 (nineteen years ago)

hell yes. great to see that again.

― reverto levidensis (blueski), Friday, 5 January 2007 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

And to get you in the mood for FA Cup 3rd round weekend: heeeeeeeeeere's Bobby!

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 5 January 2007 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

this thread needs more LOMBARDO

― reverto levidensis (blueski), Friday, 5 January 2007 15:26 (nineteen years ago)

that Waddle goal was only enabled by some grotesque goalkeeping

― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Friday, 5 January 2007 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

so was Maradona's second in '86

― reverto levidensis (blueski), Friday, 5 January 2007 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

Talking of grotesque goal-keeping, ignore the Jiri Jarosik goal that comes up first, then LOL and ROFFLE at Scotland international several-million-pound-rated goalie Craig Gordon throwing the ball into the back of his own net five minutes into injury time to chuck away what had been a 1-0 lead for Hearts. (Best clip about 1 minute in)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQIzqXMYhd8

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 5 January 2007 15:42 (nineteen years ago)

Rather shamefully, this one's a clip from that awful Sky show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PM-RokaI9U&mode=related&search=

The goal rules, though.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 5 January 2007 15:44 (nineteen years ago)

also, here's the original young-left-back-takes-outrageous-first-time-45-yard-shot, later plagiarised amidst greater hype by one Matthew Taylor...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70SHYg6_6dI

― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Friday, 5 January 2007 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

tottenham said to be interested

― tsk. (mwah), Friday, 5 January 2007 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

Steven Reid kicks a football really bloody hard

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 5 January 2007 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

That elephant kicks arse.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 5 January 2007 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

"And the referee says "don't pass it to him, he's rubbish," and Kanu starts to cry"

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 5 January 2007 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

(clip from which that quote is taken here)

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 5 January 2007 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

Ketsbaia

― reverto levidensis (blueski), Friday, 12 January 2007 12:55 (nineteen years ago)

roberto mancini showreel - check the no-look volley vs parma near the end of the clip, omg.

― slackety yax (H2-H4), Friday, 12 January 2007 13:36 (nineteen years ago)

The volley near the start was better IMO. Never seen that one before, astonishing.

― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Friday, 12 January 2007 13:41 (nineteen years ago)

Screamer! Ronnie Radford v Newcastle FA Cup 1972
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oibWCiY1bQ8

Now for the good stuff - Fights/Bad Tackles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl_GlBjbSpA&mode=related&search=

― JohnFoxxsJuno (JohnFoxxsJuno), Friday, 12 January 2007 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

The Rod Wallace goal's been removed - bastards!

So here it is again in all its glory

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Friday, 12 January 2007 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

The tackle by Benjamin Massing on Caniggia in 1990 is now on youtube. It is beautiful.

― The Boyler (The Boyler), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:26 (nineteen years ago)

Worthy of the one-and-a-half red cards? I think so!

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Thursday, 18 January 2007 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

(º_o)

― tsk. (mwah), Thursday, 25 January 2007 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

What with Forest being on the telly, and appearing to have Nicky Southall on the left, I thought I'd go looking for a rather good goal he scored a few seasons back for Bolton.

Instead, I found a compilation of Nicky Southall being rubbish at football through the years. Failing to keep the ball in, missing headers, shooting over from eight yards... someone must really hate the poor sod.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 28 January 2007 14:11 (nineteen years ago)

On the other hand, here's Chris Marsden orchestrating Huddersfield's 3-2 victory over Birmingham City in 1991. You'll be able to spot Chris due to him running with an incredibly straight back and passing the ball like an absolute god...

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 28 January 2007 14:19 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah, and:

http://www.saintsforever.com/Images/cmfg.gif

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 28 January 2007 14:21 (nineteen years ago)

i remember when ally mccoist (or was it terry venables?) called that as goal of the day ahead of bergkamp vs. newcastle.....

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Sunday, 28 January 2007 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

Probably Venables, given his utter cluelessness about everything

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Sunday, 28 January 2007 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

Giuseppe Biava does an impression of a ceiling fan in one of my favourite goals of the season so far:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sThj169ixQ&NR

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 28 January 2007 21:03 (nineteen years ago)

history repeating

http://youtube.com/watch?v=T6V5ZcxjL-A

― ----bruno (----bruno), Monday, 29 January 2007 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

Revive for this charming little clip of highlights from the 86/87 season:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-PBZyK7JRs&NR

― The Wayward Johnny B, Tuesday, 27 February 2007 13:12 (nineteen years ago)

Revive for this charming little clip of highlights from the 86/87 season:

Yay! Lovely to see Sheedy flicking Vs at the Kop again. And I was there for the other two Everton goals - Reid and Stevens against West Ham (4-0 at half time!).

― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 27 February 2007 13:39 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltEaUSTiIZQ

― caek, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 14:37 (nineteen years ago)

t/s: vasquez vs. messi

― Just got offed, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

vasquez 4 me.

this is still the best goal all season tho.

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 15:15 (nineteen years ago)

four months pass...

revive for the Kerlon seal dribble & how it was dealt with
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYlqql38XkY

― zappi, Friday, 5 October 2007 10:36 (eighteen years ago)

Best foul ever.