Record SUFC own goal scorer

[ShorehamRevolution]

Anyone know who holds the record for most own goals “scored” for us? I seem to remember Brian Gayle being decent for an own goal or 2, didn’t he score two in one game once ?

 

[Deadbat]

Good question...recall Holdsworth scoring a few in one season? Morgan a few too.

Silent Blade will know.

 

[Gin&Juice]

Rob Kozluk

 

[Silent Blade]

Colquhoun 2 ogs v Wolves in Dec 1971, one at Stoke in Oct 1973 and v Wendy (h) in Oct 1970

Gayle v Leeds (h) and 2 v Luton (h) in Oct 1994?

 

[Wards]

Surely Holdsworth. He had a real hot streak one season - the one away at Swindon was a bullet diving header.

About 2.50 here:

Scored at both ends that day

 

[Westran]

Great question! Jags has a couple

 

[Cheets]

I remember L**ds fans singing "There's only one Brian Gayle" whenever they played us after his o.g. won the league for them in 1992.

 

[Weasel]

Andy Barnsley could always be relied upon to fuck things up and score an own goal or two. Remember one on front of the Kop. Header rifled into the top corner past a bewildered Andy Leaning. Might have been in the 5 nil collapse v Oldham at the Lane when McEwan was sacked immediately after.

 

[JackSUFC]

I remember L**ds fans singing "There's only one Brian Gayle" whenever they played us after his o.g. won the league for them in 1992.

One of the most comical own goals of all time surely? Look how shit it is.

 

[ShorehamRevolution]

One of the most comical own goals of all time surely? Look how shit it is.

Luckily he wasn’t a South African called Bruce !

 

[dazzlingblade]

I'm sure my first ever game was a 1-0 defeat, and Kenworthy scored an own goal I think, bet its him

 

[Panini]

Colquhoun 2 ogs v Wolves in Dec 1971, one at Stoke in Oct 1973 and v Wendy (h) in Oct 1970

Gayle v Leeds (h) and 2 v Luton (h) in Oct 1994?

Great question! Jags has a couple

Gayle 'only' made 1 in that Luton game in 1994.



Jagielka has definitely had 2 in the Premier League for us, at Arsenal in 2006 and at Leeds earlier this year.

 

[Deadbat]

Andy Barnsley could always be relied upon to fuck things up and score an own goal or two. Remember one on front of the Kop. Header rifled into the top corner past a bewildered Andy Leaning. Might have been in the 5 nil collapse v Oldham at the Lane when McEwan was sacked immediately after.

Had a feeling it was in a 2-2 draw? Went 0-2 down? No idea who it was against. Recall the goal though!

 

[Guesty]

Gayle 'only' made 1 in that Luton game in 1994.

Didn't Gayle actually score own goals home and away against Luton that season? That's playing in the back of my mind.

 

[Cheets]

One of the most comical own goals of all time surely? Look how shit it is.

And Mel Rees never played again

 

[Revolution]

Had a feeling it was in a 2-2 draw? Went 0-2 down? No idea who it was against. Recall the goal though!

V Bradford in 1986-7. We were 2-0 down after 10 mins.

 

[Panini]

Didn't Gayle actually score own goals home and away against Luton that season? That's playing in the back of my mind.

You're absolutely right, I'm sure that's what Silent Blade originally meant!

It was a screaming header too (1m28s):

 

[Guesty]

You're absolutely right, I'm sure that's what Silent Blade originally meant!

It was a screaming header too (1m28s):

Well found, cheers!

 

[JJBlade]

Peter Withe

 

[raimond]

John Pemberton got a cracker once against Man City and as an unlikely own goal scorer Beattie got one against Stoke didn't he (3-0 down at Bramall Lane after 15 mins all from Delap long throws as I remember it).

Paul Beesley feels as though he should have had a hatful but I can't remember any.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

I remember L**ds fans singing "There's only one Brian Gayle" whenever they played us after his o.g. won the league for them in 1992.

One of the most comical own goals of all time surely? Look how shit it is.

And Gayle is a lifelong Leeds fan.

 

[diplomat]

Surely Holdsworth. He had a real hot streak one season - the one away at Swindon was a bullet diving header.

About 2.50 here:

Scored at both ends that day

Sheffield lad Digby in the net for them

 

[jim2007]

Andy Barnsley could always be relied upon to fuck things up and score an own goal or two. Remember one on front of the Kop. Header rifled into the top corner past a bewildered Andy Leaning. Might have been in the 5 nil collapse v Oldham at the Lane when McEwan was sacked immediately after.

Just the one I was thinking of. Terrific goal, if it’d have been at the other end.

 

[YorkBlade]

Holdsworth got 3 own goals, 96/97 against Swindon (A) and Norwich (H) then again in August of 1998 vs Swindon (H)

 

[Revolution]

John Pemberton got a cracker once against Man City and as an unlikely own goal scorer Beattie got one against Stoke didn't he (3-0 down at Bramall Lane after 15 mins all from Delap long throws as I remember it).

Paul Beesley feels as though he should have had a hatful but I can't remember any.

Other unlikely OG scorers:

Deano at Sunderland in 1989-90
Richard Cresswell v Oldham in 2011-12

 

[Revolution]

Holdsworth got 3 own goals, 96/97 against Swindon (A) and Norwich (H) then again in August of 1998 vs Swindon (H)

The first 2 goals were scored within 8 days of each other.

Holdsworth scored at both ends in the first Swindon game. He scored for us about 5 mins after the OG.

In the Norwich game we were doing fine and then Kelly (I think) was injured. We had no keeper on the bench and Nilsen went in goal. He was awful and at fault for both goals he conceded, one being the OG. We lost 3-2.

 

[LS16Blade]

Andy Barnsley could always be relied upon to fuck things up and score an own goal or two. Remember one on front of the Kop. Header rifled into the top corner past a bewildered Andy Leaning. Might have been in the 5 nil collapse v Oldham at the Lane when McEwan was sacked immediately after.

I can still visualise the goal that you mention, Weasel. It was a corner from the John Street side, and Barnsley met it at the near post with the sort of textbook header that you used to see depicted in football books back in the day when heading was still seen as a skill - using his neck muscles to power it straight into the top corner.

I can’t for the life of me place the opposition, though. It wasn’t the 0-5 debacle versus Oldham in 87/88 - Barnsley (perhaps surprisingly) wasn’t in the side that day.

I’ve got a feeling that Andy Barnsley’s screamer might have come in the previous season - 86/87 - and that Burridge might have been the powerless keeper rather than Leaning, but I can’t quite pin it down.

 

[Revolution]

I can still visualise the goal that you mention, Weasel. It was a corner from the John Street side, and Barnsley met it at the near post with the sort of textbook header that you used to see depicted in football books back in the day when heading was still seen as a skill - using his neck muscles to power it straight into the top corner.

I can’t for the life of me place the opposition, though. It wasn’t the 0-5 debacle versus Oldham in 87/88 - Barnsley (perhaps surprisingly) wasn’t in the side that day.

I’ve got a feeling that Andy Barnsley’s screamer might have come in the previous season - 86/87 - and that Burridge might have been the powerless keeper rather than Leaning, but I can’t quite pin it down.

It was v Bradford in 1986-7.

It was a bullet header as you say, but it wasn’t a corner. It was a cross from open play from the right at the Kop end in the first minute.

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

And the best OG ? ... any older Blades remember Reading away 82-83, Jeff King 25 yard screamer by all accounts?

 

[Revolution]

And the best OG ? ... any older Blades remember Reading away 82-83, Jeff King 25 yard screamer by all accounts?

That is widely acknowledged as the best in the last 40 years.

Stancliffe’s diving header v Preston in 1989 is the best I’ve ever seen from a Blades player.