Rubbish Players Scoring Great Goals

[bobby ford]

Heyup,

Having a discussion with a fellow blade at work today and we got on to the subject of poor united players scoring quality goals, ones that sprang to mind were;

Jean Calve vs Preston -





Ade vs Piggies -




Luton Shelton vs Colchester - When he picked up the ball around the halfway line and pretty much burned the whole Colchester team (slight hyperbolic perhaps) - hazy recollection of this one...did he round the keeper?

Nick Montgomery vs Tranmere - Debatable as to how rubbish he was but nobody thought he had the ability to do this

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I also recall a sweetly struck goal against Birmingham in the cup once.


Lee Hendrie Vs Charlton - Cracking free-kick in the FA Cup, captured beautifully on a calculator.





Those were the ones I could remember mentioning off the top of my head. What else have we got?

 

[brownie4583]

Dellas screamer at the lane!

 

[highpeakblade]

I seem to remember your name sake putting one in from god knows how far out a good few years back.....That said I think it was cleared up at that the time it was very much a failed cross turn goal but i'm not sure Bobby would want to agree as I don't seem to remember him getting many?

 

[Darren]

I seem to remember your name sake putting one in from god knows how far out a good few years back.....That said I think it was cleared up at that the time it was very much a failed cross turn goal but i'm not sure Bobby would want to agree as I don't seem to remember him getting many?

That was against Tranmere on 5/2/00.

Bob Atkins in the last minute at Millmoor on 21/4/84 stands out.

 

[puppet]

Sorry but Dellas was NOT a rubbish player!!!

Mike Lake's flurry of unstoppables agains Southampton and Forest (??) are my all time fave average player Blades wondergoals

 

[Darren]

Sorry but Dellas was NOT a rubbish player!!!

Mike Lake's flurry of unstoppables agains Southampton and Forest (??) are my all time fave average player Blades wondergoals

Ah yes, God knows what happened to him in Jan-Feb 1992

4/1/92 H Luton (FAC) W4-0: Lake gets 1

11/1/92 A Southampton W4-2 Lake gets 2. One a great twisty bendy shot from around 35 yards at the goal United fans were behind. I was there and it was memorable as I saw him shaping up to shoot from what looked an impossible distance I shouted "don't waste it"!. The second was from about 20 yards out and was a bit of a soft shot that took a massive deflection and might have been classed as a OG

1/2/92: A Forest W5-2: Lake got the first; almost a replica of the first Southampton goal but a bit nearer in

8/2/92: H Man City : W4-2: Lake got the first at the Kop end to put us 1-0 up. It was a shot from an almost impossible angle by the goal line on the right that he bent over the keeper.

That was 5 goals in 8 games for a player who never scored any other goals for us and never looked (apart from that month or so) any better than ordinary!

 

[puppet]

Ah yes, God knows what happened to him in Jan-Feb 1992

4/1/92 H Luton (FAC) W4-0: Lake gets 1

11/1/92 A Southampton W4-2 Lake gets 2. One a great twisty bendy shot from around 35 yards at the goal United fans were behind. I was there and it was memorable as I saw him shaping up to shoot from what looked an impossible distance I shouted "don't waste it"!. The second was from about 20 yards out and was a bit of a soft shot that took a massive deflection and might have been classed as a OG

1/2/92: A Forest W5-2: Lake got the first; almost a replica of the first Southampton goal but a bit nearer in

8/2/92: H Man City : W4-2: Lake got the first at the Kop end to put us 1-0 up. It was a shot from an almost impossible angle by the goal line on the right that he bent over the keeper.

That was 5 goals in 8 games for a player who never scored any other goals for us and never looked (apart from that month or so) any better than ordinary!

Gannon also scored a fantastic screamer at the Forest game, one of the more enjoyable awaydays in the memory bank!

 

[Darren]

Gannon also scored a fantastic screamer at the Forest game, one of the more enjoyable awaydays in the memory bank!

He did indeed. I think a corner was cleared to the edge of the box and he volleyed it straight in with his right foot, much to the amazement of the other players as that was the foot he usually only stood on.

 

[Swanseablade]

Bob Atkins in the last minute at Millmoor on 21/4/84 stands out.

Remember that one - our end went mad - a good proportion of their end did also, good old BBC )
But, it was always dodgy walking down that alley to/from the away end at Millmoor!

 

[secretchief]

Back to goal, Jostein Flo once took the ball on his chest in the d of the penalty box, pivoted and smashed it into the top corner. No-one cheered for a few seconds because they couldn't believe he had done it. It's the only time I remember a definite pause between the ball hitting the net and everyone cheering. Was this vs Leeds 93-94?

 

[Grecian2000]

Tony Field. Absolute munter, 1 "unbelievable" goal v Ipswich.

As mentioned elsewhere Bob Atkins at Millmoor.

I always thought Mick Hill was a poor player but he had a good header against Leeds and a stunner at the Sty to his credit.

I seem to remember Tom Heffernan rampaging half the length of the pitch to score (was it against Orient?) which seemed much out of character.

I'm sure I'll return to this thread once I've actually thought about it.

 

[Darren]

Tony Field. Absolute munter, 1 "unbelievable" goal v Ipswich.

As mentioned elsewhere Bob Atkins at Millmoor.

I always thought Mick Hill was a poor player but he had a good header against Leeds and a stunner at the Sty to his credit.

I seem to remember Tom Heffernan rampaging half the length of the pitch to score (was it against Orient?) which seemed much out of character.

I'm sure I'll return to this thread once I've actually thought about it.

Heffernan's was indeed v Orient in that weird game on 3/3/84. Two goals from Edwards put us 2-0 up early in the first half, but early in the 2nd half Orient were 3-2 up. We equalised after a Stan header from a corner was spectacularly caught by an Orient defender on the line (for which he only got a yellow) and Morris scored the pen. Then Edwards made it 4-3, before late on Heffernan picked up the ball at right back and ran pretty much unchallenged down the right wing before whacking the ball in from around 25 yards. In injury time, Edwards was brought down in the area and Morris scored his second pen.

 

[Selly]

Back to goal, Jostein Flo once took the ball on his chest in the d of the penalty box, pivoted and smashed it into the top corner. No-one cheered for a few seconds because they couldn't believe he had done it. It's the only time I remember a definite pause between the ball hitting the net and everyone cheering. Was this vs Leeds 93-94?

I think so.

Gayle got an equaliser in the last minute...

 

[Selly]

More of a great goal from a surprising source

Kevin Gage vs Bristol City

Lumps one from fully 30 yards into the top corner

 

[Revolution]

Heffernan's was indeed v Orient in that weird game on 3/3/84. Two goals from Edwards put us 2-0 up early in the first half, but early in the 2nd half Orient were 3-2 up. We equalised after a Stan header from a corner was spectacularly caught by an Orient defender on the line (for which he only got a yellow) and Morris scored the pen. Then Edwards made it 4-3, before late on Heffernan picked up the ball at right back and ran pretty much unchallenged down the right wing before whacking the ball in from around 25 yards. In injury time, Edwards was brought down in the area and Morris scored his second pen.

Darren, as we have debated before, you have the Morris 2nd pen and Edwards Hattrick goals transposed....

There was nothing surprising about Gage's goal. He scored a number for us from distance.

 

[Cheets]

The last day of the 1987/88 season, we were battling to avoid relegation to the third tier and were at Leeds Road playing the already relegated Huddersfield. In the second half, the lightweight, underwhelming Tony Philliskirk came on as sub to a large number of boos from the United fans massed on the open away end. Shortly after coming on as sub, he put his foot on the ball and curled an absolute peach into the far side of the net, and then ran ecstatically towards the United fans celebrating at the other end. We had a stay of execution as our long run of play-off misery commenced with a two-leg defeat to Bristol City and relegation to division three.

 

[Ollessendro]

Gareth Taylor back in the late 90's. Night match, possibly a Tuesday evening against Forrest? We won 1-0. Just before the infamous double sale of Deane and Fjortoft. Taylor hit a thuderbolt of a volley into the back of the net. From my recollection (which may not necessarily be accurate) it was a corner that was headed out and Taylor smashed it in. It was a peach of a goal. Beautiful technique.

Pretty sure it was supposed to be Taylor's last game (did he throw his shirt into the kop?) as a deal was already done for him. But his brilliant volley and the fans cheering his name convinced Charles Green to keep him and sell Deane and Fjortoft instead.

Taylor was technically not crap. He was good in the air, strong and had reasonable technique. But he was so fucking lazy and inconsistent. He performed maybe 1 in every 4 games for the Blades and was pretty anonymous the rest of the time. Therefore I think he can fit into the crap player, great goal category.

 

[Grecian2000]

the lightweight, underwhelming Tony Philliskirk

As good a description of Phyllis as I've heard (if rather more polite than many).

 

[Grecian2000]

One of the best goals I've ever seen Olly (thought it was a dark and dingy Saturday afternoon though).

I didn't include it because I didn't think Taylor was that useless (just moderately so).

 

[Rodders]

Gareth Taylor back in the late 90's. Night match, possibly a Tuesday evening against Forrest? We won 1-0. Just before the infamous double sale of Deane and Fjortoft. Taylor hit a thuderbolt of a volley into the back of the net. From my recollection (which may not necessarily be accurate) it was a corner that was headed out and Taylor smashed it in. It was a peach of a goal. Beautiful technique.

Pretty sure it was supposed to be Taylor's last game (did he throw his shirt into the kop?) as a deal was already done for him. But his brilliant volley and the fans cheering his name convinced Charles Green to keep him and sell Deane and Fjortoft instead.

Taylor was technically not crap. He was good in the air, strong and had reasonable technique. But he was so fucking lazy and inconsistent. He performed maybe 1 in every 4 games for the Blades and was pretty anonymous the rest of the time. Therefore I think he can fit into the crap player, great goal category.

Taylor's goal was a Saturday match against Forest in Sep 97. The match which was his "last" was Charlton in December.

 

[super_pig]

Steve Cammack.. 30 yard screamer vs Leeds in the 70's through the firework mist.. probably my favourite ever goal actually

 

[IOM Blade]

Doyle's scored a couple of good'uns. The one against Burton in this season's league cup was pretty special.

 

[Darren]

Darren, as we have debated before, you have the Morris 2nd pen and Edwards Hattrick goals transposed....

There was nothing surprising about Gage's goal. He scored a number for us from distance.

I am 99.9 sure that I haven't. I was at the game and distinctly remember not bothering that much if Morris scored his second pen as we had obviously won the game already (though as it hadn't, if he hadn't scored than pen we wouldn't have gone up). If Morris' 2nd pen was to put us 4-3 up I would not have felt like that.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Those two free kicks McMahon scored in the same match last season.

 

[Blackheath Blade]

Doyle's scored a couple of good'uns. The one against Burton in this season's league cup was pretty special.

And the one at Rochdale that night, the season before last. Great goal, crap player.

 

[Gibbo89]

Tony Field. Absolute munter, 1 "unbelievable" goal v Ipswich.

Remember that goal well, he must have beaten virtually their whole side before slotting it in past the keeper. It was on I think ITV and they raved about it and showed it over and over again. Fact is he never had control of the ball once (he had a terrible touch) and nearly fell over twice. That goal and the fact he always seemed to spend more time on his arse than his feet are my overriding memories of Tony Field, god bless him.

 

[Silent Blade]

Remember that goal well, he must have beaten virtually their whole side before slotting it in past the keeper. It was on I think ITV and they raved about it and showed it over and over again. Fact is he never had control of the ball once (he had a terrible touch) and nearly fell over twice. That goal and the fact he always seemed to spend more time on his arse than his feet are my overriding memories of Tony Field, god bless him.

See Field's goal in the below link (it is right at the end of the clipping)

 

[Kentblade]

I recall that goal as if it was yesterday.
Enjoyed watching Keith Peacock score as he was manager Gillingham,along with Gavin Peacock at one stage,when I was involved there.
UTB

 

[ScoobBlade]

Laurent d'jaffa cake scored an absolute screamer from about 30yds against burnley at home in 2002. The game stands out for me for 2 reasons other than that strike, Paul gascoigne started for burnley and it was , I believe, the day jags scored his first goals for united, also lining up with tonge and Monty

 

[Blade59]

Heffernan's was indeed v Orient in that weird game on 3/3/84. Two goals from Edwards put us 2-0 up early in the first half, but early in the 2nd half Orient were 3-2 up. We equalised after a Stan header from a corner was spectacularly caught by an Orient defender on the line (for which he only got a yellow) and Morris scored the pen. Then Edwards made it 4-3, before late on Heffernan picked up the ball at right back and ran pretty much unchallenged down the right wing before whacking the ball in from around 25 yards. In injury time, Edwards was brought down in the area and Morris scored his second pen.

Remember this game well. The Pigs were away at Barnsley on the same day and won with a Mel Sterland penalty, about the only significant action in the whole game. In Mondays star there was a 2 page photo spread showing before the penalty, during the penalty, after the penalty from every different angle possible. Meanwhile not one photo from our game despite it being an 8 goal thriller and us going for promotion at the time. It was one of the things along with save our Fowls that reinforced my opinion of the Stars Wednesday bias.