Worst goals United have conceded

[SouthEssexBlade]

There was a spell of games with Nicky Johns in goal. Take your pick from that lot.

 

[Davie Blade]

simples
the last one we conceded

 

[Silent Blade]

There was a spell of games with Nicky Johns in goal. Take your pick from that lot.

Played in the below game against Sunderland. Kenworthy thought Johns was going to pick the ball up easily but he didnt allowing Gary Rowell to score. The video doesnt have Sunderland's 2nd goal (scored by Bob Lee). He let in soft goals in the 4-1 home defeat against L**ds and never played for us again although he had a long career at Charlton afterwards

 

[Shalalalafenoughty]

played reading at elm park in a night match lost heavely in the end i think 4-0 jeff King ex pig scored an own goal when he slashed at the ball from outside the box and scored with a great shot unfortunately in our net, the most remarkeble own goal i have ever seen and ive seen a few.

I wasn't at that game, Finlay, so I can't comment other than to say it would have had to go some to beat this one about which I posted on another thread a while back:

"The greatest own goal I've ever seen from a United player was Tony Moore's at Exeter in January 1980, a couple of weeks after the Boxing Day disaster.

A smallish knot of diehards gathered on the away end, the end we were defending first half. Exeter kicked off and the ball was instantly played out to the right wing. I think it was Steve Neville, shortly to play for us, who picked it up and swung in a cross. Moore did that thing defenders do and assumed it was going over his head. He turned his back on it and set off running towards the corner flag on our right flank, presumably expecting it to appear in front of him at some point thus enabling him to clear. There wasn't an attacker near him. Whether the wind caught it or not I don't know but the ball hit him on the back of his head about six yards out and trickled into the net with Derek Richardson and our disbelieving support looking on open-mouthed. It was our first touch of the ball and must have been all of twenty seconds in.

We were two down after three minutes, lost 3-1 in the end, John Matthews got sent off and had a Cantona-style confrontation with an Exeter fan on the front row of the stand as he trudged off.

It was a long way to go for such a miserable game and the rest of the season followed suit."

 

[Darren]

played reading at elm park in a night match lost heavely in the end i think 4-0 jeff King ex pig scored an own goal when he slashed at the ball from outside the box and scored with a great shot unfortunately in our net, the most remarkeble own goal i have ever seen and ive seen a few.

It was 2-0 23rd Feb 1983.

 

[Darren]

I wasn't at that game, Finlay, so I can't comment other than to say it would have had to go some to beat this one about which I posted on another thread a while back:

"The greatest own goal I've ever seen from a United player was Tony Moore's at Exeter in January 1980, a couple of weeks after the Boxing Day disaster.

A smallish knot of diehards gathered on the away end, the end we were defending first half. Exeter kicked off and the ball was instantly played out to the right wing. I think it was Steve Neville, shortly to play for us, who picked it up and swung in a cross. Moore did that thing defenders do and assumed it was going over his head. He turned his back on it and set off running towards the corner flag on our right flank, presumably expecting it to appear in front of him at some point thus enabling him to clear. There wasn't an attacker near him. Whether the wind caught it or not I don't know but the ball hit him on the back of his head about six yards out and trickled into the net with Derek Richardson and our disbelieving support looking on open-mouthed. It was our first touch of the ball and must have been all of twenty seconds in.

We were two down after three minutes, lost 3-1 in the end, John Matthews got sent off and had a Cantona-style confrontation with an Exeter fan on the front row of the stand as he trudged off.

It was a long way to go for such a miserable game and the rest of the season followed suit."

"Best" own goal I ever saw was v Bradford at the Lane on 28/3/87. Bradford kicked off and played the ball down their right wing. Someone got about 20 yards from the goal line and crossed. Unfortunately for them (or so they thought) the only person in the box was Andy "Carlos Alberto" Barnsley. No worries though as Andy rose like the proverbial salmon and put a bullet like header into the top left corner of the goal with Burridge stationary. Andy never got one at the right end.

Close to it was Stan's diving header against Preston at the Lane on 8/4/89.

 

[Taramasalata]

Didn't that waste of space Brian Gayle once put one into his own net with his knee? Remember that one.

 

[Wandsworth Blade]

There must be a Beesley own goal in here somewhere.

I do remember Beesley trying to pass back to Tracey on a sticky Bramall Lane pitch in the last minute and the Sunderland forward being presented with a gift. Saturday's goal was comical though. From front to back. What makes it worse is that Howard's kicking is usually so poor it just flies out to touch. His kick was one of the few he has connected with properly. Since QPR McEvely has been way below par. I am starting to fear the worst.

 

[Gretschblade]

Yep...the goal that gave Leeds the League title.....shocking.

 

[Pragmatic Blade]

Dave Holdsworth scored some good OG's - this was about the best I could find (for) Swindon in 1998 - about 0.47 on the clip



I agree with Darren though, I was there for the Andy Barnsley shocker. Never quite seen anything like it at the Lane since!

 

[Gretschblade]

That Bradford game was my 21st Birthday. Cheers Mr Barnsley.

 

[Darren]

Dave Holdsworth scored some good OG's - this was about the best I could find (for) Swindon in 1998 - about 0.47 on the clip



I agree with Darren though, I was there for the Andy Barnsley shocker. Never quite seen anything like it at the Lane since!

I was at the Swindon game and completely forgot the melee at 0.20. At least 3 players should have walked there, but none did as far as I recall...

 

[Reedy1889]

I might need correcting here but i seem to recall Paddy Kenny coming way out of his box towards the touchline and been robbed of the ball by Darren Huckerby (whilst at Norwich) you can guess what happened next...

 

[Grecian2000]

Worst I've ever seen (and by some distance) was Derek Richardson's finest hour at Swindon way back when (we ended up conceding 4 or 5).

Ball is passed back to Deadly Derek but is hit poorly and is heading out for a corner.
Deadly dives full length to prevent the corner and miraculously gets a hand to it and drags it back to the edge of the goal area.
Only player within ten yards is a Swindon forward who rolls it into the empty net (excellent finish as he was pissing himself at the time).
Not greeted with any great pleasure on the away end behind that very goal, although there were a few appreciative murmurs from those of us who consider themselves connoisseur's of the farcical.

 

[mattbianco1]

Has anybody got a clip of Cody MacDonalds shot against the crossbar from Saturday? Keith Edwards was saying it was a "world class" effort??

 

[Darren]

Worst I've ever seen (and by some distance) was Derek Richardson's finest hour at Swindon way back when (we ended up conceding 4 or 5).

Ball is passed back to Deadly Derek but is hit poorly and is heading out for a corner.
Deadly dives full length to prevent the corner and miraculously gets a hand to it and drags it back to the edge of the goal area.
Only player within ten yards is a Swindon forward who rolls it into the empty net (excellent finish as he was pissing himself at the time).
Not greeted with any great pleasure on the away end behind that very goal, although there were a few appreciative murmurs from those of us who consider themselves connoisseur's of the farcical.

We lost 5-2 - 14/2/81 and it was Richardon's last ever game. He only played because Conroy had had a row with Peters and didn't turn up for training one day, so Peters dropped him.

Bet Conroy had a smug smile on his face Monday morning.

 

[TonyAgana]

Not even one that United conceded but watching Everton's third against Wimbledon in 1994 still pisses me off. (it's on youtube)
How it was never proved to be match-fixing is beyond me, his dive is pathetic - he basically just sits down on the goalline. It's not even in the corner.

Fashanu high-fiving Tony Cottee in the tunnel after the game... :'(


(and if any masochists want to relive that fateful day... http://footballspeak.com/post/2012/05/07/Final-Days-To-Remember.aspx )

 

[ZoneManWilf]

I do remember Beesley trying to pass back to Tracey on a sticky Bramall Lane pitch in the last minute and the Sunderland forward being presented with a gift. Saturday's goal was comical though. From front to back. What makes it worse is that Howard's kicking is usually so poor it just flies out to touch. His kick was one of the few he has connected with properly. Since QPR McEvely has been way below par. I am starting to fear the worst.

That's the first one that sprang to mind when I saw this thread. Beesley and another defender made a total hash of it, and was yet another one for Marco Gabbiadini I think. His favourite hobby in the 80 and 90s was scoring against us...

 

[Revolution]

That's the first one that sprang to mind when I saw this thread. Beesley and another defender made a total hash of it, and was yet another one for Marco Gabbiadini I think. His favourite hobby in the 80 and 90s was scoring against us...

Beesley cost us both goals that day. Gabbiadini scored both in the last 5 minutes.

I remember listening to Bassett on the radio that night. He said that we would not go down. That was our 15th game without a win, and my Dad and I, who were starting to wonder if we'd win a game, laughed when he said that. How wrong we were!

 

[Darren]

Beesley cost us both goals that day. Gabbiadini scored both in the last 5 minutes.

I remember listening to Bassett on the radio that night. He said that we would not go down. That was our 15th game without a win, and my Dad and I, who were starting to wonder if we'd win a game, laughed when he said that. How wrong we were!

14th actually

We lost at Villa and Liverpool in our next two games to give us a 16 game winless run, ended by that 3-2 win over Forest.

 

[DI36O]

Not exactly the same as some cock ups mentioned but a nice farcical one, or at least I remember it this way so correct me if I'm wrong...

1997 vs Stoke who were having their nightmare relegation season. I think we contrived to go 2-0 or possibly 2-1 down by half time.

For one of the Stoke goals the referee had blown and then mistakenly given us a free kick outside our own box, then realised his error and awarded it the other way. Of course our defence had dropped their guard ready to move upfield, which allowed the quicker reacting Stoke player to run up and square the dead ball for Peter Thorne to tap in, unopposed.

Cue massive boos at the half time whistle. I think the ref apologised to our dressing room to be fair and anyway we turned it round second half for a 3-2 win.

 

[Darren]

On a similar farcical note - that game when we hammered 4-1 at Oxford on 14/12/96 when we couldn't cope with Matt Elliott in the air.

For Oxford's 2nd goal, a corner was knocked in, Elliott got the knock down and an Oxford player shot. Patterson was on the right hand post and handled on or about the line and the ball was cleared.

This was right in front of the United fans on the uncovered away end at the old Manor Ground. It wasn't clear if the ball had gone over the line and the ref went to consult the lino. Patterson, realising that if it wasn't in, it meant a pen and a sending off for him, followed the ref saying "ref, it worrin" (you could hear him from the terrace). The ref and lino decided it was in, Patterson only got a yellow and we were 2-0 down.

Only time, I have ever seen a player pleading for a goal for the opposition!

 

[Revolution]

On a similar farcical note - that game when we hammered 4-1 at Oxford on 14/12/96 when we couldn't cope with Matt Elliott in the air.

For Oxford's 2nd goal, a corner was knocked in, Elliott got the knock down and an Oxford player shot. Patterson was on the right hand post and handled on or about the line and the ball was cleared.

This was right in front of the United fans on the uncovered away end at the old Manor Ground. It wasn't clear if the ball had gone over the line and the ref went to consult the lino. Patterson, realising that if it wasn't in, it meant a pen and a sending off for him, followed the ref saying "ref, it worrin" (you could hear him from the terrace). The ref and lino decided it was in, Patterson only got a yellow and we were 2-0 down.

Only time, I have ever seen a player pleading for a goal for the opposition!

I remember that. Exactly as you describe.

Martin Aldridge scored a hat trick in the first half. He was killed in a car crash a couple of years later.

Andy Scott, who had travelled but was not in the side, was having a burger outside the ground when he was told he'd have to play as someone was injured ( I forget who). Scott did not play well...

 

[Shalalalafenoughty]

We lost at Villa and Liverpool in our next two games to give us a 16 game winless run, ended by that 3-2 win over Forest.

I don't think I've ever been in a crowd as anxious for the final whistle as we were at that Forest game. The tension was almost unbearable.

 

[Darren]

I remember that. Exactly as you describe.

Martin Aldridge scored a hat trick in the first half. He was killed in a car crash a couple of years later.

Andy Scott, who had travelled but was not in the side, was having a burger outside the ground when he was told he'd have to play as someone was injured ( I forget who). Scott did not play well...

It was Nilsen I think.

 

[Shalalalafenoughty]

Fashanu high-fiving Tony Cottee in the tunnel after the game... :'(


(and if any masochists want to relive that fateful day... http://footballspeak.com/post/2012/05/07/Final-Days-To-Remember.aspx )

Prior to kick-off we were 12/1 to be relegated. I remember looking at the price in the Racing Post and toying with the idea of taking out a bit of insurance only to persuade myself it would be disloyal.

Fast forward to 2007, when we were 7/1 prior to the Wigan game to go down. It was a complete no-brainer to click on the bookie's website and take that price.

The money was very scant consolation, I have to say.

 

[Darren]

I don't think I've ever been in a crowd as anxious for the final whistle as we were at that Forest game. The tension was almost unbearable.

On the season video, there's a moment at the end, where the crwod is whistling for the final whistle as a routine ball is pumped into our box. Tracey goes to catch and fumbles it and it bounces away from him into the path of an onrushing Forest player. He manages to dive on the ball just before the Forest player gets there

Cue 18,000 heart attacks!

 

[United Aren't Back.]

I might need correcting here but i seem to recall Paddy Kenny coming way out of his box towards the touchline and been robbed of the ball by Darren Huckerby (whilst at Norwich) you can guess what happened next...

Boxing day 2005 , home to Norwich..stuffed 4 1 @t home, in our last promotion season...

 

[Blade82]

The unworth penalty for Wigan which sent us down. Not the goal itself but jags making the sloppy error to give it away.

So many ifs and buts that season. Where would we have been now eh

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

The unworth penalty for Wigan which sent us down. Not the goal itself but jags making the sloppy error to give it away.

So many ifs and buts that season. Where would we have been now eh

In our third year of 3rd division football instead of four.