| With the new English football season upon us we're | | | | kids all over the world spent the next day trying to |
| sure to see some fantastic and breathtaking goals. | | | | replicate this jaw dropping piece of skill. |
| Every season a handful of players pull out something | | | | 5. Tony Yeboah's volley against Liverpool. Another |
| magical and score a goal that you didn't think was | | | | volley, and this is a special one. Seemingly from |
| possible. Looking over the best goals from last | | | | nothing Yeboah smashes the ball against the |
| season made me wonder, what would be the best | | | | underside of the bar to beat David James from 25 |
| goals ever scored? Well I've done some research and | | | | yards. Yeboah would score a similar goal the next |
| this is what I've come up with. | | | | week before fading away. Still, if you're going to be |
| 10. Geoff Hurst for England against Germany in the | | | | remember for something you may as well be |
| World Cup final in 1966. As an Englishman I think this | | | | remembered for an outstanding goal. |
| one can almost go without saying any more. The | | | | 4. Nayim against Arsenal in the Cup Winners Cup final. |
| goal that clinched the World Cup for England and | | | | One of the first goals of its kind, Nayim's audacious |
| secured our only international triumph to date has a | | | | lob fooled everyone, David Seaman included. The |
| special place for any football fan from the country | | | | vision to spot the goalkeeper off his line combined |
| where it was born. When you combine the goal with | | | | with the perfect execution is what makes this goal |
| the black and white footage and unforgettable | | | | so good. Add it to the fact that it is in a major |
| commentary from Kenneth Wolstenholme you get a | | | | European final and you have one of the best goals |
| classic moment for English football and one that | | | | ever scored. |
| hasn't been replicated since. | | | | 3. George Weah for AC Milan against Verona. This is |
| 9. Zinedine Zidane's left foot volley in the Champions | | | | an absolutely amazing goal. Picking the ball up inside |
| League final in 2002. Volleying a ball that drops from a | | | | his own penalty area Weah beats four players on his |
| height is one of the hardest skills to pull off in | | | | own while running the length of the pitch to score. |
| football. To volley it with such power and accuracy | | | | One of the best goals of all time no one has ever |
| on his weaker foot is why Zidane was such a special | | | | come close to scoring anything like it since. |
| player. | | | | 2. Marco Van Basten for Holland against the USSR in |
| 8. Carlos Alberto for Brazil against Italy in the 1970 | | | | 1988. This is the best volley ever scored. Hit from an |
| World Cup. The Brazil team of 1970 have often been | | | | impossible angle it is still unbelievable to watch the ball |
| thought of as one of the greatest teams of all time, | | | | fly in, it is hard to think that a volley will ever beat |
| with this goal one of their crowning glories. It is a | | | | this. |
| brilliant team goal involving the whole team and when | | | | 1. Diego Maradona against England in 1986. No, not |
| Carlos Alberto bursts out of nowhere to provide the | | | | the handball that should have been disallowed. The |
| finishing touch you have a moment of World Cup | | | | other goal. The one where Maradona beats five |
| history. | | | | England players before calmly slotting the ball into the |
| 7. Trevor Sinclair's bicycle kick for QPR in 1997. If | | | | net. While not running as far as George Weah, |
| volleying a ball was one of the hardest skills then an | | | | Maradona didn't just use pace to beat players, but |
| overhead kick must be the hardest skill to pull off. | | | | ghosted past world-class English players like they |
| Sinclair's overhead kick is the best one I've ever | | | | weren't there. If there ever was a one man team it |
| seen, hit with precision off a pacey cross with | | | | was this Argentina team, and Maradona was their |
| flawless technique, it is simply an amazing goal. | | | | driving force. An incredible player and this was his |
| 6. Roberto Carlos' free kick for Brazil against France | | | | best goal. |
| in 1997. Dubbed the banana kick, or the impossible | | | | Well these were my favourite goals of all time. There |
| goal the amount of swerve that Roberto Carlos | | | | are a lot I've left out, but search for these on |
| managed with this kick is unreal. The flight of the ball | | | | YouTube and you're sure to be amazed. |
| completely fooled French keeper Fabian Barthez as | | | | |