If it hadn't have been for John Salako then we would have been the first Premier League side to lose to a non-league side in a cup game. He equalized for us in the last minute at The Valley against a then Conference based Dagenham & Redbridge side.
Scott Sinclair scored a hat-trick for Swansea in the Championship Playoff Final back in 2011. Think he might have been the first player to score a hat-trick at Wembley since Clive Mendonca.
One of those players I often forget played for us - for good reasons as well!
Scott Sinclair scored a hat-trick for Swansea in the Championship Playoff Final back in 2011. Think he might have been the first player to score a hat-trick at Wembley since Clive Mendonca.
One of those players I often forget played for us - for good reasons as well!
Defoe got one for England in 2010. Does he count as one of ours
Don't know if this has been mentioned before on CL, But Chris Duffy was the 1st player ever to celebrate a cup final Goal by going Ape and running half the length of the field. It was shown again on Pathe news last week on the Beeb. I know it's de rigueur now, but was unheard of back in the CAFC glory days.
I've done a quick summary of where we are with this. So far 46 goals from 29 different players including penalty shoot-outs. Are there any more, though?
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Roger Smart for Swindon in the LC final v the Gooners 1969
I probably saw about 35 of those 47 apps, just have no real memory of him playing for us.
Anyway, back to thread, Paul Hayes for Barnsley, 2006 play offs
The first to score there or some such
One of those players I often forget played for us - for good reasons as well!
But Chris Duffy was the 1st player ever to celebrate a cup final Goal
by going Ape and running half the length of the field.
It was shown again on Pathe news last week on the Beeb.
I know it's de rigueur now, but was unheard of back in the CAFC glory days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAKjr-VXRVU
It must have been ages ago, 'cos Shearer's got hair.
Mark Kinsella
John Robinson
Shaun Newton
Mark Bowen
Keith Jones
Then in this case I draw a blank.