Description of the last goal you scored in an 11-a-side game and the year you scored it

thai malaysia addick

For me:

April 1982 - Nice throughball put me one on one with the keeper, but it was on my naff right foot. I mishit it badly. It ricocheted off the keepers legs for me to tuck away into an unguarded net with my left foot.

After that, it was the goals I scored in the garden against my kids

MrLargo

2015 I think, somewhere in the vicinity of Canada Water and Rotherhithe.

"In comes the corner. It's headed clear, but Largo's on the edge of the box. It drops to him on the volley, he takes aim for the top right corner. But no, he's sliced it completely, it's deceived everyone and bobbled into the top left corner. What a goal!

Pedro45

About 1984, playing right back. Attacking corner half cleared to me moving forwards, badly controlled, I got to it just before a defender and beat him to the left, then just larupped it from 25 yards with my wrong foot (left) and it went through the crowd of players still up for the corner, beating the unsighted keeper, into the bottom corner.

PaddyP17

2012, during games at school. An absolute pearler to be fair: cross came in from the right, was headed out to me, I took one touch and volleyed it complete and utter top bins from about 22 yards out.

Then I tore an ACL and haven't played 11 a side since. Ah well.

Elthamaddick

last season (April 2018), 44 next month, still playing vets and had my best ever scoring season, 17 goals from midfield (occasional left back/centre half)

scored some half decent ones as well, however the last one was a simple far post 'tap in' header.

maidstoneaddick

1993, ball get's won in 50/50 challenge on the wing by our left back who hits a first time cross. Ball just too high for last defender to get head on it, with me just behind him. Hit cushioned volley with the inside of right foot, lobbed the keeper. Get in!!!

Leuth

Late 2014. I come out of goal for the last ten and play striker. Long ball, other keeper comes out and tries to Neuer it, misses completely, I dribble it to the goal-line, turn around and backheel it in, whereupon full-time is declared. The guy who runs the match admits that he wanted to call full-time before I put it in, and that had he known how I was going to do it, he certainly would have done

KiwiValley

July 2018 - got a bullet header on a corner 8 yards out from the back post. Unstoppable man

Riviera

At school around 1978, I was standing in the centre circle and the keeper booted it in my direction. I instinctively hit it straight back towards him on the volley with remarkably clean contact. He was helpless as it went over his head and into the goal on the full.
We lost that game 1-0.....

PragueAddick

PaddyP17 said:

2012, during games at school. An absolute pearler to be fair: cross came in from the right, was headed out to me, I took one touch and volleyed it complete and utter top bins from about 22 yards out.

Then I tore an ACL and haven't played 11 a side since. Ah well.

Glad you mentioned that, can we have a separate thread for injuries that ended your 11 a side career? then I can mention the game on my honeymoon :-)

Leuth

Riviera said:

At school around 1978, I was standing in the centre circle and the keeper booted it in my direction. I instinctively hit it straight back towards him on the volley with remarkably clean contact. He was helpless as it went over his head and into the goal on the full.
We lost that game 1-0.....

If this is true we can close the thread here

Carter

2005, Garrison ground Gillingham

Went up for a corner, shit delivery of said corner doesn't clear first man, skims back to corner taker who flips in a diamond of a cross that just goes over the keepers hands and lands on my head which plants the ball to the side of the man on the post not really paying attention

A-R-T-H-U-R

July.
Left wing, aiming for a great mate charging up the middle.
Strongest part of my game is spraying of Waddle-esque passes and crosses (but increasingly waddle-style 'runs'). Confidently deliver what I'm sure will be a pin-point cross for mate to nod home.
Ball somehow gets stuck between my left foot and some kind of baked island on the pitch.
Result; ball swerves madly into top left corner. Couldn't even hope to claim it as intentional.
Apologise slightly more to their gk than to my exasperated mate.

carly burn

Completely scuffed a clearance for a corner. Clipped my mates arse as it headed in for an OG.
He wouldn't claim it though, as amazingly it was on target when it left my boot!

2015

The Red Robin

I can tell you plenty I've missed!

Last one I scored was earlier this year from a quick pass inside from the left winger and I made a surging, Lampard-esque run onto it to sweep it into the bottom left with my left foot (I'm right footed) - I was the most surprised person on the pitch!

Oh_Yoni_Boy

Saturday, got the ball on the outside of the box on the break with a defender in front of me... heavy first touch but defender stood off, went to wrap my foot around it for a Lisbie vs Liverpool finish (bent around the defender) and scuffed it, stretching because of said crap touch... but fooled everyone inc. the keeper who watched it pea-roll into the intended corner. Pretty horrible.

Pelling1993

2007 corner came in and beat everyone, they had no one on the back post. I came through a pack of players to meet the ball smashed it in from so close in my foot followed through and i kicked the post, broken big toe for the privilege, haven't played 11 a side game since.....

bobmunro

My last goal was 21 years ago and somewhat spectacular!

Picked the ball up in midfield and drifted to the left of the area - cut back inside and gave the keeper the eyes to send it far right then smashed in at the near post. No, I didn't miss-hit it!

Within 5 minutes I had broken my leg and that was nature's way of telling a 40 year old to hang up his boots.

T

1993. Ball came to me on edge of the box my left foot (normally my standing one). Cross/shot with a surprisingly decent contact as i hit it i slipped, bottom half of right leg stayed planted in the ground, top half of leg went with bodily momentum.

Manged to look up from prone position with knee cap somewhere on the wrong side of the leg to see ball bounce off the post and in. 18 months on crutches, telling everyone how my Roberto Carlos-esq finish did for me.

theeenorth

2012 cup quarters against Trimpell, horrible squally wet day, playing in the middle at the back, 5 to go, long punt from their defence bounced between two of their forwards, both watching it and neither going for it so ran in between them and half volleyed it back where it came from. Wind caught it and it flew into top corner from about 60 yards. Took game to extra time which was the last thing I needed. We won on pens. Made it through to the final at the Globe Arena where we were destroyed.

North Lower Neil

2011 I think. Scuffed a free kick, it took about 4 deflections and then the keeper fumbled it in. Complete fluke.

I've scored a lot better!

C_Jensens_Love_Child

Laid the ball wide, carried on the run into the box. Far post cross and I stretched to knock it in from a tight angle and proceeded to blow out my arse and not leave centre circle for last 30 mins. About 6 weeks ago.

Simonsen

Last "domestic" goal - 1996. Old Greenfordians FC - Tight angle, well struck, keeper went down too early and it went in the roof of the net.

Last goal - 2003 - Dynamo Wijndaal (Belgium) v Old Greenfordians FC - Near post header, in-swinging right wing free-kick, got across marker beyond near post, big running leap, beat the keeper who came to punch, glancing header flew into far side netting. 2nd best goal I ever scored (only scored about 20). Put a 6 inch tear in my right hamstring 5 mins later and have never been fit since.

thai malaysia addick

Simonsen said:

Last "domestic" goal - 1996. Old Greenfordians FC - Tight angle, well struck, keeper went down too early and it went in the roof of the net.

Last goal - 2003 - Dynamo Wijndaal (Belgium) v Old Greenfordians FC - Near post header, in-swinging right wing free-kick, got across marker beyond near post, big running leap, beat the keeper who came to punch, glancing header flew into far side netting. 2nd best goal I ever scored (only scored about 20). Put a 6 inch tear in my right hamstring 5 mins later and have never been fit since.

I think my only goal on foreign soil was in Belgium. A well struck shot somewhere near Ostend in the first minute. Result: 1-6 loss.

cafcpolo

2010 at a guess...Evening pre season friendly. Didn't make KO due to work, was brought on as a sub with about 20mins of second half left. Scored two pretty quickly, third I picked the ball up on the break on our right wing. Just ran diagonally across the pitch beating about four of their men on the way. Ball took a bobble just as I was about to unleash so had to run on further, made it just before their fullback. Instead of letting rip with my weaker left, I lost balance, caught the ball on the up with my toe and watched it loop up into the far corner over the keeper. Ball flight was just like Claus against Arsenal (with none of the composure) but on the other side of the pitch. Ending up falling through their fullback, hamstring went. Came off injured, not played since.

Everyone there thought it was an absolute beauty of a goal, of course I told them I meant it.

I didn't.

SDAddick

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(I'm really more of a holding player)

RedChaser

Probably about April 1978 for our first team. I had played most of that season in the reserves who already won one cup, finished runners up in the league and I was dropped for the second cup final 'upwards' to the first team, if that makes sense, to make way for a lad who had been on Derby County's books as a youngster.

I went up for a corner, edge of the 18 yard box and as the ball came through a crowded goalmouth I caught it as sweet as a nut and buried it the onion bag. I turned to the Reserve Team Manager on the touchline who had dropped me, saluted him with a victory sign and said not bad for a third team player eh! We went on to win that game and relegate the opposition.

Needless to say the reserves won the second cup final that same afternoon without me so the manager felt his decision was justified but I felt that I had had the last laugh.

CatAddick

Not my last, but best remembered. 1996. I had already intercepted a back pass and slotted past the keeper, then flicked one in from a corner at the near post similar to Karlan’s when another sloppy back pass gave the chance to complete a hatrick for the second week running. I beat the keeper but a covering full back slid in to clear a yard out. From the resulting corner I took up the near post flick position again only to be double marked. Last minute I peeled off to the edge of the six yard box, was picked out, and from a standing position powered one of the strongest headers I’ve ever hit into the net and got the full ‘ripple’. It was a cup game and we lost 5-4....

TEL

1988 diving header at that old sports ground along the Sidcup bypass. My second goal of the game and managed to cut my hand open on some broken glass buried in the mud. We won 3-0 my last ever 11 a side game against a side from Leeds.

Mortimerwasgod

Pre season friendly for my sunday team. Put clean through on left side of box, rounded keeper with left foot and slotted in from tight angle with left again. Done my cruciate two weeks later while training and only ever played with kids since. Still miss it though, and it's been 10 years.

guinnessaddick

2 nil down with a couple for minutes to go in a cup game. We get a pen and score to make it 2-1 with very little time left. From the centre as I standing in the left winger position and ran diagonally across the pitch towards their left back to intersect his back pass to the keeper (time wasting) which I hit first time on my right foot (normally for standing on) into the top corner. I was the only member of our team in their half and the other team then telling the ref that I haven't gone back into my own half after the pen. He had seen my run and allowed the goal. Beat them in the replay, a few weeks later, they were still staying I stayed in their half.