100 GREAT GOALS: Part VIII - another ten great goals for you to select from

John Harding 20-06-07

How the hell do you select the best goal/goals from the last 100 years of wonderful football? It's a tough one to call but we are asking givemefootball readers to help us name the best of the best. Here are another ten to be going on with, in no particular order and from another a different era...look out for the final 20 over the next few of days and then there will be your chance to vote...

No.71: 1999 - Giggsy's greatest-ever goal shatters Gunners

Ryan Giggs' career is littered with trophies and medals galore, while his many memorable goals are constantly on shortlists for Goal of the Season. The most remarkable of all, perhaps, is his amazing solo-goal against Arsenal in the replay of the 1999 FA Cup semi final. Five minutes into the second period of extra time, Ryan picked up possession on the half way line just after Patrick Vieira had given the ball away, then set off on a scintillating run which took him all the way into the Arsenal area, dribbling past the whole Arsenal back line, including Tony Adams and Martin Keown, Vieira and Lee Dixon (twice) before launching his left-footed strike, a blistering angled shot into the roof of the net that gave keeper David Seaman little chance. It has been hailed as the best FA Cup goal of all time and was voted Manchester United's Greatest-Ever Goal in a poll of United fans.

No.72: 1999 - Glass will always be a Carlisle legend..and that's final

Carlisle keeper Jimmy Glass's moment of fame came on May 8, 1999, in the final match of the 1998-99 season against Plymouth Argyle, which the Cumbrians needed to win to avoid relegation. With the score 1-1 and just ten seconds remaining, and Carlisle winning a corner, Jimmy sprinted the length of the field to join all ten of his colleagues in the Plymouth penalty area. The corner was met with a strong goal-bound header from Scott Dobie, but Plymouth's keeper somehow managed to get a hand to the ball, only to deflect it into the path of his opposite number. Jimmy threw a foot at the ball, and drove it into the bottom corner of the goal! Carlisle got the win they needed and Scarborough were relegated to the Football Conference instead.The goal was scored with the final kick, from the final corner, in the final minute, of the final game, of the final season of the 20th Century! It was also Jimmy's final game for the club - his loan period expired, Carlisle couldn't agree personal terms with the club's new hero, and Jimmy returned to Swindon Town, and subsequently retired from football altogether. His whereabouts today remain a mystery.

No.73: 1999 - Ole records the most famous goal in United history

With 90 minutes gone in the European Cup Final, and Bayern Muich leading Manchester United 1-0, the fourth official's board went up, showing there would be only three minutes of injury time. David Beckham drove down the wing and Gary Neville's cross forced a corner. Peter Schmeichel caused chaos in the box, the Germans scrambled but failed to clear and the ball fell to Ryan Giggs. He scuffed a low drive from the edge of the area that seemed to be going wide until it fell into the path of Teddy Sheringham who swung his right boot to side-foot home from six yards. The massive stadium erupted and everyone prepared for extra time, the golden goal - even the dreaded penalties. Then Ole Gunnar Solskjaer won another corner, Beckham swung it in, Sheringham rose to flick it on down into the six yard area - and there was an unmarked Ole to hook the ball into the roof of the net with his outstretched right foot. The most famous goal in Manchester United's long illustrious history saw United sensationally come back from the dead to complete the Treble!

No.74: 2000 - Hooray for Henry as he puts United to the sword

With title contenders Manchester United and Arsenal locked at 0-0 at Highbury, Thierry Henry gloriously broke the impasse with a moment of sheer brilliance. Gilles Grimandi was nominally the provider of this Highbury strike. But this goal was all Henry's work, 'out of absolutely nothing' according to the man on the BBC microphone Simon Brotherton. Henry received a pass on the edge of the area from Grimandi and, though Denis Irwin was close-marking Henry, he could not stop the striker turning on a sixpence, flicking the ball up with his left foot before volleying it with his right, sending the ball high into the top corner past Fabiern Barthez who could only stand and admire his international colleague's magnificent work. The spectacular goal was enough for Arsenal to inflict Manchester United's first league defeat of the season at Highbury and earn Arsenal their second Goal of the Month award in succession.

No.75: 2001 - Bartlett's on fire - with a little help from Stuart's 'bomb'

South African international Shaun Bartlett put the seal on a deserved Charlton victory with a goal of real quality at The Valley in April. Graeme Stuart's super ball was reminiscent of a rugby league 'bomb' - a long, high ball into the corner designed to unsettle a defending winger on the try-line. With nine minutes left of a one-side match, Stuart's missile was a pin-point pass from the half way line for the South African striker, whose technique is simply sensational. Bartlett knew that taking a touch would allow Rowett to dive in and a corner - or at best a penalty - might be all the reward for Stuart's perceptive pass. So Bartlett first lost his marker to make space and then let fly with an unstoppable left-foot volley, angling the ball beyond Simon Royce and into the far corner. The detonation of Stuart's big high 'bomb' was the crowning moment in Charlton's excellent first season back in the top flight.

No.76: 2001 - Beckham secures World Cup qualification...virtually single-handed

In the 1998 World Cup, David Beckham received a red card for violent conduct in England's match against Argentina. Vilified in press and on terraces, it took three years before he transformed himself from villain to hero - and it happened in England's 2–2 draw against Greece on 6 October 2001. England needed to win or draw the match in order to qualify outright for the next World Cup, but were losing 2–1 with little time remaining. The rest of the England team were playing relatively poorly, and it was Beckham's inspirational performance that lifted his teammates. When Teddy Sheringham went down under a challenge from Costas Konstantinidis 30 yards from goal, England were awarded a free kick. On five occasions, Beckham's usually effective free kicks had failed to truly trouble the Greek goalkeeper. He placed the ball on his favourite piece of turf for one last try - and fashioned what will go down as one of his and England's greatest-ever goals by stepping up and curling an imperious shot wide of Antonis Nikopolidis in the Greek goal! Captain Fantastic had delivered again!

No.77: 2001 - Late Owen brace breaks Arsenal hearts

Arsenal were in charge, with Patrick Vieira dominant in midfield, but chances came and went until Freddie Ljungberg put them ahead 18 minutes from time. Their own net had scarcely been threatened, and although the Gunners squandered further chances to put the game safe, they looked destined to lift the Cup. But on 83 minutes, they failed to deal with Gary McAllister's free kick and the opportunistic Michael Owen swivelled to fire Liverpool improbably level. Six minutes later, Owen completed a sensational comeback, outpacing Lee Dixon as he raced onto a shrewd Patrik Berger pass, then eluding Tony Adams before despatching an angled shot fractionally past the outstretched arm of David Seaman to nestle just inside the far post. Arsenal had been mugged at the death by Owen's predatory excellence.

No.78: 2002 - Rooney makes his mark - and makes history

Wayne Rooney had been under an intense media spotlight since first arriving on the Goodison scene in 2002, but the pressure was to increase dramaically when he scored a memorable goal against title-holders Arsenal in October 2002, ending the Gunners' 30-match unbeaten run. Receiving the ball on the edge of the 18-yard box, 16-year-old Rooney brought it down with instant control and turned away from his marker before firing it into the top left-hand corner of the goal, beating England keeper David Seaman and giving Everton a late 2-1 victory at Goodison Park.The goal provoked Clive Tyldesley, the match commentator, to exclaim: "Remember the name, Wayne Rooney!" The wonder strike made him the youngest-ever goalscorer in the Premiership at the time.

No. 79: 2006 - Drogba wonder strike rattles Reds

In a game devoid of chances and incident, Didier Drogba provides a moment of fearsome power to win the points for Chelsea. Three minutes before half time, the ball is hoisted in from the right by Frank Lampard, a deep, high ball that Drogba, facing away from the goal on the edge of the box with Jamie Carragher at his shoulder, leaps high to first cushion on his chest, then, as it hits the ground, to volley it with his left foot hard and high into the net as he swivels round, all this in one swift movement that leaves Carragher floundering and keeper Pepe Reina rooted to the spot, unable to react quickly enough to even attempt to stop the thunderbolt. Jose Mourinho later says: "Didier Drogba's goal was fantastic, unbelievable."

No.80: 2006 - Stevie G stunner completes remarkable comeback

Things looked bleak for the Reds when West Ham went 2-0 up after 28 minutes but once again Steven Gerrard began to influence his side. He set up Djibril Cisse for a fantastic goal to make it 2-1 and then scored a wonderful goal himself to make it 2-2 after 54 minutes. However, the Hammers regained the initiative when Paul Konchesky's cross-cum-shot found its way past Pepe Reina into the net. 3-2 up as four minutes of added time were being announced, the Hammers were in sight of ending the big-four stranglehold on the Cup. However, a loose clearance by a West Ham defender found Riese out on Liverpool's left. He hoisted a long diagonal ball deep into West Ham's box where Anton Ferdinand headed powerfully out. The ball bounced once, twice - before Gerrard belted it back in from 35 yards, both feet well off the ground at impact, a venomous shot out that flew past Shaka Hislop and nestled into the bottom corner of the net to make it 3-3!