Originally Posted by crc
1. Diego Maradona, Argentina ('Hand of God', Mexico '86)
2. Diego Maradona, Argentina (the other one weaving his way from the half way line, Mexico '86)
3. Niall Quinn, Rep. Ireland (Equaliser at Wembly, Euro '92 qualifiers)
4. Ray Houghtan, Rep Ireland (Stuttgart '88)
5. Davide Gualtieri, San Marino (Scored after 7 seconds, WC' 94 qualifier)
6. Zidane Zidane, France Euro 2004 (free kick to make it 1-1)
7. Zidane Zidane, France Euro 2004 (penalty kick to make it 2-1)
8. Rui Costa, Portugal Euro 2004 (to put Portugal 2-1 up in extra time)
9. Ricardo (goalkeeper), Portugal Euro 2004 (to win 6-5 on penalties and sent the cnuts home)
10. Luis Figo, Portugal (Nutmeg, Euro 2000)
11. Gerd Muller (Der Bomber) West Germany, World Cup 1972, Mexico (scored in extra time for Germans to win 3-2 and sent the cnuts home)
12: Moeller, Germany - winning spot kick against them in the Euro 96 shoot out. More a fave for his arrogant strutting celebration to leave the "three lions" brigade in tears. Stand up Frank Skinner!!!
13. Ferenc Puskas, Hungary - England 3 - 6 Hungary (Friendly, Wembley 1953)
The third goal, scored by Puskas, had them completely bewildered as he changed direction by rolling the ball back with the sole of his feet, swivelled and hit the ball past the hapless goalkeeper, Birmingham City's Gil Merrick.
14. Hallvar Thoresen, Norway - Norway 2-1 England (World Cup Qualifier, Ullevål Stadion, Oslo). The goal which prompted the famous "Maggie Thatcher" match summary from NRK Radio commentator Bjørge Lillelien.
15. Ronaldinho, Brazil (World Cup 2002, Seaman watching it going over his head thinking "I never thought that would happen again....")
16. Ronald Koeman, Netherlands ( free kick for Holland that stopped them qualifying for the 94 World Cup)
17. David Kelly, Rep. Ireland (Lansdowne - 1995)
18. Jim Baxter, Scotland (Home International Championships) - 1967
19. hakiri's corner kick against Seaman in was it the 2002 WC qualifiers?
20. Con Martin, Rep. Ireland Goodison 1949)
21. Peter Farrell, Rep. Ireland (Goodison 1949)
22. Terry Neill, N. Ireland (Wembley 1972)
23. Salas, Chile (on Owen's debut before the World Cup in 98.)
24. Ganeas, Romania ( 88th minute peno for Romania to knock them out of Euro 2000. They only needed the draw to progress to the knockout phase. 3-2 Romania....nice!!)
25. Alexandersson, Sweden (World Cup 2002)
26. Thomas Brolin, Sweden (a one-two and then a volley to send them out of Euro '92)
27. Jan Aage Fjortoft (Norway, WC94 Q)
28. Alexi Lalas (USA, US Cup 93) [I'd forgotten about this one]
29. Kenny Dalglish (Scotland, Wembley 1977) through Clemences legs.
30. Domarski (Poland, Wembley 1973)
31. Jan Peters (Holland, Wembley 1977)
32. Jesper Olsen (Denmark, Wembley 1984)
33-35. Marco van Basten (Holland, Euro 88) hat-trick
36. Kevin Sheedy, Rep. Ireland (World Cup, Italia '90)
37. Dieter Hamman, Germany (last goal at Wembley, 2000)
38. Andy Brehme, W.Germany (Turin, Italia '90 World Cup Semi-Final)
39. Gaetjans, USA (1950, World Cup. US won 1-0)
40. Hergal, Tunisia (1990, friendly)
41. Popovic, Australia (2003, Oz beat Sasana 3-1 in Upton Park)
42. Kewell, Australia (ditto)
43. Emerton, Australia (ditto)
44. Andreas Ivanschitz, Austria (WC 06 qualifier, last year. Finished 2-2)
45. Dan Petrescu, Romania (WC 1998 with two minutes to score. Kevin Keegan after Michael Owen's equaliser blurted out "There's only one team going to win this game and that is England!" Romania won 2-1)
46. Oleg Protasov, USSR (1984. England lost 2-0 and it started a parliamentary debate to boot out Bobby Robson as manager.)
47. Tony Cascarino, Rep. Ireland (equaliser, euro '92 qualifier, Lansdowne Rd)
48. Denis Bergkamp, Netherlands (lob over Woods during the 2-2 draw at Wembley in the 1994 WC Qualifiers. Pure class!)
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Nearly at 50. I know there's a lot names there, but I wonder if a kindly mod might make these into a poll...(?) :)
