[News] Twenty six years ago today.....

crodonilson

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Jan 17, 2005

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Lyme Regis

• Sep 7, 2021

• #1

[YT]TRj3dKKp9tI[/YT]

One of the seminal moments of 90's football and one you can trace back as a turning point where the game went from one attended by almost exclusively young men and yobs to the universal game we love today.

Can still remember where I was when I saw this, will always stay with me and I am still agog when I watch it all these years later.

 

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Neville's Breakfast

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May 1, 2016

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Oxton, Birkenhead

• Sep 7, 2021

• #2

Yep, I used to be both a young man and a yob. As soon as I saw that goalie thingy I signed up for a sex change and embraced peace. What a moment !

 

studio150

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Jul 30, 2011

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On the Border

• Sep 7, 2021

• #3

No doubt I will get whooshed given I don't get the OPs 'humour' but the game was played 6 September 1995 so the thread is a day late.

 

Nobby Cybergoat

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Jul 19, 2021

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• Sep 7, 2021

• #4

Yeh .... hilarity ... It was an incredible moment though

But if i'm the fellas manager, i'm subbing him off immediately and not playing him again.

It doesn't matter that it worked. If he tries it, and celebrates it, he's not looking out for the team.

Great for the neutral though and i'm confident Bobby Sanchez won't be looking to emulate it any time soon.

 

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nickbrighton

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Feb 19, 2016

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• Sep 7, 2021

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one of those that looks spectacular if it works, but what a plonker if it had gone in! We have all seen keepers making the most out of diving saves but this one is OTT

 

B-right-on

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Apr 23, 2015

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Shoreham Beaaaach

• Sep 7, 2021

• #6

The save is almost as good as the hair.

 

Poojah

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Nov 19, 2010

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Leeds

• Sep 7, 2021

• #7

Pfft, the flag was already up for offside.

The look on his face when he realises he’s pulled it off is absolutely brilliant. He must have been planning it in his head for some time, surely?

 

crodonilson

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Jan 17, 2005

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Lyme Regis

• Sep 7, 2021

• Thread starter
• #8

I bet there are a few of the lucky 20,038 on attendance who have kept their ticket stub to confirm 'they were there' the night Higuita did his scorpion kick. The player who hit the snapshot seems to have been erased from memory.

 

Cowfold Seagull

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Apr 22, 2009

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Cowfold

• Sep 7, 2021

• #9

crodonilson said:

[YT]TRj3dKKp9tI[/YT]

One of the seminal moments of 90's football and one you can trace back as a turning point where the game went from one attended by almost exclusively young men and yobs to the universal game we love today.

Can still remember where I was when I saw this, will always stay with me and I am still agog when I watch it all these years later.

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A seminal moment, really? . . . if l were Higuita's manager l would have had a coronary

 

Spiros

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Jul 9, 2003

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Too far from the sun

• Sep 7, 2021

• #10

crodonilson said:

The player who hit the snapshot seems to have been erased from memory.

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Though it does seem to mention the name 'Redknapp' on commentary

 

Guinness Boy

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Up and Coming Sunny Portslade

• Sep 7, 2021

• #11