Best Goal Scored by the Worst Player

[Ferrite]

One for these quiet off-season days: what’s the best goal you’ve seen scored by the worst player?

My nomination is Ian Morris’ 40-yard screamer against Sheffield Wednesday. A very modest player scoring a brilliant goal.

I’m also tempted to add Jamie McCombe’s great goal in the cup against Barnsley, not because he was a bad player but because he was playing completely out of position.

Any others?

[lesgeo]

Peter Foley at Belle Vue Donny end of the 60s. (68?)
Ball crossed in around the penalty spot, he rose like a salmon (so high that he must have been dizzy) and it hammered past the GK off his forehead.
Had his moments dribbling but, as far as I recall, this was the only time I saw him head a ball.

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[DarrynStampGoalMachine]

Perch scored a 30 odd yard screamer in a Tuesday night game at GP

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[DarrynStampGoalMachine]

[Northumbiron]

Andy McFarlane’s 30 yarder!

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[mistertonmick]

Borthwick-Jackson v Charlton, one was a worldy.

[Ferrite]

Bit harsh on Perch I reckon – he wasn’t a bad player so much as over-rated, I would say? Maybe I’m being generous.

Borthwick-Jackson is a great shout, where’s he ended up now? Was he at Oldham?

Can’t remember the Andy Mac one NI has mentioned, who was that against?

[MK Iron]

DarrynStampGoalMachine wrote:

Perch scored a 30 odd yard screamer in a Tuesday night game at GP

To be fair he scored nearly as good a goal against us a few weeks back.

[BigLeftToe]

Dave Mulligan’s solitary goal for us…a Del Piero-esque free-kick fired into the top corner!

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[lesgeo]

Borthwick-Jackson is available! (Unless I have missed him being snapped up after release from Oldham.)

[Ironawe]

Didn’t he go to Burton Albion?

[Ferrite]

It’s harder than you might think to come up with a good candidate because the really awful players (Ormondroyd, Henderson, etc.) never actually scored for us or, like Chris Iwelumo, the goals they did score were pretty bog-standard.

[barriethomas]

Chris Iwelumo scored one of the worst goals. UTWI

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