What's the most iconic England goal?

[Astafjevs]

Stolen after watching this, where the question was asked (albeit phrased differently and referencing a specific goal):

 

 

[buffalo]

going for Platt, still gutted about that one

Hurst didn't actually score did he, or was the investigation conclusive after all

Edited November 15, 2022 by buffalo

[Harryseaess]

Got to be Hurst and it’s not even close.

[Barry Cartman]

Sterling vs Italy 

[The_jagster]

Platt, mixture of importance of the goal and also that it required great technique. And the Motson commentary soundtracks it brilliantly.

[skybluedave]

49 minutes ago, Barry Cartman said:

Sterling vs Italy 

Belter

 

[Chase Failey]

Hurst the obvious answer tbh

That Becks goal against Greece was massive though 

[Bliss Seeker]

Becks Vs Greece is the only one on the list that still gives me goosebumps. 

One of those games I remember quite vividly too, even though it was 20 years ago. We were so **** that day, and Becks ran around like a headless chicken all over the pitch completely ****ing up the formation but looking like the only player who cared.

Then that free kick in stoppage time was just perfect. Can still hear the net flex back as the ball hit it. 

But it was just a qualifier, so maybe loses iconic points for that.

 

Owen Vs Argentina will never get old. He looks like a 5 year old with superpowers darting through the entire Argentina defence.

[aggressive minor]

Dier’s pen 😭

[pearcey_90]

Trippier free kick v Croatia. Ah, the highs  Disregard what happened afterwards.

[Coulthard's Jaw]

11 hours ago, The_jagster said:

Platt, mixture of importance of the goal and also that it required great technique. And the Motson commentary soundtracks it brilliantly.

It's the commentary that makes these goals.

[VP.]

Went with Platt as obviously not old enough to have seen the Hurst goal live where as have all the others.

 

[Rob1981]

Platt or Beckham. Biggest goals are the ones that decide games late on and make a difference between qualifying and not qualifying.

Geoff Hurst the game was already won. Michael Owen’s wondergoal counted for nothing by the end of the night. Gascoigne against Scotland we were already 1-0 up and the result wasn’t even that important with another group game still to come.

Probably give it to Beckham tbh. Even though it was a qualifier and not the finals. Because the difference between R16 and QF like Platt is surely not as big as the difference between qualifying and not being there at all.

[pearcey_90]

Im sure we’d have kept Rebrov/Shevchenko quite and qualified through play offs.

[Rob1981]

2 minutes ago, pearcey_90 said:

Im sure we’d have kept Rebrov/Shevchenko quite and qualified through play offs.

Yeah, but without Platt's goal I'm sure we would have smashed all our penalties past Preud'homme.  Oh wait

[skybluedave]

Platt's goal is proper good. Forget how good it is. Amazing technique 

[Rob1981]

Motson's commentary makes it as well... although somehow he seems to call the goal before it has even gone in.  Spooky.

[Coulthard's Jaw]

IN THE LAST MINUTE, OF EXTRA TIME!!!

[Coulthard's Jaw]

DAVID BECKHAM HAS DONE IT, BIG TIME just doesn't do it for me Clive

Edited November 16, 2022 by Coulthard's Jaw

[Bootador]

Hurst then Beckham, the rest are not iconic in any way imo. I have fond memories of Platt's but I doubt the newer generation even know of the goal.

[oche balboa]

Its Hurst's then Owens vs Argentina 

[WillHoward42]

Voted Beckham as that’s the goal I remember. I was 11 at the time… won’t have been old enough to remember anything in the 90s (certainly not to understand and appreciate the meaning of it all)

World Cup goal obviously the ‘biggest’ goal for England… but only a few of you on here will remember watching that live 

[Bootador]

The most iconic thing about the Beckham goal for me was the that Greece goalkeeper was a George Clooney lookalike iirc (that's what we all decided at the time anyway)

[Bootador]

Yep just googled, definitely George Clooney. No wonder Beckham scored.

[Rebs]

Hurst is the obvious, and correct, answer. But I voted with my personal choice, the Gazza goal. Not only was it from Gazza, my favourite ever England player, but it was just ridiculous in terms of skill and execution, plus it was part of a tournament that meant so much to me as a football fan that I experienced in my lifetime.

[GunmaN1905]

1 hour ago, Bootador said:

The most iconic thing about the Beckham goal for me was the that Greece goalkeeper was a George Clooney lookalike iirc (that's what we all decided at the time anyway)

What do you mean Greece goalkeeper.

Nikopolidis has as many international trophies as England in their history.

[skybluedave]

Le Tournoi counts

[m_fenton]

Hurst, but they're all definitely iconic in their own ways. Platt means the least to me, but I can see how it would mean a ton to anyone who saw it live. Owen against Argentina probably means little to anyone too young to have seen it live, but to me was one of the most magical moments I can ever remember, as an 8 year old watching the 2nd ever tournament I can remember (can only remember the penalty miss from 96 anyway). Gazza I can't remember seeing live, but can remember it being all that anyone ever tried to pull of in the playground for years afterward. Beckham v Greece might be the most mental I've ever gone after a goal, to cap a career defining performance, except any games I've been in the stadium for.

Hurst, for me, is the only one that transcends generations. Only SCR would have seen it live, but it's a part of all of our football history in a way that just feels bigger than the others.

[Pompeyboyz]

Owens might be the better, but you cannot beat the commentators line

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