A Virtual Tour of Football’s Most Iconic Goal Celebrations
A List of the Most Iconic Goal Celebrations in Football History
We all love to see our favourite players score big out on the pitch - especially when goal celebrations get creative.
Join us on a trip down memory lane as we take a look at the most iconic goal celebrations of all-time!
Robbie Fowler’s controversial goal celebration at the 1999 Merseyside Derby
They say that the feeling of ecstasy experienced when scoring a goal is incomparable.
Former England winger and self-styled mullet man Chris Waddle once claimed that scoring was better than sex, whilst his ex-England and Tottenham teammate Gary Lineker recently admitted he had forgotten how to do both!
One thing that most of us can agree on is that whatever the level - whether in the schoolyard, on the boggy, sodden, Sunday league marshes, or playing on the carpet-like canvas of a Premier League pitch - we can all appreciate the irrepressible urge to celebrate scoring goals.
How would you celebrate? Are you the cool, understated type, or an uncontrollable, crowd-surfing maniac?
Join us on a virtual tour of football’s most popular goal celebrations - with examples of the cult heroes who made them so iconic!
The Shirt-Twirler
This celebration is a source of mild frustration if you’re a manager, given that players removing their shirts can trigger an automatic yellow card.
But who cares? We all have our own favourite memory of a goal that was so good it prompted a player to whip their shirt off in a frenzied blur of unbridled passion.
You would assume a player had a certain amount of confidence to readily expose their body whilst swinging their shirt around their head, but these are moments of elation that make you lose all sense of normality.
It would be easy to suggest that players who celebrate in this way are exhibitionists, desperately wanting to show off their immaculately honed physique, but usually, a reaction of this kind is a consequence of a hugely significant goal.
Here are three players who did the Shirt-Twirl best.
1. Sergio Aguero
Who could forget “Aguerrrrooooo” scoring in the dying seconds of the 2012 Premier League season? The campaign was one of the most dramatic ends to a season in the Premier League’s 31-year history.
City snatched their first top-flight title in 44 years as Aguero - possibly the calmest person in the stadium - sold a dummy and slammed home the winner with 93 minutes and 30 seconds on the clock.
Seeing the Manchester City forward swinging his shirt above his head and celebrating in front of a sea of sky blue with the commentator yelling “Aguerrrrooooooo” will live long in the memory of fans.
2. Ryan Giggs
Ryan Giggs’ solo effort after a mesmerising slalom through the usually miserly Arsenal defence in the 1999 FA Cup semi-final was masterful, and it prompted another passionate torso reveal.
Players seem to love taking their shirt off and Giggs’ hairy chest - whether we like it or not - is now an iconic FA Cup memory.
You could say Giggs’ goal was poetry in motion, but it is probably not appropriate to mention Giggs and poetry in the same sentence.
3. Chloe Kelly
Chloe Kelly was another worthy addition to the shirt-twirler during the Summer of 2022.
The super sub fired the Lionesses to glory against Germany in the European Championship final, thus following the familiar pattern of celebrating a momentous goal of historic importance in this way as it was England’s first major trophy in 56 years.
Other notable mentions include follicly gifted L’Oréal ambassador and Spurs and Newcastle maverick, David Ginola, who was quick to whip his top off after a ‘worldy’ against Barnsley in the 1999 FA Cup.
There’s also ‘The White Feather’, Fabrizio Ravanelli, who technically did not remove his shirt, but he treated Middlesbrough fans to a ‘shirt over the head’ celebration thirty-one times during the 96/97 Premier League season.
The Standard
This goal celebration is for those who just don’t care about anything but scoring.
No extravagant dance moves, no strutting, flipping or posturing - they prefer to punctuate a goal with a good old-fashioned fist pump or hold their arm aloft whilst wheeling away in jubilation.
Here are the three players who are most notable for ‘The Standard’ goal celebration.
1. Alan Shearer
Whether it is through sheer (or Shearer…) repetition owing to the hundreds of goals scored, or through its glorious simplicity, the image of the Geordie forward, full tilt, head down and arm above his head has become so iconic that it prompted the erection of a statue outside St. James’ Park displaying the very same pose!
Alan Shearer unveils his statue outside St. James’ Park, Newcastle
2. Gary Lineker
Very similar to Shearer, Lineker was a goal scorer who was not preoccupied with how he would celebrate doing what he does best.
Sometimes single arm, sometimes both arms aloft, it was about as extravagant as it got. Standard.
3. Harry Kane
Harry Kane is also an advocate of this type of celebration. Although Kane does add a little jump to his rather understated fist pump, these guys care about one thing and one thing only - and that is scoring.
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