We do interviews, we do features, we do reviews. It inspired Gordon Banks to produce a miraculous save from Pelé’s header in 1970. Eyal Berkovic. As a player, Tony was one of those who just got the job done … Own Goal MID 1 - 1 CRY 60' Tony Popovic ( og ) Yellow Card BLB 0 - 0 MUN 13' Jon Stead Goal MCI 1 - 0 CHA 13' Nicolas Anelka Ast. Danny Mills. Instead, he stuck out a leg and inexplicably hooked the ball over his own head and into the unguarded goal behind him. "Don't blame it on Hamann, don't blame it on Biscan, don't blame it … This kind of single-mindedness helped Rivaldo produce a 90th-minute bicycle kick to send Barcelona into the Champions League in 2001. Lord only knows what was going through his head as he looked to sling the ball out to his full-back, but he was driven to distraction enough to simply throw the ball into his own net. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Glorious. After flicking the ball over a Manchester City team-mate and QPR striker, the defender demonstrated superb composure to cushion a perfectly-weighted header over Martyn Margetson and into the open net behind him. It’s almost an anti-flexibility kind of flexibility, the delivery of someone who learns to dance during a fever dream and wakes up with his body embedded in a bedside table. However, as is so often the case, the greatest danger faced by goalkeeper Julian Speroni came from his own side. Well, at least a nominally good thing. The Australian wrote his name into football’s history books with one of the great Premier League own goals, though, dangling out a leg to flick the ball over his head and in. 15. "He just can't, he just can't, he just can't control his feet...". A long Coventry clearance sailed through to Arsenal right-back Lee Dixon, who took a couple of touches and assessed his options. Queudrue’s effort against Bastia is a classic example of the “if he tried that a thousand times…” type of own goal. For Popovic, that first A-League goal was an important step in the quest to prove himself as a player. By turning to admire his handiwork, the momentum carries the ball just inside the post in a way that a blind stab and sprint forwards would not. Geoffrey Kondogbia's 40-yard own goal for Inter Milan against Chelsea was something special. Assists. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Y4X_U6n8TLxIURC0EXc1rg',sig:'kItP1_fjKgT_r0aBvjj43YXVdD9J6hC8I6BgMhgCrxk=',w:'594px',h:'458px',items:'51213233',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })}); Popovic was one of those mid-2000s Premier League players who only tends to crop up these days in Major League Soccer, Europa League group stage games in obscure countries or at Bournemouth. Ricardo Fuller Ast. You will receive a verification email shortly. This is not the sort of person who attempts backheels, let alone blind backheels, and his strike against (okay, technically for) Portsmouth comes across like an out-of-body experience. Unfortunately for the Gunners, his final decision was not a good one: Dixon severely overcooked his backpass, inadvertently chipping the ball over the head of goalkeeper David Seaman and into the back of the net. Popovic’s glorious effort against Portsmouth is arguably the most aesthetically pleasing own goal on this list. Hatswell seemed to have the situation under control despite the fact the ball was creeping towards Forest Green’s goal-line; rather than putting it behind for a corner or out for a throw-in, however, the centre-half scuffed it into the top corner. 2001/02 English League Championship, 2001/2002 English League Championship Crystal Palace Crystal Palace CRY. Perth coach Tony Popovic has welcomed a short turnaround for his battling A-League club after a defensive horror show. 3' Goal Goal. You can read more about how we do them here: read more, Jamie Vardy: Non-league team-mates discuss the Leicester star’s early years. Well, in this instance Popovic let his feet do the talking. However, as strange as it sounds, these same instincts were what caused Crystal Palace defender Tony Popovic to produce a finish for which there is no other reasonable explanation. Popovic’s glorious effort against Portsmouth is arguably the most aesthetically pleasing own goal on this list. “Don’t blame it on Biscan; don’t blame it on Hamann; don’t blame it on Finnan; blame it … It seems to be the sight of an opposition forward closing him down that flummoxed goalkeeper Roche, whose attempted pass went horribly wrong and trickled into his own net from a very tight angle. Tony Popovic said Western Sydney Wanderers' 4-0 loss to Urawa Red Diamonds showed how tough the AFC Champions League is. Tony Popovic- Portsmouth vs Crystal Palace ... Tony Popovic is … Football quiz: Can you name the last 22 players to wear the England armband. Eyal Berkovic 3' Yakubu 47' Wayne Routledge 43' POR Goal 3 Mins. Look out for goalkeeper Steve Perrin’s plea for calm and subsequent pained reaction, which makes the own goal even better. Please refresh the page and try again. His first touch to control the ball was... er, heavy; but still more successful than his second – an acrobatic effort from an impossible angle. Try as we might, FFT couldn't find the name of this poor chap – which is how he'd prefer it to stay, we presume. Credit to the Sydney-born defender for deciding to take his new limbs for a spin and find out what they’re capable of, but no one in full control of their faculties should even be capable of this kind of move. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'GxZZfvGnSttBWhSwH22Afg',sig:'05zpWzM9e-DXclp3CNYwsTF5jnk6MKf2mepobPEAVXc=',w:'594px',h:'397px',items:'57667938',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })}); In facing away from his failure throughout, Popovic is transformed into Orpheus while the ball is Euridyce. Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer. If goals at the right end become more aesthetically satisfying for going in off the crossbar, the horrible sight of this goal creeping in off the far post is just as fitting. The own goal has transcended soccer. The Crystal Palace centre-back met Steve Stone’s cross with a lovely right-footed flick, which clipped the far post and hit the back of the net before Julian Speroni could clamber across his goal. Following the failed kick, the Tahitian bent over, placed his hands on his knees and simply watched the monumental error unfold. So sung Liverpool fans to the tune of Blame It On The Boogie following Djimi’s pirouette against Burnley, which essentially dumped the Reds out of the FA Cup third round in 2005. A hard worker, yes, but not one of the world’s flair players. "Don't blame it on Biscan; don't blame it on Hamann; don't blame it on Finnan; blame it on Traore. 11' Substitution Substitution. Our favourite part is when he tries to play on hoping nobody's noticed. The cross from Hong Kong FC’s Jack Sealy was underhit and unlikely to find a team-mate, but Baise had clearly calculated that a simple header away wouldn't suffice. Fifth-placed Glory crashed 5-3 on Thursday to Adelaide United, who drew level with them on points, but remain sixth on goal difference and have played one more game than Perth. Tony Popovic was once credited with the best own goal in the English Premier League. It feels rather unfair to label this an own goal, given the decisive role played by the elements. Sometimes we shouldn’t be so quick to knock the concept of blind faith. There was no danger whatsoever. Djimi Traoré. The Crystal Palace centre-back met Steve Stone’s cross with a … Western Sydney coach Tony Popovic says his side was “totally dominant” in the first half against the Central Coast, before fading away late in the match to concede a 90th minute goal which gave the Mariners second spot on the ladder and drops the Wanderers to third. You know the old saying, “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt”? Our journey begins with Popovic doing a good thing. BA1 1UA. Substitution 11 Mins. 5 Visit our corporate site. Tony Popovic In terms of pure unintentional skill, there are few own goals more delightful than Popovic's deft flick in Crystal Palace's 3-1 defeat to Portsmouth. In soccer, though, own goals can be … Pollock’s is probably the most famous own goal in English football history, and with good reason too. Extra bonus points for style here as the ball clipped the post on its way into the Palace goal. The likes of Kieran Trippiers nightmare own goal against Chelsea are increasingly rare in top flight football. Now coaching Perth Glory. If you wanted to show any centre-forward how to keep calm in front of goal, this Lauren clip would be essential viewing if it weren’t for the fact the finish came at the wrong end of the pitch. We bring you to the Ethiopian Premier League and a match between Fasil Kenema and Welwalo Adigrat, which finished 1-0 to the hosts after this almighty cock-up from Welwalo's netminder. Even after multiple viewings it's difficult to decipher Baise’s intentions. Popovic still extracted some positives out of Thursday's game, taking heart from the efforts of some youngsters, including his 18-year-old son Kristian, whose performance included a well taken goal. Bath In a practice match against Dynamo Kyiv, Maccabi Tel-Aviv goalkeeper Mendes was beaten by his own kick, which sailed forwards before being blown back over his head by the wind. Keen to whack the ball as far away from his side’s half of the pitch as possible, the Lens defender went with his left foot when he should have used his right, a fatal decision that backfired when the future Middlesbrough and Fulham man's huge volley beat goalkeeper Guillaume Warmuz all ends up. All rights reserved. There's nothing worse in football than scoring an own goal, with the notable exception of scoring an own goal by booting the ball into your own face and breaking your nose in the process. Gulfo probably never imagined gaining worldwide notoriety as sixth-tier footballer in Switzerland, but here he is. In 15th place was the own goal scored by Crystal Palace’s Tony Popovic at Fratton Park, when he back heeled a cross into the far corner on September 11, 2004. The midfielder scored this stunning bicycle kick own goal in a Vaudoise Cup semi-final match between Pully Football and FC Renens – sadly for him, while his side were already losing 2-1. Steve Stone’s ball back in is dangerous in a broad sense, curling its way in the vague direction of Diomansy Kamara. To this day, Djimi Traore couldn’t tell you what on earth he was attempting to … David Squires on … great British football own goals. FourFourTwo is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. It led to Luis Suarez knowing a goal-line handball and only a goal-line handball would keep Uruguay in the 2010 World Cup. Even the Britannia Stadium on a Tuesday night’s got nothing on this. It's become an accepted term for a mistake—doing something wrong when it was easier to do it right. That hefty defeat was kicked off by a bizarre own goal from Vergini, who must have forgotten at which end of the pitch he was situated when he decided to volley the ball into the bottom corner from just inside his own penalty area. Worst of all, the goal essentially made sure of City’s relegation to the third tier, while simultaneously keeping QPR up. Funny own goals tend to stick in our memories more often than superb pieces of football brilliance. Tony Popovic 84' (og) Own Goal. Before we answer that, would it … A long pass from the back wasn’t adequately dealt with, and the opposition striker rode a challenge far too easily, but Shatwani still had a chance to snuff out the danger after saving the initial shot. Here are 10 others from history that compare. Initially believed to be Jurman’s own goal, the goal was reviewed and observed as coming off Thymianis into the net. We tried to look up some of the funniest own goals in the Premier League history and had quite a few laughs watching the clumsiness and bad judgment from some of the players. The Cameroonian’s first touch sent him into his own penalty box and, with Trevor Sinclair breathing down his neck, he couldn’t help but fire the ball into Arsenal’s goal. The Crystal Palace centre-back met Steve Stone’s cross with a lovely right-footed flick, which clipped the far post and hit the back of the net before Julian Speroni could clamber across his goal. Simply put, this is the execution of a man who, after 31 years on this planet, has only just realised he has legs. That’s exactly what happened to poor Chris Brass in Bury’s clash with Darlington in 2006, the ball cannoning into the defender’s hooter after a botched overhead clearance. Liverpool v Burnley. Retiring defender Tony Popovic scored what looked a late winner for Australia, but an unfortuante own goal from Michael Beauchamp gifted the South Americans an injury-time equaliser. Trailing 2-1 at Portsmouth in the final 10 minutes at Fratton Park, the hosts whip the ball into the penalty area only for Eagles centre-back Tony Popovic to score an own goal with a cheeky flick into the far corner. Sunderland have turned in more than their fair share of poor performances in recent years, but there haven’t been many as listless as their 8-0 thrashing by Southampton in 2014/15. And I realised I had scored and went off to celebrate," Popovic said. Of course, he’d rather have got more distance on the clearance, which ultimately pushes him into the trap of making things worse in an attempt to atone for his earlier effort. Djimi Traoré v Burnley. The expression on Popovic’s face as he walks away isn’t one of disgust, or even one of confusion, and this leaves us wondering just one thing: it is possible that, despite everything we have been led to believe about football, the body and the human condition, he has actually done something like this before? Clamoroso (Delta Porto Tolle vs. Ischia) Granted, it’s safe to assume Serie D isn’t quite at the cutting … Thank you for signing up to Four Four Two. "Both of Tony’s boys were there, Gabi and Kristian," Wanderers academy director Ian Crook told Goal. Perhaps the most aesthetically pleasing own goal in the history of the Premier League, it is difficult not to wonder just what Popovic was intending, the defender known more for his no-nonsense approach than any form of tricks or flicks. To be fair to Al-Faisaly goalkeeper Shatwani, his defence was hardly faultless in the concession of Al-Wehdat’s second goal in this Jordanian derby. Own goal a small footnote in an impressive career. Oh, and article 50. Tony Popovic. While it looked to be a safe 1-0 victory for Xanthi, a late free-kick taken outside the away teams box ricocheted off Thymianis’ head, sailing into the top corner of the net. Good player, Palace club captain, 58 caps for Australia and scored against England at Upton Park in 2003. Get the best features, fun and footballing frolics straight to your inbox every week. When the pressure is at its highest, mankind is often driven to perform feats he never considered himself capable of. There was a problem. Djimi Traore. Even the cameraman was fooled. Wanderers' Tony Popovic: No errors allowed in ACL | Goal.com Transfers 5.Tony Popovic vs. Portsmouth An early clash between two relegation contenders saw Portsmouth leading 2-1 at home to bottom placed Crystal Palace with five minutes remaining. The Sun Hei centre-back instead opted for an extraordinary scorpion kick and could only watch in despair as the ball flew into the far corner. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. Play Super 6 Predict 6 correct scores for your chance to win £250K. The 2012 edition of AskMen's Top 99 Women is out! Danny Granville 43' Goal. https://thesetpieces.com/latest-posts/anatomy-of-an-own-goal-tony-popovic So what does this have to do with a list of embarrassing own goals in the EPL, you might ask? The game concluded with a score of 1-1. New features you'd love on FourFourtwo.com. The likes of Kieran Trippier's nightmare own goal against Chelsea are increasingly rare in top flight football. POR 1 - 0 CRY 19. With Portsmouth attempting to get the ball into the box, the centre-back gets up well and gets his head to it, temporarily clearing the danger. But wonderful as it was, it doesn't come close the greatest own goals ever scored, as Greg Lea discovers. "I headed it and the next moment, it felt really quick and the ball was in the back of the net. 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