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    #26
    Danny Baker.

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      #27
      Hand Of God.

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        #28
        Originally posted by Third rate Leszno View Post
        That night in Barcelona - it wasn’t even the most exciting finish to a match that month, never mind the season or any other overblown nonsense.
        Given the occasion, the quality of the opposition, and the utter haplessness of Man Utd for the preceding 90 minutes, it was a spectacular turnaround. One of those genuine "what the fuck happened there" moments. Though I'd rate Liverpool coming back from 3-0 down against AC Milan has the even bigger WTF game.

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          #29
          Cheltenham had done the exact same thing a month before away at our biggest rivals for the Conference title:





          It may not have been a Champions' League final, but in relative terms it was just as big. This basically led to us winning the Conference a couple of weeks later.

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            #30
            Originally posted by G-Man View Post
            Given the occasion, the quality of the opposition, and the utter haplessness of Man Utd for the preceding 90 minutes, it was a spectacular turnaround. One of those genuine "what the fuck happened there" moments.
            As a game, I'd file it somewhere alongside that 1979 FA Cup final I mentioned upthread. Bigger occasion, though, granted.

            How was 'the Hand of God' 'overrated'?

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              #31
              Originally posted by G-Man View Post
              Given the occasion, the quality of the opposition, and the utter haplessness of Man Utd for the preceding 90 minutes, it was a spectacular turnaround. One of those genuine "what the fuck happened there" moments. Though I'd rate Liverpool coming back from 3-0 down against AC Milan has the even bigger WTF game.
              Yeah, it was quite a turnaround, but it wasn't an on loan goalkeeper scoring in the 4th minute of added time at the end of the final match of the season to keep your team in the football league, was it....

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                #32
                The role of Billie, the white horse, in clearing the crowd at the 1923 FA Cup Final is overrated. For one thing, he was grey; for another, there were other horses helping as well. But Billie gets the credit to this day.

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                  #33
                  Originally posted by Jah Womble View Post
                  How was 'the Hand of God' 'overrated'?
                  I'm referring to the amount of times it still gets talked about 32 years later. Compared to (say) Thierry Henry's handball a lot more recently. Not "overrated" then, over-discussed OK?

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                    #34
                    Originally posted by Sporting View Post
                    The role of Billie, the white horse, in clearing the crowd at the 1923 FA Cup Final is overrated. For one thing, he was grey; for another, there were other horses helping as well. But Billie gets the credit to this day.
                    Next you'll be telling us Pickles was just one of a pack who found the Jules Rimet.

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                      #35
                      The Roberto Carlos free kick that went in. And free kicks in general. The ball isn't moving and there's no-one trying to tackle the taker. They're only great when it's your team scoring them.

                      Most 'official' goals of the season. I think Trevor Sinclair won it once for one he'd scored for QPR; I'd seen him score a similar-but-better the same campaign, against Manchester City.

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                        #36
                        Originally posted by Third rate Leszno View Post
                        Yeah, it was quite a turnaround, but it wasn't an on loan goalkeeper scoring in the 4th minute of added time at the end of the final match of the season to keep your team in the football league, was it....
                        Yes, but the question in this thread isn't to rank the biggest WTF moments in a hierarchy -- and your example is a contender for a top spot -- but to identify overrated moments. For reasons I gave, I don't think the turnaround of the 1999 CL final is overrated. Saying that doesn't diminsh the What-the-fuckness of Jimmy Glass' gial (or, for hat matter, whatever happened with Cheltenham).

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                          #37
                          The moment when your side wins a corner. Despite there being a roughly 1 in 50 chance of scoring from it, the crowd give a huge roar. Followed by a bit of a sigh as your best crosser fails to clear the first defender or plops it into the keeper's arms.
                          And then from the clearance the speed merchant on the other side is bearing down on your goal, chased by only a full back or shortarse midfielder, as your defenders lumber back from their chance of glory...
                          Luckily fast players can't really finish and your keeper is able to push it out for a corner. A huge roar goes up from the away fans...

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                            #38
                            This thread is just a list of memorable moments in football history

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                              #39
                              Originally posted by jwdd27 View Post
                              The moment when your side wins a corner. Despite there being a roughly 1 in 50 chance of scoring from it, the crowd give a huge roar. Followed by a bit of a sigh as your best crosser fails to clear the first defender or plops it into the keeper's arms.
                              And then from the clearance the speed merchant on the other side is bearing down on your goal, chased by only a full back or shortarse midfielder, as your defenders lumber back from their chance of glory...
                              Luckily fast players can't really finish and your keeper is able to push it out for a corner. A huge roar goes up from the away fans...
                              This, a thousand-fold

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                                #40
                                Originally posted by EIM View Post
                                England at Italia 90 full stop.
                                England at Euro 96.

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                                  #41
                                  Originally posted by Sits View Post
                                  I'm referring to the amount of times it still gets talked about 32 years later. Compared to (say) Thierry Henry's handball a lot more recently. Not "overrated" then, over-discussed OK?
                                  The header asks for 'overrated', otherwise - as ad hoc notes - it just becomes a list of memorable events in football history.

                                  jwdd is taking it in an interesting direction, although I don't necessarily agree 100% with his summary. (This from the supporter of a team that's recently been fairly ineffective from corners.)

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                                    #42
                                    Originally posted by Sits View Post
                                    I'm referring to the amount of times it still gets talked about 32 years later. Compared to (say) Thierry Henry's handball a lot more recently. Not "overrated" then, over-discussed OK?
                                    But the entire world still thinks that the hand of god is the funniest thing that ever happened, particularly when you combine it with the second goal.

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                                      #43
                                      Over-rated should probably mean, in part, that it didn't change anything.

                                      Hand Of God is over-rated in that sense because I think the outcome of the match and tournament were fundamentally unchanged, and there were other injustices in that game that went in England's favour (e.g. Fenwick not being sent off). It's interesting to compare the minute by minute analysis that The Guardian did on that game a few years ago with the jingoistic match coverage on Youtube. Two different games.

                                      Italia 90 changed things in mainly negative ways, although it arguably also got rid of the backpass rule and gave us Channel 4 Football Italia.

                                      Euro 96 was a disaster: shit tournament that gave legitimacy to football laddism. England pissed on Netherlands but just how poor and undisciplined was that Dutch squad? England were outplayed by Spain in the QF and saved by the ref, in arguably a clearer injustice than any of England's 1966 games.

                                      Pele's dummy - he missed.
                                      Last edited by Satchmo Distel; 04-12-2018, 12:41.

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                                        #44
                                        That Ryan Giggs goal.

                                        Firstly, none of the Arsenal players make a tackle worthy of the name and, secondly, David Seaman practically limbos under the shot, if he'd just stood up it would've smacked him in his moustachioed bonce.

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                                          #45
                                          The Hagi goal v Colombia in 1994 that was arguably a fluke and certainly a goalkeeping error.

                                          Owairan 1994 - no tackling worthy of the name. Infact it's more like the Owen goal where it's purely the pace of the run. Ditto George Weah's slalom goal in Serie A.
                                          Last edited by Satchmo Distel; 04-12-2018, 13:53.

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                                            #46
                                            Archie Gemmill 1978 - was cancelled out a few minutes later by a Rep thunderblaster. And they still needed another goal anyway.
                                            Last edited by Kevin S; 04-12-2018, 14:14.

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                                              #47
                                              Roy Keane walking out of the 2002 world cup. That squad was always making a brave last sixteen exit whether he stayed or not.

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                                                #48
                                                shit stirrer

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                                                  #49
                                                  Arsenal signing Charlie Nicholas.

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                                                    #50
                                                    Paul Pogba

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