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February 26, 2002
Top Ten World Cup Goals.: It's never too early to think about The World Cup. Here's a list of the best goals in World Cup history brought to you by The World Cup Archive. Do you agree? Also check out the site's legends page and stories page. The World Cup Archive contains a detailed history of every tournament from 1930 to the present.
I'm pretty sure I can find links to those goals. I know I used to have them. Man, i cannot WAIT for the World Cup!!
posted by StarFucker at 10:39 AM on February 26, 2002
I don't remember any of those - doesn't help that I was really young or not born for the majority of those. BUT, I have very fond memories of a number of misses - Baggio's penalty kick off the crossbar against Brazil, and Kleivert's (? I think that was his name) miss of a near empty goal against also Brazil.
posted by mkn at 11:00 AM on February 26, 2002
Yeah i saw Baggio's miss...and didn't Kluivert miss a penalty in the Euro 2000 game?
posted by StarFucker at 11:07 AM on February 26, 2002
Anyway, is anyone going to watch the Liverpool/Galatasary game tonight?!
posted by StarFucker at 11:26 AM on February 26, 2002
For me, the highlight of the World Cup was seeing Geoff Hurst scoring 3 in 1966. Never equaled.
posted by scottp at 05:32 PM on February 26, 2002
I remember nearly all of those goals. It would be fair to say that it is a list of the best goals of the televised world cups. I find it hard to believe that so many of the best goals were scored to recently. I remember a screamer Russia scored in 1986 - could have been against Canada. I think the scorer was Vassily Rats, from about 35 metres out.
posted by salmacis at 07:44 AM on February 27, 2002
Is anyone going to the World Cup?! Anyone making special plans to watch it? I am taking off work for about 2 weeks to watch certain games....
posted by StarFucker at 08:47 AM on February 27, 2002
I always thought Archie Gemmill's goal was a work of art. Now it is literally (well, a dance piece). The 1970 final was the first tv programme I ever watched, and Carlos Alberto's strike is without question the greatest goal in the greatest game in the greatest sport ever. I'm not too optimistic for Brazil's chances this year, though.
posted by liam at 01:48 PM on February 27, 2002
There's a storm in the UK about watching the world cup in pubs. England's matches fall outside normal licensing hours, which means pubs will not be able to be open to show the games. Magistrates have indicated that England's games do not deserve to be exempted. As an example of how ridiculous this is, the Queen's Golden Jubilee, is considered worthy of extending pub hours. Football fans all over the country are outraged.
posted by salmacis at 05:55 PM on February 27, 2002
Yeah i heard about that. Thats fucked up. But i live in the USA, can you imagine this even coming up for debate here!? I can't wait to move to Europe.
posted by StarFucker at 08:38 AM on February 28, 2002
I've printed out a copy of TSN's schedule and marked the games I want to watch. I would have had tickets, including a ticket to the final, if only Scotland had managed to qualify.
posted by Cara at 01:39 PM on February 28, 2002
Lets see if Team USA can get past Iran this go-round eh? Nice link, though I wonder if there's any place I can get those goals on video? The only ones I recall seeing were replays of the Maradona goals..