Esmond Million's Bung Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 There is a goal that John Atyeo scored in an FA cup replay against Aston Villa at Villa Park that is steeped in mystique and history as being one of the if not the best ever goal scored by a BCFC player. I was'nt there but if memory serves it was either late 50's or very early 60's and I think City lost 2-1. I have heard several older City fans talk of it and in our first division days I was at Villa Park with my dad and an old Villa fan came over and described the goal and pointed out which end it was scored saying it was probably the best goal he had ever seen in his life and that older Villa fans who witnessed it still talked about it. I have tried unsuccessfully to find a link to a newspaper report of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezgimed Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Noble v Palace or Trunds v S****horpe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrizleCiderArmy Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Noble v Palace or Trunds v S****horpe? For skill alone, Maynards goal at Loftus Road this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Maybe not the best, but one I wish I'd seen was Ivor Guy scoring for City at Cardiff. He was 72 yards out from the Cardiff goal and shot. The ball did not bounce until it landed in the Cardiff net! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim K Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Ray Cashley from 98 Yards v Hull 1973. Maybe not the absolute best, but certainly one of the most remarkable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bs16bcfc Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Ray Cashley from 98 Yards v Hull 1973. Maybe not the absolute best, but certainly one of the most remarkable? Jimmy Mann V Notts Forest past Shilton. Nearly broke the net! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy-BCFC Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 For skill alone, Maynards goal at Loftus Road this season? I tend to agree. Best goal I have seen. But to underline it, I had taken the old man up there on boxing day and he's a hard critic (aren't all City fans 50+ inclined that way??) He came out with "I think that is one of the best goals I've seen a City player score" - this from a fella who first went down there in 1954. Bit more weight behind that comment that my relative short time since 1990. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Gow Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Jimmy Mann v Forest. Anyone know if there is film footage of this? The only memory i have is locked away in my head from my teenage days. Up to date some of Maynards goals have been pretty breathtaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneck Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 I loved that goal of Scott Murray's against Oldham where he picked the ball up just outside our penalty area and weaved his was past the whole of their team before slotting it past the keeper...absolute quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy-BCFC Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 I loved that goal of Scott Murray's against Oldham where he picked the ball up just outside our penalty area and weaved his was past the whole of their team before slotting it past the keeper...absolute quality. For just a pure magic moment alone, nobody will do better that Scott Murray scoring and running down their wing doing the Ayatollah. That for me was one of the best moments away from home I have witnessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Technically not the best, but for sheer elation ... Tinnion's goal against Liverpool is up there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Mine has got to be the Noble goal against Palarse! Not only was it a beauty, but, it was soooo vital and at that point. Noble for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I BELIEVE Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Luke Wilkshire's volley from 45 yards v Tranmere has to be up there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economou Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Has anyone read the original post ?? Peter Godsiff mentions the goal as a 'blockbuster' in one of his books on City. I think there's a photo of the great man from the match in front of what looks like an incredible crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityhead Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 A Cheesley header for me. Not the one against the arse on the opening game of the season in the old div 1, but against another team (can't remember who) but headed from the far corner of the penalty area and went past the keeper harder than many shots into the top corner of the net. never seen a header like it since. Gillies at leeds also memorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 John Bailey away at Crewe in the Joe Jordan promotion season, 40 yards, still rising when it hit the net !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City1970 Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 For individual skill and pace then Sproules goal at Leicester this season. For a thunderous 40+ yards hit, it has to be Jimmy Manns goal against Forest, I remember Shilton plucking at thin air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 There is a goal that John Atyeo scored in an FA cup replay against Aston Villa at Villa Park that is steeped in mystique and history as being one of the if not the best ever goal scored by a BCFC player. I was'nt there but if memory serves it was either late 50's or very early 60's and I think City lost 2-1. I have heard several older City fans talk of it and in our first division days I was at Villa Park with my dad and an old Villa fan came over and described the goal and pointed out which end it was scored saying it was probably the best goal he had ever seen in his life and that older Villa fans who witnessed it still talked about it. I have tried unsuccessfully to find a link to a newspaper report of the time. I would love to see footage of that. Meanwhile, you can see the great man in action and scoring for England on these Newsreels. http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=39774 http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=40443 http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=38876 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledinwatford Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 There is a goal that John Atyeo scored in an FA cup replay against Aston Villa at Villa Park that is steeped in mystique and history as being one of the if not the best ever goal scored by a BCFC player. I was'nt there but if memory serves it was either late 50's or very early 60's and I think City lost 2-1. I have heard several older City fans talk of it and in our first division days I was at Villa Park with my dad and an old Villa fan came over and described the goal and pointed out which end it was scored saying it was probably the best goal he had ever seen in his life and that older Villa fans who witnessed it still talked about it. I have tried unsuccessfully to find a link to a newspaper report of the time. Quoting from images of sport by Tom Hopegood "Aston Villa v. Bristol City, 1956/57. John Atyeo scores the goal he rated as the best he ever netted as injury-hit City succumbed to a 1-2 FA Cup defeat in front of a 63,099 Villa Park crowd on 16th February 1957. This picture (of Big John scoring) graced the front cover of City's programme throughout the 1957/58 and 1958/59 seasons". Villa eventually won the Cup that year. Even I was too young to remember that one but I was lucky enough to see Ivan Testimetanu score away at Chesterfield. Nicky Maynard at QPR must be right up there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderHider Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Technically not the best, but for sheer elation ... Tinnion's goal against Liverpool is up there! Yes, I remember it well the silence sat in the Kop end was golden , couldn't celebrate it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Monster Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Super Scott's goal at home against Oldham was the best City goal i've ever seen - running the length of the pitch was pure class to watch. You knew it would end in a goal. Priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider hoss rules Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 not a blockbuster by any stretch, but Louie Donnowa in the 89th minute against the Gas, it was the first time in ages we had beaten them. So much so that a badge was produced to state that "I was there". Seemed to coincide with the parting of the ways with us on the up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS3_RED Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 not a blockbuster by any stretch, but Louie Donnowa in the 89th minute against the Gas, it was the first time in ages we had beaten them. So much so that a badge was produced to state that "I was there". Seemed to coincide with the parting of the ways with us on the up. And all after skelator missed a penalty. What a night that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superjack Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 John Bailey away at Crewe in the Joe Jordan promotion season, 40 yards, still rising when it hit the net !!! OOH yeah, that was a cracker! I'd forgotten about that one. Also... same season - Bob Taylor's second of 2 in a minute in the 5-0 win at the Vetch Field. Stunning volley from miles out! Ended up with a hat-trick if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 A Cheesley header for me. Not the one against the arse on the opening game of the season in the old div 1, but against another team (can't remember who) but headed from the far corner of the penalty area and went past the keeper harder than many shots into the top corner of the net. never seen a header like it since. Gillies at leeds also memorable. Blimey someone who is as old and has seen as much as me....For Everyone's information it was against Carlisle in a 2-0 home win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Yes, I remember it well the silence sat in the Kop end was golden , couldn't celebrate it though Sat? The Kop was still terracing that season. Not sure you remember it as well as you think..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcliffe 78 Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 STEVE NEVILLE EXTRA TIME GOAL AGAINST HEREFORD. WOW. City 3-0 Bolton Waugh Newman Moyles (Everton manager) Mcphail? (Not 2 sure Williams Pritchard Harle Williamson (captain Walshey Riley Neville Marshel Lwele P.S. I was Eight at the time. Man still got the photos of me outside Wembley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn12 Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 I think the best ever was rob newman away at cambridge united Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcdeano Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Mickey Bell's first and then identical second vs Cambridge a fair few years back - 30 yards, nestles in top corner, perez no chance against the same opposition at AG, perez just be sent off, free kick outside the box, peacock flicks it up to Tins who planted it in the bottom corner (think we won that game 6-1?) good times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tins Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Bas Savages, just out of pure shock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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