The FIFA Puskás Award - Goal of the Year

[Philby]

Created in honour of Ferenc Puskás, captain and star of the Hungarian national team during the 1950s, the FIFA Puskás Award will be bestowed upon the player from either the men’s or women’s game judged to have scored the best goal of the year.

The final decision will be down to you, the users of FIFA.com, with your votes counting towards selecting a winner from ten videos as chosen by the FIFA Football Committee. In making their decision, the FIFA Football Committee applied the following criteria:

1. Aesthetics (a subjective criterion – long-range shots, team moves, acrobatic goals etc)
2. The importance of the match (an objective criterion – in descending order: national teams, continental tournaments, domestic first divisions)
3. The absence of luck or an opposition mistake as a factor making the goal possible
4. Fair Play: the player must not have conducted himself poorly during the game or, for example, have been found guilty of doping
5. The date: goals scored between July 2008 and July 2009

http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/puskasaward/index.html

 

[STEVIEG]

Gallas v Ireland (damn it's out of date)


With Fifa bizarrely shortlisting Kaka for World player of the year anything is possible

 

[shez1987]

Gallas v Ireland (damn it's out of date)


With Fifa bizarrely shortlisting Kaka for World player of the year anything is possible

This is the FIFA Puskas Award - the Goal Of The Year. You are thinking of the FIFA Pukeas Award (I know I certainly did) - Goal Of The Year, for which Gallas is indeed nominated ans is an early favourite. Given the following criteria, it should romp home.



1. Aesthetics (a subjective criterion – long-range shots, team moves, acrobatic goals etc)

It was aesthetic alright. Walvin (1994, page 74-75) posits the view that as football became a working class passion, the crowd's favour soon switched from middle-class pseudo-artistry to professionally earned victories. This goal defined the very essence of a professionally-earned victory. It was certainly acrobatic as well given the extraordinary feat of balance and hand to eye coordination required in the build-up. You will rarely see such perfect hand to eye coordination in fact


2. The importance of the match (an objective criterion – in descending order: national teams, continental tournaments, domestic first divisions)

Check - you can't get much more important than the context of extra-time in a World Cup Play-Off now can you?


3. The absence of luck or an opposition mistake as a factor making the goal possible

No possiblility of any (quote) opposition mistake as a factor making the goal possible (unquote) - after all the indomitable Paul McShane was in the vicinity


4. Fair Play: the player must not have conducted himself poorly during
the game or, for example, have been found guilty of doping

Fair play? Are you mad, there was a bloody World Cup spot up for grabs. Next question please


5. The date: goals scored between July 2008 and July 2009

Oops, out of date - but don't worry Mr. Blatter will be along shortly to change the rules at the last minute

 

[STEVIEG]

heh heh heh!

 

[ciandon]

Denis Behan's screamer against Derry from last season

 

[de mange]

Denis Behan's screamer against Derry from last season

some goal alright - ah.. good times, before the club was fucked

 

[The Godfather]

some goal alright - ah.. good times, before the club was fucked

na it was fucked then too....its just that it wasn't that well known

 

[jimmy magee]

My favoured goal of last year must be Yohan Gourcuff's artistry in Ligue 1

This is the FIFA Puskas Award - the Goal Of The Year. You are thinking of the FIFA Pukeas Award (I know I certainly did) - Goal Of The Year, for which Gallas is indeed nominated ans is an early favourite. Given the following criteria, it should romp home.



1. Aesthetics (a subjective criterion – long-range shots, team moves, acrobatic goals etc)

It was aesthetic alright. Walvin (1994, page 74-75) posits the view that as football became a working class passion, the crowd's favour soon switched from middle-class pseudo-artistry to professionally earned victories. This goal defined the very essence of a professionally-earned victory. It was certainly acrobatic as well given the extraordinary feat of balance and hand to eye coordination required in the build-up. You will rarely see such perfect hand to eye coordination in fact


2. The importance of the match (an objective criterion – in descending order: national teams, continental tournaments, domestic first divisions)

Check - you can't get much more important than the context of extra-time in a World Cup Play-Off now can you?


3. The absence of luck or an opposition mistake as a factor making the goal possible

No possiblility of any (quote) opposition mistake as a factor making the goal possible (unquote) - after all the indomitable Paul McShane was in the vicinity


4. Fair Play: the player must not have conducted himself poorly during
the game or, for example, have been found guilty of doping

Fair play? Are you mad, there was a bloody World Cup spot up for grabs. Next question please


5. The date: goals scored between July 2008 and July 2009

Oops, out of date - but don't worry Mr. Blatter will be along shortly to change the rules at the last minute

:bday:

 

[KD Langer]

Created in honour of Ferenc Puskás, captain and star of the Hungarian national team during the 1950s, the FIFA Puskás Award will be bestowed upon the player from either the men’s or women’s game judged to have scored the best goal of the year.

The final decision will be down to you, the users of FIFA.com, with your votes counting towards selecting a winner from ten videos as chosen by the FIFA Football Committee. In making their decision, the FIFA Football Committee applied the following criteria:

1. Aesthetics (a subjective criterion – long-range shots, team moves, acrobatic goals etc)
2. The importance of the match (an objective criterion – in descending order: national teams, continental tournaments, domestic first divisions)
3. The absence of luck or an opposition mistake as a factor making the goal possible
4. Fair Play: the player must not have conducted himself poorly during the game or, for example, have been found guilty of doping
5. The date: goals scored between July 2008 and July 2009

http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/puskasaward/index.html

SERIOUSLY.

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1921660387629449575

What a hit son!