Best Goal Scored By An Opposition Player At Villa Park.

[LeeB]

But Cowans was in his prime then, so I've heard.

He struggled a bit the first season he came back from Italy, but the side around him was still a bit patchwork. We were a God-less bunch for a start.

[Larry Duff]

I was 10 years old and idolised our centre forward Tony Hateley.  It was November 1965 and we were playing Chelsea.
Tony Hateley was touted for a big money move at the time and Chelsea were favourites to sign him.
They had a 19 year old centre forward playing that day who was absolutely brilliant, his name was Peter Osgood.  He scored the best goal I have ever witnessed against us.
As I remember it He kept the ball in play by the corner flag where I was standing at the Holte end/ Witton Lane and proceeded to dribble past 4 Villa players which took him to about the penalty spot before smacking the ball back just inside our Goalies right hand post.
Doesn't seem to be any reporting of the goal and I have never spoken to anyone else who remembers it.  But shortly afterwards He scored a similar goal which was shown on TV.
Might have been against Burnley.

Osgood would have been a World beater but He had a very bad broken leg and although having a great career never became the superstar He promised to be.

[Pat McMahon]

it was Micky Cave, wasn't it? Thumped it past John Dunn from about thirty yards.

He played for Bournemouth the following season.

I was chatting to some Torquay fans about this a while back. I was only a nipper but still remember Mickey Cave’s goal that day. He hit it so well John Dunn just stood and watched it whizz past him. They told me that we battered them all game and it was daylight robbery.

Apparently Cave died In his car from carbon monoxide poisoning a few years after his career ended.

[dcdavecollett]

That's shocking!

[robbo1874]

It's annoying/embarrassing that to most neutrals, best goal at VP inevitably involves a game we werent playing, never mind scored in - Giggs against Arsenal in the FA Cup.
After that, Scholes' effort would probably be chosen...would any casual neuts recall any of our screamers at home?

not sure what your point is Eamonn? I posted the Giggs goal because it genuinely is one of the best goals scored by an opposition player I’ve seen at VP. The fact it wasn’t against Villa can only be a bonus as far as I’m concerned. You can’t argue Giggs wasn’t an opposition player-he played against us loads of times. Thankfully it was Arsenal on the receiving end that day though!

[ChicagoLion]

Is there a thread best Villa goal?

[Damo70]

Is there a thread best Villa goal?

Dalian's at Selhurst against Wimbledon?
Tony Morley's at Everton in the title season?
Tony Morley's two goals in Berlin?
Gary Cahill against the noses?
Steve Hunt and Simon Stainrod recreating the Willie Carr/Ernie Hunt 'donkey kick routine' at home to Leicester?
Although I am not sure there was any TV footage of that last one.


Oops, just remembered Deano's at home to Ipswich.

[dcdavecollett]

Jack's at Old Trafford?

[Deano's Mullet]

Nielsen vs Inter must be in there somewhere

[Flamingo Lane]

The best ever Villa goal is quite obviously Chris Nicholl v Everton at Old Trafford, so lets not have any more discussion about that.  Thank you.

[Border villan]

Not the best but amongst the most important, Bosko Jankovic.

[ChicagoLion]

Tony Daley at Maine Road is the best I have seen.

[LeeB]

The best ever Villa goal is quite obviously Chris Nicholl v Everton at Old Trafford, so lets not have any more discussion about that.  Thank you.

Fair enough in my book.

[FrankyH]

I remember Robert Pires scoring a great goal (lobbed the keeper) , unfortunately is was for Arsenal against us.

[Damo70]

Tony Daley at Maine Road is the best I have seen.

I think I was at Maine Road on two occasions when Tony Daley scored in a Villa win. '87-88 in one of his first games back after missing the first half of the season. I think it was televised in the Granada and central regions only. Also in 1989-1990 around the start of our excellent run when we finished runners up to Liverpool.