We need a thread to discuss the most important aspect of football........the goal celebration.

Anyone over indulging though in this thread will no doubt be given a yellow.

Celebrations are daft on the whole, particularly if preconceived. My Mum works in a tax office and doesn't see the need to run around with her shirt over her head everytime she fills out a tax return. Why can't these guys do their job right and not be planks about it?

Didn't we have this thread before ?

*deja vu*

Yes we did, a long time ago Verno.

It was always a favourite I thought so, like all good celebrations, I thought I'd do it again.

My favourite 3:

3: Maradona's crazy eyes in Arg 4-0 Greece, 1994
2: Ketsbaia for Newcastle - boots advertising hoarding. WTF?
1: Tino Asprilla for Newcastle - takes shirt off, puts on corner flag and waves corner flag. Genius

That 'rocking the baby' celebration, used when some muppet's bird has dropped a sprog, is a pain in the rear end.

Some celebrations are classics, like Lua Lua's gymnastics or Batistuta's 'tommy gun', but Robbie Keane's 'forward roll and point' manoeuvre looks totally gay, as does Shearer's 'fascist salute' that he's been getting away with for years.

Something inventive, like the three Ferret has listed, is always welcome...

I was at Villa Park for Villa v Man Utd once when they were good. Lee Sharpe scored in front of the Holte and ran to corner flag, wiggled hips Elvis-style and started singing into flag's top.

At the time I thought it was quite cool. Not sure if it was his own, though?

Roger Milla was always worth a look too.

I always quite liked the Klinsmann dive, but when Shefki Kuqi does it, it looks all wrong. When they jump into the crowd it's always a bit entertaining, I always think what are they thinking when they're being mobbed by a load of people just trying to touch their ear or something. I reckon it'll end in tears one day, like their studs will slip on the concrete.

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Originally posted by il ferret:
I was at Villa Park for Villa v Man Utd once when they were good. Lee Sharpe scored in front of the Holte and ran to corner flag, wiggled hips Elvis-style and started singing into flag's top.

At the time I thought it was quite cool. Not sure if it was his own, though?

Roger Milla was always worth a look too.

I remember the 'Sharpey Shuffle', as it was branded. By me. I don't recall seeing anyone else doing it though.

Oh, and we may not be good anymore, but we'll always be better than Villa!

Cantona v Sunderland when he chipped the keeper from the edge of the box. He just puffed out his chest, arms by his side, and turned 180 degrees. Class. Nothing else needed.

Although the Ole slide at the Nou Camp also takes some beating (as did his knees!)

Some of these mentioned so far were class - a different world to the embarrassing dancey ones seen on Football League Weekly.

Another classic - Facundo Sava (?) for Fulham - took a zorro mask out of his socks and put it on his face after a goal. I read he did this once in Argentina with a chicken-head mask - this I'd love to have seen.

I remember Aylesbury (the ducks) once scored and had a line of players waddling along behind each other pretending to be ducks.

That was well thought out, that one. Sophisticated too.

I like the Paolo Di Canio celebration against Sampdoria last season.

He celebrated, then started on a few Samp players, having got bored of 'attempting' to intimidate them he returned to the half way line where he strong-armed Smone Inzaghi, his team mate.

Classic stuff.

I remember great one a season or so ago. I think it was Fulham v Blackburn at the cottage, Boa Morte scored and crawled to the corner flag and simulated having a slash canine style.

Also, when Gary Kelly gave Smith a big kiss a couple of years back for Leeds. Those were happy times.

Wasn't that Ian Harte that planted a smacker on Smudger? If I remember correctly, Harte kissed several team mates on the lips over the course of a couple of seasons.

Strange chap.

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Originally posted by Bracey:
Celebrations are daft on the whole, particularly if preconceived. My Mum works in a tax office and doesn't see the need to run around with her shirt over her head everytime she fills out a tax return. Why can't these guys do their job right and not be planks about it?

So you'd consider scoring a goal and filling out a tax return as equal in achievement do you?

I don't suppose you'd ever cheer or punch the air or jump out of your seat when your team scores then. Because you probably don't whenever your mother does her job?

That's a pretty crappy analogy.

You are right about preconceived celebrations though. Usually (though not only) African players come up with the daftest ones.

I like the celebrations of pure exhilirance from players. And Zidane falling over the ad board while trying to clear it like a hurdle made me laugh while at Juve. Then the next time he scored he went up and kicked the board.

Ravanelli's will always be a favourite though. And Rossi's

I think this would be a jolly good celebration.

In fact, it raises an interesting point. If you raise your shirt over your head, you get booked. But can you drop your trousers?

Perhaps you could perform a little bit from THe Puppetry Of The Penis. If you can get your wang out on a stage whats wrong with a football pitch? It's like a big theatre.

I'd fookin love to see Ruud van Nistelrooy do the Puppetry of the Penis's 'Hamburger' at the Millenium Stadium this weekend.

But not in the way you're thinking.