A thread of the best own goals in football history. In no particular order.

Starting off with Santiago Vergini belting one against Southampton in 2014/15, the first of three own goals Sunderland scored in an 8-0 demolition.

To the Netherlands, and a classic example of a goalkeeper not quite nailing the risk/reward decision of handling a backpass. Can’t give away an indirect free-kick! A goal‘s much better.

Stijn Spierings the unfortunate Sparta Rotterdam player to score.

Vincent Kompany might have captained Man City to four Premier League titles, but this is his coup de grace, a beautiful slice over Joe Hart in 2013.

He later claimed the own goal was down to an elbow in his face causing blood in his eye. Sure.

Festus Baise of Citizen in Hong Kong, scoring a scorpion kick six years before Mkhitaryan and Giroud popularised them.

Yes, Baise’s was past his own keeper. Does that lessen the achievement? Also yes.

Danny Baker’s seminal work Own Goals and Gaffs had repeated examples of number 9s venturing back to their own boxes with calamitous results.

Robin van Persie might be wearing 19 here but it’s still a classic of the genre.

Franck Queudrue seen here before his Premier League days, hoofing one over his own keeper in a Ligue Un match for Lens against Bastia.

Luckily, Lens were 3-0 up at the time.

The honour of being the first goalkeeper on the list goes to Filippo Perucchini of Ascoli.

This one’s wonderful. Like a child playing FIFA and getting the huff at losing.

Like Kepa Arrizabalaga’s effort last week, there’s little funnier than an own goal off the face.

Step forward Nicklas Süle against Augsburg in 2018.

What’s funnier than an own goal off the face? When you’ve spanked it in off your own face, of course.

Chris Brass, legend.

He just can’t
He just can’t
He just can’t control his feet

Champions League winner Djimi Traore against Burnley in the FA Cup in 2005.

New York City FC goalkeeper Sean Johnson with a total brainfart against Minnesota.

- Tell you what, I’m as good as those guys up-front.
- Er, no you’re not. And... look what you’ve done.

A more recent one here, as Wendie Renard shows wonderful composure to slot home from close range in this summer’s World Cup.

Chester’s Julian Alsford with the double whammy of dodgy backpass and dodgy finish. A great own goal all round.

This is probably Gareth Bale’s most famous goal in a match against Liverpool, I think.

By 2012 he was well on the way to becoming a superstar and ended the season by winning the PFA Player of the Year award. But this was pretty funny.

The great thing about this Peter Enckleman own goal is that if he hadn’t touched it at all, the goal wouldn’t have counted.

The great thing about this Ron-Robert Zieler own goal is that if he hadn’t touched it at all, the goal wouldn’t have counted.

Another keeper own goal, this time it’s Minnesota’s Sammy Ndjock inexplicably hurling it into his own net in a pre-season friendly against Bournemouth in 2016.

He might be having a brilliant breakthrough season for Chelsea, but it will take a lot for Fiyako Tomori to scrub away the memory of this long-ranger against Guinea in the U20 World Cup in 2017.

Winning the tournament might have softened the blow. A bit.

This one’s a classic. Tony Popovic with an elegant finish to convert Steve Stone’s cross.

The nip off the far post only underlined the aesthetic quality of this goal. Beautiful.

Christoph Kramer doesn’t remember the 2014 World Cup final, having to come off in the first half due to concussion.

He might have preferred to forget this game against Borussia Mönchengladbach a few months later.

This one's an absolute belter.

Nautico midfielder Izaldo has two cracks at this one. Undeterred by his first effort hitting the bar, he makes absolutely no mistake with his second attempt.

There’s something reassuring about great players scoring awful own goals. Like van Persie and Bale earlier in the thread, here’s David Alaba with the reminder that even the best of us are fallible.

Ok ok, here it is. That Lee Dixon own goal.

- How did you get on?
- Not bad, scored an overhead kick.
- Aren’t you the goalkeeper?
- Ah. Yeah.

Yes, yes, the acrobatic ones or long-distance ones are good. But I’m not sure you can beat the thwack into your own goal from close range.

Here’s Wayne Hatswell for Forest Green against Morecambe in the FA Cup back in 2005.

Beauty.

Here’s another one, in the FA Cup again.

It’s Darren Bent from close range, he doesn’t miss those. https://grabyo.com/g/v/XkA5MLmBmch 

He’s not finished, he’s only 33!

In fact, Jussi Jääskeläinen carried on for 9 more years in English football after this bizarre own goal against Liverpool.

Oh, mate.

The team? Gladesville Ravens in the ‘grand final’ of a Sydney league against Eastwood St Andrews.

The situation? Five minutes from the end. With the score 2-2. Oh, mate.

The defender’s name? No-one seems to know. Probably for the best.

Juninho Bacuna just over a year ago for Huddersfield against Stoke. A 45-yard volleyed own goal. Love it.

Yep, these are definitely my favourites.

Terry Wilson with a rocket, 30 years ago last week.

I’ll just put this out for a... goal.

Andrea Consigli for Sassuolo against Fiorentina in 2016.

The best bit is his immediate realisation that he’s fucked it. No despairing dive for Consigli, just head in hands straight away.

As a boyhood Arsenal fan, Carl Jenkinson knows his Gunners lore.

This own goal was a clear homage to Lee Dixon’s earlier work, continuing the glorious tradition of right-backs lobbing their own keeper. Top class

Shades of Gazza against Scotland as Jamie Pollock takes on the QPR attack.

This is up there with the very best. The composure, the style, the lobbed header to finish it off. Quality.

A bad start to the 1985/86 Bundesliga season for Bayern Munich, as Helmut Winklhofer scores this worldie after 34 minutes of their opening fixture at Uerdingen.

This goal won the German goal of the month. Terrific banter.

Another goalie blunder, this time from Tahiti’s Mickael Roche.

Roche was also in goal for Tahiti’s 10-0 defeat at the hands of Spain in the 2013 Confederations Cup.

Tomislav Piplica, Energie Cottbus keeper, with possibly the most bizarre own goal in the entire thread. Was he confused by the deflection and thought he couldn’t pick it up?

Either way, it was a late equaliser for opponents Gladbach. Oops.

The lesser-spotted team own goal.

Estonia side Paide Linnameeskond score after a well-constructed move, Martin Kase putting the finishing touches on the goal before Levadia Tallinn had even touched the ball.

Less famous than Jamie Pollock’s, but fairly similar in style.

Brian Gayle in the dying embers of the old Division One, before the Premier League came along.

Old football really was rubbish.

Cross comes in, the defender is totally unmarked. BOSH, pick that out.

Take a bow, Recep Çetin of Besiktas.

He’s a pinball wizard
There has to be a twist
A pinball wizard’s got such a supple... ankle?

Martin Hinteregger finishes off a classy tiki taka move by the Gladbach defence.

Here’s Chelsea loanee Fantaky Dabo scoring a remarkable own goal for Vitesse in 2017.

The commentary on this one is a highlight. Anyone know the Dutch for YouTube?

Another number 9 in his own box. Iain Dowie is given far too much time by... his own defence. His predatory instinct kicks in and bang, goal.

You’ve got to love it when three different players are involved in an own goal.

Here it’s the keeper and two defenders combining for a farcical concession.

Let’s stay in Peru, this one’s even more ridiculous.

Maybe Renzo Reaños heard a whistle, thinking a penalty was coming? No idea.

You might remember this one from a few years back.

Assaf Mendes for Maccabi Haifa. Yes, it’s wind-assisted, but he doesn’t exactly cover himself in glory with the attempted save.

One of the best things about living in 2019 is that even a Swiss semi-pro game might be filmed.

Adrian Gulfo with a wonderful bicycle kick for Pully Football against FC Renens in Switzerland. Absolutely spectacular.

Johan Cruyff only scored one own goal in his career and it was a delight.

It really can happen to the best of us.

When it comes to great goals, context matters. You wouldn’t want a pre-season goal being nominated for the Puskas. In this thread, context is mostly irrelevant.

Geoffrey Kondogbia launches one over his own keeper during a pre-season friendly against Chelsea and it’s glorious.

No-one has more Premier League own goals than Richard Dunne. No-one even gets close.

This is the pick of the ten he scored, a late equaliser for ten-man West Brom. Earnshaw’s desperate yet futile dash to claim it himself is the cherry on the cake.

Hang on, this isn’t an own goal. The Crucero striker just puts it past the keeper.

Wait, hang on, there’s the replay. Oh yeah, and there’s Huracan defender Carlos Arano walloping it in. There are so many of these types of own goal and there will never be too many.

“Play the hits” someone shouts from the crowd.

This is obviously a classic, especially as it’s Neville’s own goal when he did nothing wrong. But *especially* because of the Borat advertising hoardings. Very nice!

I’ve always liked this one from Gareth Barry. It’s the half-step as he considers his options, takes his time then very carefully slots it into the bottom corner.

These might be the worst ones. Nowhere for a goalkeeper to hide when they’ve slung the ball into their own net under no pressure.

This is Welwalo Agrigat in Ethiopia. The goalkeeper doesn’t appear to be named anywhere on the internet. Lucky him.

Have another one. This is Radu Mitu, ten minutes into his debut for Moldovan side Milsami Orhei. The day after his 19th birthday. Poor bastard.

He’s played another 135 times for them so it’s not all bad.

James Collins against Man City. He couldn’t do this again if he tried 100 times.

Paolo Vanoli for Rangers, showing remarkable composure to bring the ball down and stroke it past the keeper.

Vanoli has followed Antonio Conte round as his assistant for the last few years.

Number 9s in their own six-yard box, they just can’t be trusted.

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has a sniff of a goal and it’s an unstoppable diving header, you can’t give him that much room in the box.

Former Leicester City left-back Jordan Stewart is heavily involved in this one. His initial effort was decent, taking out the goalkeeper, but looked to lack the legs until his San Jose colleague Victor Bernárdez made sure.

Norwich keeper Temi Moilanen fails to deal with a routine backpass from Graham Alexander. The immediate reaction is great, wonderful body language. Oh FFS.

We’ve seen a few recurring themes over the 50-odd videos in this thread, so it’s nice to see a totally unique own goal.

You know what makes this even worse? Idiot defender Riza Efendioglu is 34 years old. And the captain.

Ah, this is brilliant too. I’ve seen players score from their own half a few times but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anyone score an own goal from the opposition’s half.

It goes down as an Abbie McManus own goal but keeper Ellie Robuck is equally culpable.

I have absolutely no idea who this is or where it is, but it’s brilliant.

This is far from the worst own goal on the list, but it does come in El Clásico.

Predrag Spasić only played league 22 games for Real Madrid before being hounded out as their “worst ever signing”. Weird, they’re normally so forgiving at that club.

Staying in Spain, and here’s Fernando Hierro with a backpass calamity *before* the backpass rule came in.

JUST PICK IT UP.

Lamara Diaf in the Algerian second division with the old double-whammy.

This is so nearly a ‘goal’. Ordinary goals aren’t welcome here. Luckily for us, the original rebound stays out and Diaf has a second chance to screw everything up.

Here’s current England squad member Dean Henderson making a boob of himself while on loan at Shrewsbury in 2017/18. He’s not done too badly since, to be fair.

Milan Gagic of Young Boys absolutely leathering one into the top corner back in 2014. Foot like a traction engine.

Meet Pavol Durica of FC Fehérvár. They’re level in the closing minutes of a Hungarian Cup quarter-final when he does this.

He only played four games for the club. Wonder why.

Looks like I’m taking requests. Let me know if I’ve missed any of your favourites.

This is Mark Crossley scoring the first ever own goal in the Premier League back in September 1992. There have been 950 more scored since.

The first own goal I ever remember seeing on TV.

John Lukic gives Rangers the advantage in the “Battle of Britain” in the 1992/93 European Cup. The Scottish side went on to win the tie 4-2 on aggregate.

How did I miss this one?

Mike Elwood of Mervue Utd scoring an own goal. With his face. From 30 yards! That’s going to hurt.

Hot off the press, here’s a wonderful comedy of errors ending in a Lille own goal against Chelsea in this afternoon’s UEFA youth league game.

Old football really was rubbish, just look at the state of this.

Here’s Willie Donachie being suitably punished for some classic pre-backpass law shithousery.

[Via @FootballInT80s]

From yesterday, here’s Argentinian side Defensa y Justicia conceding exactly the sort of own goal we should expect from the new goal-kick laws.

The goalkeeper’s name is Ezequiel Unsain. Defensa? It would be a good idea.

As the previous video was deleted, let’s have a repost.

Here’s Lyon’s Fernando Marcal with an emphatic strike against PSG last night after good work in the buildup from both teams. Clinical.

Staying in France, a classic goalkeeper blunder from Grenoble’s Brice Maubleau.

The throw is good, but the despairing dive makes it.

Back in 2004, an FA Cup match between Wigan and West Ham is heading for a comfortable away win when Wayne Quinn gives the Latics a late consolation out of sheer boredom.

Lewis Dunk in the FA Cup against Liverpool back in 2012, one of three Brighton own goals in the game.

I’ve got plenty of time here. Enough time to chest it down, oh yes I’m quite good at this. Take another touch to compose myself and... ah.

[via @HLTCO]

Jim Holmes of Falkirk. Everything about this is just wonderful. The goal, the commentary, the ball-boy. Brilliant.

[Via @FootballCliches]

This is a wonderful own goal from Ben Godfrey today.

Lovely composure to tuck that away first time.