Best ever goals at Selhurst Park

[RubinsCube]

Talk of Don Rogers reminded me of his goal of the season back in the early 1970s.

In more recent times we have had some wonderful goals scored against us at SE25 (Andy Carroll's flick comes to mind; Jay Bothroyd for Coventry in a 1-3 reverse around 2001 also sticks in the memory) as well as for us (Delaney in the Crystanbul match; Ayew versus West Ham).

What would be the best goals people can remember at Selhurst, for or against?

 

[Casual]

Kasami (think his name was) for QPR against us. Is the best goal I’ve ever seen , live or on tele. Holloways last game I think.
I know you was probably talking about goals for Palace. But this one , technically, was on another level.

 

[Mattconrov]

Wright against Chelsea 1990, also Brighton 1989.

Southgate against Portsmouth 1993.

Pardew scored a fabulous volley against Plymouth in 1988.

Staunton hit a nutty strike last min against someone, I can't remember.

Too many to remember straight away

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Darren Ambrose hit a screamer of a free kick against Villa.
Jordan Ayew v West Ham was a good, if unexpected, effort.

 

[TheBigToePunt]

Wright against Chelsea 1990, also Brighton 1989.

Southgate against Portsmouth 1993.

Pardew scored a fabulous volley against Plymouth in 1988.

Staunton hit a nutty strike last min against someone, I can't remember.

Too many to remember straight away

I was going to say Southgate v Pompey! What a goal, and what a win on the day.

 

[Lawrie]

Can’t remember who it was against, maybe one of the elders on this site can remind me.
Dave Swindlehurst scored a screamer of a flying volley from the corner of the area at the holmedale end.

 

[markltcpfc]

Posted this before, but...
Legend Jim against Ipswich (we won 4-1).

They had a corner which Cannon headed out. Found gerry Francis on the edge of our box.
He swivelled and put it out left to Mike Flanagan still in our half.
Meanwhile, Jim went sceaming upfield.
Flanagan saw this and played an inch perfect pass to the edge of their box where Jim met it on the volley into the roof.

 

[Nutmegyeti]

Kasami (think his name was) for QPR against us. Is the best goal I’ve ever seen , live or on tele. Holloways last game I think.
I know you was probably talking about goals for Palace. But this one , technically, was on another level.

It was Fulham, not QPR 🙂

I went to an Evening with Julián Speroni back in 2015.

Anyway, during the Q&A session, a young lad in the audience asked Speroni what the best goal he’d ever had scored against him was. And, funnily enough, he actually said it was that very goal!

 

[Winter_Raven]

2015 Palace 3-1 QPR Matty Phillips from 43 yards in the 83rd minute is the first goal that springs to my mind.

 

[Eagleboy61]

Billy Gilbert versus West Ham in 1978 from about 40 yards is up there

 

[Caterham]

This one, I was standing in the Holmesdale end right behind the chip & couldn't take my eyes off of it -

Just googled the details - 1980

In the 27th minute of a League Division One match at Selhurst Park, Jim Cannon swung the ball out to Nicholas on the flank. Noticing Manchester United goalkeeper Gary Bailey was off his line, Nicholas hit a looping, curling chip aimed for the far post that dipped into the top corner.

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[BromleyMonkey]

Billy Gilbert scored a couple of long range screamers against Bolton and the spammers

QPR scored a long range effort that has always stuck in my mind a few years ago up the Whitehorse end, I can’t remember his name, but he played for West Brom as well, they were already 3-0 down when he scored and Joel Ward scored for us, 😳that game

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Billy Gilbert versus West Ham in 1978 from about 40 yards is up there

Beat me too it 😎

 

[eritheagle]

2015 Palace 3-1 QPR Matty Phillips from 43 yards in the 83rd minute is the first goal that springs to my mind.

Me too. I don’t think it got the kudos it deserved as it was a consolation for an almost doomed team at the time.

I also liked Zaha’s past Kepa of Chelsea from 30 yards but none of us were there to witness it as it was during Covid!!

 

[TheBigToePunt]

Andy Gray scored a freekick from long range on the last day of the season against Man City in about 1990/91 ish. Not only was it a great goal, hit with power and vicious swerve on the outside of his foot, but it also changed his long-range attempts to goals ratio from 327-0 to an impressive 328-1, thereby justifying each any every decision to shoot from a mile away that he ever took.

 

[CPFCSaturn]

2015 Palace 3-1 QPR Matty Phillips from 43 yards in the 83rd minute is the first goal that springs to my mind.

This is my answer as well - was sat right behind it and the movement on the ball was ridiculous

In terms of Palace goals, Victor Moses scored a brilliant bicycle kick against Barnsley which always stuck in my memory

 

[Teddy Eagle]

John McCormick v Sheffield Utd where he picked it up on the halfway line and ran through and hit it from outside the box stays in the memory because it was so unexpected and he was so happy about it.
Yogi got a good one from distance in the same game.

 

[1969eagle]

Algerian (?)Rachid Harkouk against Brentford (I think).....astounding volley from miles (at least) out from pass that dropped from a huge height. He was a brilliant player who never got close to his potential l

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Algerian (?)Rachid Harkouk against Brentford (I think).....astounding volley from miles (at least) out from pass that dropped from a huge height. He was a brilliant player who never got close to his potential l

He might have rattled with the number of loose screws but he could do extraordinary things on the pitch.

 

[Freedman87]

Dean Gordon, against Derby. Turned defeat into a draw in injury-time, an absolute belter from a long way out, top bins. 1993?