Goal of the Season

In English football, the Goal of the Season is an annual competition and award given on BBC's Match of the Day, in honour of the most spectacular goal scored that season. It is typically contested between the winners of the preceding ten Goals of the Month, although the goal can and has come from any game in the regular season, including international qualifiers and friendlies - potentially from the opening league games of the season to the end of the European season UEFA Champions League final. In several instances, the goal has come in the final game of the domestic season, the FA Cup Final, the most recent example of which is Steven Gerrard's last minute goal in 2006.

In general, the winning goal has occurred for an English side within the domestic English league or cups, although these are not particular rules—Kenny Dalglish's goal in 1982–83 for Scotland being an example. The goal usually comes from competitions to which the BBC holds television rights and which are shown under the MoTD banner—at present Premier League highlights—although some have come from the equivalent Sportscene broadcast by BBC Scotland. Due to the lack of BBC European club football coverage, held predominantly by ITV and Sky, no goal of the season has ever been scored in European club competition despite many contenders.

Due to a transfer of broadcast rights, the entries for the 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons were decided on ITV's The Premiership.

List of winners

Season Scorer Nationality For Against Stadium Competition Date Commentator Notes
1970-71 Hunt, ErnieErnie Hunt  England Coventry City Everton Highfield Road First Division 3 October 1970 Davies, BarryBarry Davies [1]
1971-72 Radford, RonnieRonnie Radford  England Hereford United Newcastle United Edgar Street FA Cup 5 February 1972 Motson, JohnJohn Motson [2]
1972-73 Osgood, PeterPeter Osgood  England Chelsea Arsenal Stamford Bridge FA Cup 17 March 1973 Coleman, DavidDavid Coleman
1973-74 Mullery, AlanAlan Mullery  England Fulham Leicester City Craven Cottage FA Cup 26 January 1974 Motson, JohnJohn Motson [3]
1974-75 Walsh, MickeyMickey Walsh  Ireland Blackpool Sunderland Bloomfield Road Second Division 1 February 1975 Davies, BarryBarry Davies [4]
1975-76 Francis, GerryGerry Francis  England Queens Park Rangers Liverpool Loftus Road First Division 16 August 1975 Motson, JohnJohn Motson [5]
1976-77 McDermott, TerryTerry McDermott  England Liverpool Everton Maine Road FA Cup 23 April 1977 Motson, JohnJohn Motson [6]
1977-78 Gemmill, ArchieArchie Gemmill  Scotland Nottingham Forest Arsenal City Ground First Division 21 January 1978 Coleman, DavidDavid Coleman
1978-79 Kennedy, RayRay Kennedy  England Liverpool Derby County Baseball Ground First Division 24 February 1979 Motson, JohnJohn Motson
1979-80 Fashanu, JustinJustin Fashanu  England Norwich City Liverpool Carrow Road First Division 9 February 1980 Davies, BarryBarry Davies [7]
1980-81 Morley, TonyTony Morley  England Aston Villa Everton Goodison Park First Division 7 February 1981 Motson, JohnJohn Motson [8]
1981-82 Regis, CyrilleCyrille Regis  England West Bromwich Albion Norwich City The Hawthorns FA Cup 13 February 1982 Parry, AlanAlan Parry [9][10]
1982-83 Dalglish, KennyKenny Dalglish  Scotland Scotland Belgium Heysel Stadium, Brussels Euro 1984 qualifying 15 December 1982 Gubba, TonyTony Gubba
1983-84 Wallace, DannyDanny Wallace  England Southampton Liverpool The Dell First Division 16 March 1984 Davies, BarryBarry Davies [11]
1984-85 Sharp, GraemeGraeme Sharp  England Everton Liverpool Anfield First Division 20 October 1984 Motson, JohnJohn Motson [12]
1985-86 Robson, BryanBryan Robson  England England Israel Tel Aviv Friendly 26 February 1986 Davies, BarryBarry Davies
1986-87 Houchen, KeithKeith Houchen  England Coventry City Tottenham Hotspur Wembley Stadium FA Cup 16 May 1987 Motson, JohnJohn Motson
1987-88 Aldridge, JohnJohn Aldridge  Ireland Liverpool Nottingham Forest Hillsborough FA Cup 9 April 1988 Motson, JohnJohn Motson
1988-89 Aldridge, JohnJohn Aldridge  Ireland Liverpool Everton Wembley Stadium FA Cup 20 May 1989 Motson, JohnJohn Motson
1989-90 Wright, IanIan Wright  England Crystal Palace Manchester United Wembley Stadium FA Cup 12 May 1990 Motson, JohnJohn Motson
1990-91 Gascoigne, PaulPaul Gascoigne  England Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal Wembley Stadium FA Cup 14 April 1991 Davies, BarryBarry Davies
1991-92 Thomas, MickeyMickey Thomas  Wales Wrexham Arsenal Racecourse Ground FA Cup 4 January 1992 Gubba, TonyTony Gubba [13]
1992-93 Atkinson, DalianDalian Atkinson  England Aston Villa Wimbledon Selhurst Park Premier League 3 October 1992 Tyldesley, CliveClive Tyldesley [14]
1993-94 Wallace, RodRod Wallace  England Leeds United Tottenham Hotspur Elland Road Premier League 17 April 1994 Sinstadt, GeraldGerald Sinstadt [15]
1994-95 Le Tissier, MatthewMatthew Le Tissier  England Southampton Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park Premier League 10 December 1994 Tyldesley, CliveClive Tyldesley [16][17]
1995-96 Yeboah, TonyTony Yeboah  Ghana Leeds United Wimbledon Selhurst Park Premier League 23 September 1995 Davies, BarryBarry Davies [15]
1996-97 Sinclair, TrevorTrevor Sinclair  England Queens Park Rangers Barnsley Loftus Road FA Cup 25 January 1997 Motson, JohnJohn Motson [5]
1997-98 Bergkamp, DennisDennis Bergkamp  Netherlands Arsenal Leicester City Filbert Street Premier League 27 August 1997 Gubba, TonyTony Gubba [18]
1998-99 Giggs, RyanRyan Giggs  Wales Manchester United Arsenal Villa Park FA Cup 14 April 1999 Champion, JonJon Champion [18]
1999-2000 Di Canio, PaoloPaolo Di Canio  Italy West Ham United Wimbledon Upton Park Premier League 26 March 2000 Brotherton, SimonSimon Brotherton [19]
2000-01 Bartlett, ShaunShaun Bartlett  South Africa Charlton Athletic Leicester City The Valley Premier League 1 April 2001 Champion, JonJon Champion [20]
2001-02 Bergkamp, DennisDennis Bergkamp  Netherlands Arsenal Newcastle United St James' Park Premier League 2 March 2002 Mowbray, GuyGuy Mowbray [14]
2002-03 Henry, ThierryThierry Henry  France Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur Highbury Premier League 16 November 2002 Tyldesley, CliveClive Tyldesley [21]
2003-04 Hamann, DietmarDietmar Hamann  Germany Liverpool Portsmouth Anfield Premier League 17 March 2004 [14]
2004-05 Rooney, WayneWayne Rooney  England Manchester United Middlesbrough Old Trafford FA Cup 29 January 2005 Motson, JohnJohn Motson [22]
2005-06 Gerrard, StevenSteven Gerrard  England Liverpool West Ham United Millennium Stadium FA Cup 13 May 2006 Motson, JohnJohn Motson [23]
2006-07 Rooney, WayneWayne Rooney  England Manchester United Bolton Wanderers Old Trafford Premier League 17 March 2007 Wilson, SteveSteve Wilson [24]
2007-08 Adebayor, EmmanuelEmmanuel Adebayor  Togo Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane Premier League 15 September 2007 Motson, JohnJohn Motson [25]
2008-09 Johnson, GlenGlen Johnson  England Portsmouth Hull City Fratton Park Premier League 22 November 2008 Brotherton, SimonSimon Brotherton [26]
2009-10 Figueroa, MaynorMaynor Figueroa  Honduras Wigan Athletic Stoke City Britannia Stadium Premier League 12 December 2009 Gubba, TonyTony Gubba [27]
2010-11 Rooney, WayneWayne Rooney  England Manchester United Manchester City Old Trafford Premier League 12 February 2011 Steve Wilson [28]

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