What's the largest amount of people that has ever seen you score a goal?

[Ninja Elephant]

I once scored twice in a 5 a side game (stay with me) when the other team were on the verge of winning the league, over a year after joining the bottom divison. They had their spouses and kids with them, they were a middle aged team of plodders. Nice geezers, but rarely troubled to win the league. But this particular season they could wrap up the title with a game to spare if they beat us, hence bringing a crowd. There were about a dozen people behind their goal cheering them on, and booing us with every touch.

Happily, they had a bloke sent off for punching one of our guys and things went a bit pear shaped for them. I rattled in the first with about 10 minutes to go to make it 1-1 and then hit a last minute winner for 2-1 and we celebrated wildly because it meant that if we won the last game, we'd win the league instead of them. They were heckling me, specifically, MERCILESSLY when I celebrated in front of them. Not quite Scott McGleish, but pretty shitty.

It was quite a goal though to be fair, the winner. To complete the story, we showed up for the title decider full of confidence and were duly thumped 5-1 by a new team playing their first game, so the old boys did win the league and their families weren't there to see it (as they had been bad for luck the week before!).

 

[essbee]

I played and scored a goal at the Goldstone as part of a junior exhibition match
a long time ago before a charity match.

must have been approx. 10000 there that day.

 

[ali jenkins]

About 400ish at the Dripping Pan a fee years ago.

 

[seagullwedgee]

Several thousand, but exact number unknown.....

Playing high school soccer in Canada in 1978, playing up front for West Ottawa U18s versus Gatineau U18s, this was a big (very big) top of the table rivalry between our lot from Ontario, and their lot from across the river in French Quebec. For this reason, the local public services TV station recorded it for TV and broadcast it a week later. We won and I scored it in about 75th minute. It was a grim goal, 50/50 me against the keeper coming out, massive collision, I was hurt badly, but as I rolled over I saw the ball dribble into the net off the post - I had got there first but was hit so hard I really didn't know.

How many people watched it on the TV playback the following week, I've no idea, but it was a huge game, heavily covered in the press, and I suspect a few thousand watched.

One up for the limeys over the frogs!

 

[hybrid_x]

about 400 in a school match where we lost to Thomas a Becket in a cup match..........all 400 wanted the other team to win - they were the posh school and we were the rough school - i put us 2-1 up and ran along the touchline to the fans giving it the fist and the big one.

i was 11, and we lost 2-3.


another time around 600. playing in an england v sweden game in Gili Air in Indonesia - i put my name on a board in a bar for a "game of footy" - turned up and kits, ref, lino's, then 600 locals came out in the trees, on the roofs, around the pitch......we won on penalties 4-5......was a great experience.

 

[Husty]

Only scored infront of about 20, but did get to play as a guest in a competitive match between neighbouring villages our in Malawi, seemed like just about everyone from the local area turned out to watch and I'm told about 2000 were there in total.

 

[daveinprague]

between 5-7000... I was playing for HMS Lowestoft in Mombasa and played against the University...stadium was packed, caught us completely by surprise..... my legs were like jelly, scored one of the two goals as it hit me on the way in ;-)
Was then substituted, as I was bricking it....we lost 11-2 ;-(

 

[Sheebo]

About 400ish at the Dripping Pan a fee years ago.

A miss hit cross doesn't count mate!

 

[jackanada]

scored a try in front of a few hundred when i used to play rugby, weird feeling!

Never scored a try in front of a big crowd, but did once nail some unfortunate winger into some of the couple of hundred people along the sideline. I remember not because of the applause but because as I made my way back onto the pitch a plummy voice called out "I say! You've broken my umbrella! "

 

[Beach Hut]

However many attended REMF last season as Junior scored, for me around 5

 

[Barrel of Fun]

About 2000 saw me drop a cross at the feet of a striker in Malawi. Very rarely have I played outfield.

 

[SeagullSongs]

About 50 on several occasions, possibly up to 100 on another.

 

[smeariestbat]

Never scored a try in front of a big crowd, but did once nail some unfortunate winger into some of the couple of hundred people along the sideline. I remember not because of the applause but because as I made my way back onto the pitch a plummy voice called out "I say! You've broken my umbrella! "

that, is brilliant!!!

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

that, is brilliant!!!

This!

 

[Phat Baz 68]

Charity match at Mile End stadium in 1995 scored two crowd was around 1800

 

[Razi]

I almost scored a half-time penalty for the Junior Seagulls vs Fulham in the 1995 FA Cup tie at Craven Cottage. That would've been in front of about 20,000. If only I hadn't dragged my shot pitifully past the left hand post. 17 years on, and I can still remember the shame I felt on that fateful day...

 

[ForestRowSeagull]

Scored the winning pen in penalty shoot out last year in a Memorial match between the two colleges in East Grinstead which was in front of around 500 or so. Also scored in a couple of cup finals which would have been around the same. Think you'd need a good 1000 for a roar though.

 

[Basey]

550 at an u18 derby....was weird so many people turned out for it

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I scored a penalty past the reserve keeper Dan East, at half time at the Amex, for Sky's 'Take it like a fan', during the Blackpool game at the start of last season. There were about 24,000 there, although a lot of those were off getting a pint! Still seemed a LOT of people when I was waiting to take it.

 

[W.C.]

I almost scored a half-time penalty for the Junior Seagulls vs Fulham in the 1995 FA Cup tie at Craven Cottage. That would've been in front of about 20,000. If only I hadn't dragged my shot pitifully past the left hand post. 17 years on, and I can still remember the shame I felt on that fateful day...

Ouch!