Goal of the Season

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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 82-83 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, the FA Cup, some Home Internationals and and 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/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.

[edit] List of winners

Season Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date Commentator
1970-1971 Ernie Hunt Coventry City Everton Highfield Road First Division October 3, 1970 Barry Davies
1971-1972 Ronnie Radford Hereford United Newcastle United Edgar Street FA Cup Third Round replay February 5, 1972 John Motson
1972-1973 Peter Osgood Chelsea Arsenal Stamford Bridge FA Cup Sixth Round March 17, 1973 David Coleman
1973-1974 Alan Mullery Fulham Leicester City Craven Cottage FA Cup Fourth Round January 26, 1974 John Motson
1974-1975 Mickey Walsh Blackpool Sunderland Bloomfield Road Second Division February 1, 1975 Barry Davies
1975-1976 Gerry Francis Queens Park Rangers Liverpool Loftus Road First Division August 16, 1975 John Motson
1976-1977 Terry McDermott Liverpool Everton Maine Road FA Cup Semi Final April 23, 1977 John Motson
1977-1978 Archie Gemmill Nottingham Forest Arsenal City Ground First Division January 21, 1978 David Coleman
1978-1979 Ray Kennedy Liverpool Derby County Baseball Ground First Division February 24, 1979 John Motson
1979-1980 Justin Fashanu Norwich City Liverpool Carrow Road First Division February 9, 1980 Barry Davies
1980-1981 Tony Morley Aston Villa Everton Goodison Park First Division February 7, 1981 John Motson
1981-1982 Cyrille Regis West Bromwich Albion Norwich City The Hawthorns FA Cup Fifth Round February 13, 1982 Alan Parry
1982-1983 Kenny Dalglish Scotland Belgium Heysel Stadium, Brussels EURO '84 Qualifier December 1982 Tony Gubba
1983-1984 Danny Wallace Southampton Liverpool The Dell First Division March 16, 1984 Barry Davies
1984-1985 Graeme Sharp Everton Liverpool Anfield First Division October 20, 1984 John Motson
1985-1986 Bryan Robson England Israel Tel Aviv International Friendly February 1986 Barry Davies
1986-1987 Keith Houchen Coventry City Tottenham Hotspur Wembley FA Cup Final May 16, 1987 John Motson
1987-1988 John Aldridge Liverpool Nottingham Forest Hillsborough FA Cup Semi Final April 9, 1988 John Motson
1988-1989 John Aldridge Liverpool Everton Wembley FA Cup Final May 20, 1989 John Motson
1989-1990 Ian Wright Crystal Palace Manchester United Wembley FA Cup Final May 11, 1990 John Motson
1990-1991 Paul Gascoigne Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal Wembley FA Cup Semi Final April 14, 1991 Barry Davies
1991-1992 Mickey Thomas Wrexham Arsenal Racecourse Ground FA Cup Third Round January 4, 1992 Tony Gubba
1992-1993 Dalian Atkinson Aston Villa Wimbledon Selhurst Park Premiership October 3, 1992 Clive Tyldesley
1993-1994 Rod Wallace Leeds United Tottenham Hotspur Elland Road Premiership April 17, 1994 Gerald Sinstadt
1994-1995 Matthew Le Tissier Southampton Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park Premiership December 10, 1994 Clive Tyldesley
1995-1996 Tony Yeboah Leeds United Wimbledon Selhurst Park Premiership September 23, 1995 Barry Davies
1996-1997 Trevor Sinclair Queens Park Rangers Barnsley Loftus Road FA Cup Fourth Round January 25, 1997 John Motson
1997-1998 Dennis Bergkamp Arsenal Leicester City Filbert Street Premiership August 27, 1997 Tony Gubba
1998-1999 Ryan Giggs Manchester United Arsenal Villa Park FA Cup Semi Final replay April 14, 1999 Jon Champion
1999-2000 Paolo Di Canio West Ham United Wimbledon Upton Park Premiership March 25, 2000 Simon Brotherton
2000-2001 Shaun Bartlett Charlton Athletic Leicester City The Valley Premiership April 1, 2001 Jon Champion
2001-2002 Dennis Bergkamp Arsenal Newcastle United St James' Park Premiership March 2, 2002 Idwal Robling
2002-2003 Thierry Henry Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur Highbury Premiership November 16, 2002 Clive Tyldesley
2003-2004 Dietmar Hamann Liverpool Portsmouth Anfield Premiership March 17, 2004
2004-2005 Wayne Rooney Manchester United Middlesbrough Old Trafford FA Cup Fourth Round January 29, 2005 John Motson
2005-2006 Steven Gerrard Liverpool West Ham United Millennium Stadium FA Cup Final May 13, 2006 John Motson
2006-2007 Wayne Rooney Manchester United Bolton Wanderers Old Trafford Premiership March 17, 2007 Steve Wilson
2007-2008 Emmanuel Adebayor Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane Premiership September 15, 2007 John Motson