4. Scoring From The Halfway Line - August 1996
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0S2gmmYTRw Before the days of Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham was one of the world's first high-profile sportsmen during his time at Old Trafford in a period where the words "celebrity" and "footballer" were rarely conjoined. In August 1996 he scored one of the most famous - and re-watched - goals in the Premier League era. It was a goal that the enigmatic genius Eric Cantona would have marveled at and one that you wouldn't be surprised to see Ronaldo scoring today. After spotting Wimbledon goalkeeper Neil Sullivan slightly off his line, he attempted an audacious lob from the centre circle. "That's the goal of the season already," manager Alex Ferguson
said afterwards.
"I've never seen it done before. The nearest I suppose was Pele in 1970."
Yes, Beckham's effort shared many similarities to Pele's back in 1970, except with one notable difference. Beckham's effort went in.