John Metgod free kick

[@TrickyTree74]

Yes, that's me (the ball boy) in front of the Bonus Print advertising board. I remember this like it was yesterday ! Johnny, Johnny, Johnny !! - Forest Legend.

[@Andyferguson-ml4uo]

Still the best free kick I have ever seen.Pure raw power.

[@DG-xi4ym]

Was worth staying up late for. Never seen anything like it since. This and Liverpool’s 5-0 win against Forest, great 80’s midweek footie.

[@dikthrust]

I was there to see him score this thunderbolt, even though I'm a Rams fan...free tickets, you see. The sheer brilliance of the shot even made me leave my seat ! I have never seen another goal like it and have been watching 30 games a season for the last 25 years ! Just wish Mr Metgod could get some of the current Derby players to do the same !

[@alfieparkin4569]

that celebration is iconic

[@cubecubesson6779]

Me and my mates used to have a laugh copying it on the school field

[@James-pc1ku]

101 Great Goals .... What a VHS that was !

[@TJG31301]

I got 501 great goals on VHS one xmas in the '80's & was really happy, only to find most of the goals were penalties & own goals :-(

[@yelnaw]

Own Goals & Gaffs was a top VHS series

[@attractivedecoy9415]

I remember watching him play as a late replacement for the Forest 5-a-side masters team, he was far and away the best player there. Everyone else had lost pace, and caught up with him. Neil Webb and Nigel Clough were probably cracking at that level, too.

[@dadm1975]

I remember as an 11 year old watching this on Match of the Day. I'd never seen anything like it or since.

[@rjjcms1]

Haha,I remember this - and that celebration!

[@Dermot2927]

It was a midweek game I'm pretty sure, and on ITV.

[@Andyferguson-ml4uo]

It was midweek but on BBC. The late great Tony Gubba commentating.

[@gerrycol]

I was at Forest and saw the Metgod goal from a position in the far stand shown in theTV picture. I got the impression that Parkes took his hand out of the way by self-preservation instinct. If his hand had been fully behind it, it stood a good chance of being crushed against the crossbar. I have never seen so much power in a shot - as someone said, this was with a heavier ball than they use now, and it was still rising as it hit the net.

[@Andyferguson-ml4uo]

My favourite ever free kick and I don't even support either side!

[@dikthrust]

And I was there to see it ! I'm a Rams fan but was given two free tickets to the game . When it hit the back of the net, my Mate and I just jumped because it was just so stunning !! The only time I will EVER cheer a Forest goal!!

[@bobkippuz]

Best free kick ever

[@FoobsTon]

Watched this on my black and white telly as a kid. Still remember it.

[@srroon26]

A right proper 'thunderbastard'

[@arthurkettle3010]

extraordinary goal....possibly the hardest dead- ball shot ive ever seen

[@supernffc]

I was there that night and to this day I have never seen anyone hit a football so hard.

[@Bamir2]

Ian bowyer stood in the wall. I believe that ball and the one from Chris Waddle from Italia 90 are both still up there having a race.

[@simonpochin2917]

He scored an amzing header once , best ever in UK but i can't find it !

[@xpat73]

I seem to remember this game was in March or April 1986 and was on a Wednesday evening...because I think the extended highlights were on Sportsnight. I think Forest won 2-1. I remember Tony Cottee scored for West Ham.

[@davidcaldwell6627]

If there wasn't a net in that goal I think that shot would be passing Jupiter by now, you can see this shot increasing in power once it left Metgods foot.

[@WELLBRAN]

Metgod, good player first saw him play for Alkmaar

[@malcolmhorton8848]

Was in the away end in the corner… remember saying at the time, he isn’t gonna shoot from there, by the time I’d turned back to look he was doing that celebration😎🤣 COYI⚒

[@xpat73]

Great player for Forest. I remember this game. Cottee scored to tie but Forest won 2-1.

[@21shergar]

This goal is all about physics, not football: tremendous. His celebration reminds me of Dennis Taylor's at the World Snooker Championship a year earlier.

[@lakmeister]

Should of done that more often...fab hit

[@briangriffin928]

I was there! Johhny Metgod could really strike a ball and was as cool as they come, I once saw him put his foot on the ball in his own crowded penalty area looking for a free player he could pass to

[@KuriMoore]

Still rising that shot, to this very day

[@Adebada2007]

Great strike... made a point of looking this up seing as the geezer is in the news today (Portsmouths new assistant manager). To this day if I hit a screamer (in over 35s football these days) - I still shout "Metgod"!!

[@KaiserSoze020]

haha that is the best celebration ive ever seen

[@246trinitrotoluene]

holy shit, that ball had a mind of it's own and didn't stop until it hit the mesh

[@1851davidb]

Can't blame the keeper here. Even slow motion I couldn't see the ball!! What a stunning strike. I'm of the old school. Sure, those nice bendy curly free kicks are pretty. But I prefer the rockets. Lorimer, Charlton, Metgod . They rock!

[@NRVERTAKEMEALIVE]

Great goal johnny and you were a great player in a great footballing team, always 2 /3 players short of winning something but hey fantastic on our day! Thanx johnny you will always be a red! :0)

[@heidbaw]

wicked just was just thinking of thet goal and i've no idea why??? im a rangers fan but my father is forest fan and made me think of him so cheers mate!

[@WallaceEMann]

Just been referenced on commentary in today’s game.

[@darrenporter1850]

The ball curls upwards!

[@FijneWIET]

very nice!

[@21shergar]

This goal is more about physics than football. Never seen anything quite like it before or since.

[@xpat73]

Metgod was a very good player for Forest.

[@Piisuke]

Wow, this joke is still being told in the Netherlands, awesome!

[@KevTheImpaler]

I don't think I saw anyone hit them harder than Johnny Metgod.

[@grelch]

I think it might have been deflected. You can hear a thump as it passes the wall. The ball starts low and ends up in the roof of the net.

[@MrWitchtrials]

I was behind the goal that night and I swear people ducked.

[@bentrueblue31]

i remember having a video tape called soccer85 it had lineker(everton) and mabbut(spurs) but only had one evertton game on it (2-3 defeat to the redshite in sept of that season)

[@rudigero]

It is a cool name, Lozington95. In Dutch his name means 'with God'. Guess how he answers his telephone?

[@wjcarl]

cool goal...

[@stannsmassive]

I was right behind that freekick.

[@lozington95]

dont call me an idiot. hes before my time alright. and dutch or not its still a good name.

[@UnionOfJack]

@razer4660 no, we won't give away that whole lower tier because: a) that's the part of the ground that is easily filled b) most teams in the championship couldn't half fill that lower. i don't see us selling out, but i see us getting a very respectable attendance, average of around 30,000, it will most likely be higher than forest's. we'll sell out against millwall, leeds, forest, cardiff, palace, leicester and all the other biggish clubs.

[@chuffy23]

An absolute 'Thunderbastard'. Love the celebration too.

[@phillynotts]

Quality player for the reds was metgod.

[@lozington95]

it was past my bedtime alright.

[@cubecubesson6779]

Phil Parkes was a top keeper. Don't think he even saw it

[@deanhensley3104]

Would loved to of seen him to that with a modern ball . Sweetly struck

[@thatzmey]

Anybody coming from FourFourTwo Issue 331?? 😀😀

[@patkawasaki]

Also bear in mind that the balls are half the weight now than they were then. The exact opposite of me, actually. Hell of a strike.

[@5stringdude]

@bellajohn You're right, they should have just used Tony Gubba's comments.

[@djsekure1976]

i was there on that night .straight as an arrow from robin hood..johnny johnny johnny johnny johnny johnny....... nffc 2 times**.

[@UnionOfJack]

@razer4660 you just dunno mate, could of been midweek and people didn't have a lot of money then (weren't there a recession in the 80's?) or forest could of given them a low allocation. can't tell from just looking from a video/attendance records.

[@cordsman]

nice hair

[@xpat73]

it was a mid week game ...wed night I think

[@juerx]

go on nottingham, premier league is waiting!

[@jonnamechange6854]

Only waited 13 years for your comment to come true.

[@teake.tekkers2253]

john metgod is my third cousin

[@DeadZeppelin822]

Scott Gemmill is my third cousin

[@teake.tekkers2253]

@@DeadZeppelin822 oh wow bro, I have never even met John metgod coz we live in Australia and him in Europe soo

[@DeadZeppelin822]

@@teake.tekkers2253 yeah never met Scott either. We’re related through my Scottish grandmother but I’m from England

[@oekhoest]

@Mettie82 How old are you now? I hope you still got your hair!

[@gerrycol]

I don't know who the Forest player was who stood in the West Ham wall, then left a gap in it as Metgod was about to shoot. (Forest fans will no doubt tell me!) It's the oldest trick in the book and West Ham were naive to allow it. But I can't quite see from the video if the ball went through that gap, and I suppose anyone who had got in the way of the ball would still have a headache today. By the way, Metgod junior - did your Dad ever show you how to shoot like that?

[@callan666]

Pompey Assistant

[@airidhsj302A]

who's here from espn fc

[@fordtippexagain]

Aye, not bad.....

[@matking9715]

Book

[@grahamgregson]

keeper should have saved it...

[@lozington95]

is that his real name. if so thats well cool

[@ASuwan22]

who?

[@UnionOfJack]

@razer4660 i do pal, i was there. they didn't bring 3,000 because liverpool took that many and went along almost double what west ham did. i'll say it again, not every club's fans sell out every away allocation, they just don't. end of. this is a stupid argument and you're being very petty about it.

[@UnionOfJack]

@razer4660 what are you on about? you can't say 'SHOULD OF HAD A LOT MORE' when you have no clue what went on can you? even if it was £4.40, that was alot of money then ffs, like for example man united only bought around 1,500 to upton park this year. i'm sorry BUT I VERY MUCH DOUBT FOREST SELL OUT EVERY SINGLE AWAY ALLOCATION THANK YOU VERY MUCH. oh, and forest is 2 and a half hours away mate.

[@IlllIllllIIIllll]

it is nottinghamforest?

[@bellajohn]

Shame about the commentary from Danny "Im a cockney wanker" Baker. Great goal, arise Sir John.

[@RichardM-kv4uu]

I'm a Forest fan and love this, BUT... that is the worst defending of a free kick I've ever seen.

[@cubecubesson6779]

Bet you'd have stuck your head in the way n all

[@RichardM-kv4uu]

@@cubecubesson6779 XD

[@279atcardiff]

Quality player, shame he turned sheep.

[@matking9715]

Booooooom