what a joke , who was the first british club to win the european cup , celtic , not even a mention

duncan morton, perth, australia

What a joke selection! Manchester United only feature five times in the Top 20! Obviously the London media supporters' branch is losing its touch.

jim ellis, preston, england

As a Newcastle supporter I have to say that Bellamy's winner in Rotterdam is the best I've witnessed in the flesh. As a football supporter I've witnessed Cambiasso's goal for Argentina against Serbia in Gelsenkirchen. Also Jack Charlton's testimonial at Portland Park,Ashington.

Stevie Hill, South-East London, England

Im a Newcastle supporter and have two favourite matches. First, beating Ujpesti Dozsa 3-0 in the first leg of the Fairs Cup final at St James' 1969.....a brilliant, passionate game won by sheer teamwork. 5-0 against Manchester United when a rampant Toon tore Man U apart with five brilliant goals.

Garry Cosgrove, Morpeth, Northumberland

what about fa cup final 2006 liverpool west ham?

andrew, melbourne, australia

Oh, Great Eric is Master of kung-fu. But Liverpool forever the best!

Alex, Kiev, Ukraine

I WAS there at the 1966 World Cup Final at the end where Geoff Hurst "scored"off the bar. It wasn't a goal because thousands of us saw the chalk kick up off the line. Watch Tilkowski the German goalie point to it. Hunt couldn't reach the rebound above him so he claimed a goal.4-2 was fair result.

Dale Scott, Bingley, UK

Where is the 1961 England - Scotland game. England 9 Scotland 3. and Haines had another one disallowed. It certalnly stands out in my memory, but I understand if Scotland suppoprters have forgotten it.

Ken Massey, Houston, Texas, USA

Jim Baxter playing keepy up against the World Champions in 1967 at Wembley

Ronaldinho lobbing Seaman at the Japan/South Korea World Cup

Stuart Pearce punching the air after exorcising his penalty demons against Spain at Euro 96

Steven, Edinburgh, Scotland

Roberto Di Matteo's 30 yard rocket to score the fastest ever FA Cup Final Goal (43 Seconds) in 1997 v Boro deserves a mention. Spectacular and historic.

Will, Phoenix, AZ,

Not one mention of the 2001 FA Cup Final?

Arsenal one up with only eight minutes left, Michael Owen pops up and scores two to win it for Liverpool.

david, salisbury, uk

What about Scotland beating England at Wembley when Jim Baxter outshone the world champions?

Ray , Zurich,

The Gerard Cup Final? 2006

Karl, Washington DC, USA

What happened to Real Madrid vs Eintracht European cup final, thought to be the best ever club match...

Ian Hendry, Boston, USA

On Chesterfield v Middlesborough. Ellery's decision was not inexplicable - it was a case of the ball bouncing down from the cross bar, over the line and then out. All over in a flash, and very hard to referee. That's why people keep suggesting technology to help. Still, a great shame.

Dennis, London,

Aston Villa creating the world's first football league was probably the defining moment in English (and world) footballing history. William McGregor's brainchild, March 1888.

Mick, Cork, Ireland

Jimmy.Glass.

Gerry, mOTHERWELL, Scotland

Not one mention of the 1979 FA Cup Final?

Arsenal two up with five minutes left, then 2-2 with a minute to go before Alan Sunderland wins it or Arsenal. First live match I ever watched on TV.

Paul, Leeds,

What about FA Cup Semi Final Day - Palace 4 Liverpool 3, followed by Oldham 3 Man United 3 ont the BBC. One of the best days of TV football viewing ever.

Also Norwich beating Bayern Munich was quite funny

Pete, Wellington, NZ

Surely the meeting confirming the formation of the premier league should be in there. Hmm improvement to England national team was cited as one of the reasons for its creation, what went wrong there.

Mark Davies, Cardiff, UK

30. Seaman lets in a lob. You'd think he'd learn from that game.....Outcomes a free kick against the Brazilian team and shabang! ... Again.

raj, vancouver, canada

Celtic beating Rangers 4-2 to win the league in 1979 after being down twice and down a man after J. Doyle sent off for kicking MacDonald ? (not hard enough) No TV you had to be there to see the emptiness of the Rangers end when Murdo scored.

Stephen, Vancouver, Canada

What about Manchester City and Gillingham 1999, City V's United at Old Trafford 2008...., City 10 Huddersfield 1.... City Versus Newcastle, 0-0 at half time, Colin the king Bell comes on after half time and City win 4-0......priceless!!!

Dave Sacks, Manchester,

I wish I had witnessed first hand Don Rogers' second goal in the '69 League Cup Final that secured the trophy for Swindon against the Gunners or his 'Big Match' Goal of the Seaon whilst playing for Palace in the 70s. Classics from arguably the best winger not to win a full cap for his country.

Julian Webb, Shaftesbury, UK

Being at the final whistle when Ar5ena1 'reserves' saw Steed Malbranque finish them off. Oh what joy. Another wish you'd been there moment, the park in Manchester whn after 2 hours of bottle throwing the technicians told Rangers fans they wouldn't get to see the game 5 mins before KO

James, Yorks,

You missed out some quintessential moments in Scottish Euro football.

Aberdeen beat mighty Real Madrid.

Celtic become the first northern European team to win the European Cup, also take 100,000 to Seville creating a party atmosphere.

Rangers riot in Barcelona and get their team banned!

Ian, Edinburgh, UK

what about celtic becoming the first british team to win the european cup in 1967. What an utter disgrace. is it any wonder english are branded arrogant?

chris collins, paisley,

Abbey,

The title of the article is 'wish you had been there MOMENTS" not wish you had been there MATCHES. There is not a single moment in the Liverpool Milan final that tops the equaliser or the winner in '99.

Niall, Dublin , Ireland

spurs 3-5 united?
wiltord's goal against united at old trafford which gave arsenal the title??
rooney's wondergoal for everton against arsenal???
liverpool 3-3 united ????
juve 2-3united at turin????

GG, ann arbor, USA

You missed the best League/Littlewppds Cup Final ever, with injury-hit Luton's remarkable and deserved comeback in 1988 to beat Arsenal 3-2 after being 2-1 and a (missed) penalty down.
It also occurs to me that Spurs 10 Everton 4 (early 60s, I think) must have been one hell of a game.

Chris Weaver, Weiterstadt, Germany

You should add that these were the moments involving english football, which is not quite the same...

João André, Maastricht, The Netherlands

I agree with Josh, surely Middlesbroughs two comes backs in the UEFA Cup Quarter and semi finals against Basel and Steaua, losing 3-0 and coming back to win 4-3 both times deserves a mention.

Luke, Gt. Ayton, England

denis law scores for city and sends united down great day
roy keane gives veria a verbal slap in the tunnel
eamon coughlan comming of the final bend in the 5000 mtrs
clenched his fist he knew he had it won

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winnie, NEW YORK,

The greatest sporting moment in 1966 - that is a bit embarrassing for this nation - I wonder when the next worldcup final will come along. My bet is: not in my lifetime.

Mat Smith, Beverley, UK

Any time Australia beats England especially in Football LOL

Wazza, Perth, Australia

Wembley 1999,the division2 play off final between Manchester City and Gillingham.
The Gills are 2-0 up with about 3 minutes to go and have all but secured promotion.
But never count out City.They won on penalties to break every single Gillingham heart.
City fans went ballistic.

Andrew, Putney, England

What about Jerzy Dudek's wobbly legs?

Laura, Reading, Berks

Have to agree with other posters- this is a list that does not include anything outside of England- absolute disgrace!

Whilst I agree there are some great monets there- if the list wasn't so narrow minded and included things like archie gemmil's goal against hollnad in 78 or Scotland beating Fran

dondo, Leeds,

Mine has to be at the Everton Vs Liverpool 4-4 Thriller and I was only 8 years old in the terraces! Great Game and the fans sat together and left together talking about the game which is something that will never happen again, which is a shame!

Phil Jones, Bury, Lancashire

Nothing about Scotland? come on:

28. Paul Gascoigne scores against Scotland, 1996

That was a great moment in British Sport :)

Paul, London,

I can't see where this says it's a list of English and not British moments.
To the poster who says The Times is an English paper, it is just as much a British paper.
So surely the first British club to win the European Cup should be near the top of this list?

Mark, London,

For those who query why Liverpool 2005 rates higher than United 1999:

The 2005 Liverpool V Milan final was a classic nail biter from start to finish, Milan were sublime in the first half, Liverpool’s comeback was inspirational and one of the greatest examples of the underdog fighting back against all odds to eventually triumph.

The 1999 final on the other hand was a deadly dull affair, 1.0 to Bayern until the last few minutes, then two scrambled goals to win the match for United. The fact that it was part of a treble is neither here nor there, for the neutral it was boring, boring, boring.

Abbey, St Helens, UK

How disappointing - they are all about football!

Just one "wish I was somewhere else moment" then!

andrew holden, oxford, uk

Tom - You were there when Oxford lost their football league status and Leyton Orient gained promotion, surely it must he on the top 50!!

Mark Engel, Watford, UK

Why are a couple of press conferences on the list, when Palace's extraordinary 4-3 win at Villa Park over Liverpool in the 1990 FA Cup Semi-Final is not? First time in the Final in Palace's history, first time the Semis were on TV, and all against Liverpool who had beaten us 9-0 in the same season!

Matt, Paris,

palace 4 liverpool 3 1990 FA Cup semi-final, same year as we lost to them 9-0 (which could also be here). Yet somehow Charlton get on this list twice! Ridiculous.

hilaire, LA,

England wining the world cup for the one and only time is undoutably number 1. Not just because we won it, but because it was 2-2 at full time, the germanys got a dodgy free kick that they equalised from. Not to mention the russian linesman and the greatest piece of commentary in the history of ever

Will, grimsby, uk

there isnt any scottish or irish stuff, because it is a list of the greatest moments in english football, not british football. Get the scotsman to do a list if your that bothered.

Also jimmy glass for carlisle, absolute miracle, dont support them but was wonderful. Unless your from scarbourogh!

wil, grimsby, uk

what about when newcastle beat man utd 5-0...truely the best football i've ever seen! For 90mins we played better than man u did all season, better than arsenal in the early 2000's, n dare i say it, even better than liverpools 2nd half come back against milan. we scored 5, it could have been 8 or 9!

Pete, Cramlington,

My favourite moment was when Australia beat England 3-1 last time they played.

Stephen Kanaris, Sydney, Australia

I think no.3 should be placed top, no.2 remains as no.2 and no.1 goes to no.3 or something.

Keith, Edinburgh,

Huddersfield Town becoming the first team to win the top division three times in a row, 1923, 24 and 25....

Neil, Leeds,

West Brom's great escape!

Coming from bottom to survive the premeir league.

James, Newport,

what about di canio catching ball when he could have scored. Truly great sporting moment

david, Glossop,

How could you forget frank worthington, bolton v ipswich, 1978
watch the video here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0z_arXZ8nM

rikeee, manchester,

'The top 50 moments in English football'

That's why this list is so England-centric. Come on guys pay attention and stop moaning – you're giving the Scots a bad name.

Martin, Hamilton,

Wasn´t anybody at the 1995 play off final between the mighty Bolton Wanderers and reading. We´re 2-0 down (should have been 3 cos they missed a penalty) with 14 mins to go and we clean up in extra time. Maybe we´re not "glory " enough for a mention. Sure Reading enjoyed it as well

nubi, madrid, spain

Middlesbrough 8 Man City , The 5-1 England germany match should have been higher.

Aaron, Middlesbrough, England

I think a few people have misunderstood this list - it's a list of top 50 moments in English football - so games involving England & English club sides. You wouldn't have a list of top Scottish footie moments including England winning the WC! Some people need to calm down with the anti-Englishness

Graham, Bristol, UK

Waino, in response to your observation that United have 2 out their 3 european cups mentioned while your lot only have one. Perhaps it says something about how we won ours and you won yours. Lets be honest, penalties and a constant stream of back passes hardly sets the pulse racing now does it...?

Simon Forster, Manchester, UK

Rob Lyttle - there are mainly English games here because this is the site of an English newspaper. If it was an Irish newspaper I imagine you'd get mainly Irish games and if it was a Scottish newspaper ALL the games would be Scottish teams beating English teams.

Tony, Bristol, England

tottenham 3, man utd 5, watchin veron turn in a performance that shown everyone why he was 28m!! shame he didnt do it often enough!!

gary lloyd, chester,

1992, final game of the Italian season, Milan losing 2-1 at half time to Foggia and needing a single goal to have an unbeaten season.

So they decided to give themselves some breathing room and scored 7 in the second half, Gullit, Van Basten (2), Matrecano, Fuser and Simone (2) What a team!

Antony, Las Vegas, USA

April 1991at elland road. 3-0 down to Liverpool at half time, carl shutt and a lee chapman hatrick made it a 5-4 defeat at the finish. Almost felt like a win!

Antony, Las Vegas, USA

surely there should have been room for Denis Law's reaction when he scored the goal for City that helped relegate United.

JR, london,

One game I was at and to this day it is still the best Scottish Cup final ever. 1991, Hampden Park, Motherwell 4 Dundee United 3 after extra time. Pure drama from start to finish and a match in which the late Davie Cooper and Phil O'Donnell ended up winners.

Steve Mitchell, London, UK

Being there in 1928 when William "Dixie" Dean needed to score a hat trick to break the all time season record - and with 8 minutes to go he headed his 3rd to be the only player in history to score 60 goals in one season

Phil Roberts, Kelsall, England

spurs 6-4 reading. A meaningless game of kick football with nothing at stake... one of the greatest football games to be at of all time Please ...i could come up with 200 ideas to top that effortlessly....I am sure sure spurs fans could as well.

stephen webster, tokyo, japan

George, Belfast, Northern Ireland, do not be surprised by this awful list!!

England, England, England and a bit of Man U. When I clicked link I expected an honest top 50 must have been there list not an 'I love England & Man U list'

What about Celtic winning European Cup!!!

Colin, San Diego, USA

Hereford v Brighton in 97, losing team relegated to the Conference. Brighton had been 12 points adrift at one point, but drew to send Hereford out of the league instead.

Brighton v Walsall, 1976. 0-0 - then 7 goals in last 28 mins, inc. two hat tricks. Ward scored 4, Mellor 3, Brighton won 7-0.

Tom Nichols, Gloucester,

I'm English, and I have to say I agree with those who say this list is too English! Terry's miss v Gemmill's goal? No contest.

Having said that - I will always cherish the memory of Arsenal's victory over Blackburn in 2006. It was the record-breaker in the 49-game unbeaten run!

Elliot, Elstree, UK

Stephen Webster and Jamie B, I was at the Gillingham V Man City match too. One of the most heart stopping matches I've seen, even if we did lose.
Man City had a lot more to lose than we did and clawed the game back to win on penalties.
Still, we got promoted the next year at Wembley !

Paul C, London, UK

Scotland 4 England 0 in the 1966 World Cup Final.
I wish I had been there.

John Terris, Perpignan, France

Steve Webster, you are absolutely right! I was privileged enough to have been at the Gillingham match. When city scored our second, I fell two rows forward I was going that mental. Best. Match. Ever

Jamie B, Bath,

Christmas Day Armistice friendly match and the Germans still win. No wonder they say footballs a game played with 22 men and at the end the Germans always wins!

Mike, Hong Kong, China

Two matches I would love to have been at, both last World Cup in Germany.
1stly qtr finals when Zidanne'o'cam took the Brazilian skillmisters appart. Awesome.
2ndly but more importantly, the German Italy semi-final absolutely awesome football miraculously 0-0 until 117 minutes. An awesome game,

Joe, Geelong, VIC Australia

Blackburn1-4 Man City. last game of season. Astonishing game with high stakes for City needing to win to get automatic promotion to Premiership..Blackburn 1-0 up at half time and having hit post /crossbar 4 times. A stunning rollercoaster of a game with a meaningful result there and then.

stephen webster, Tokyo , japan

Man City V Gillingham 2-2 aet competing for the third pace play off at wembley fot the right to go to the first division. City 2 goals down in the last 10 minutes. Their first ever season in the "old third division" It might have ben too much. And then 2 goal. This game actually meant something.

stephen webster, tokyo , japan

Liverpool? No 2? Above the Treble? No Chance. As a Man United fan I am gutted. To be fair - the scoucers deserved a couple of mentions in there.

John Teege, Manchester, UK

Mancs win 3 European Cups, 2 get picked. Liverpool win 5, 1 gets picked. No wonder the media bias towards the Mancs makes them hated.

Waino, Liverpool,

If you are a Brighton fan, then the commentator's cry of "And Smith must score" in the'83 Cup Final v Man U is one you you will never forget. Gordon Smith was clean through but his weak effort was saved by Stepney. Had he scored Brighton would have won the Cup AND been relegated in the same season

Martin Pooley, Marrickville, Australia

what about Everton 1966 coming back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 I was there one of the greatest days of my life

Ed Faichney, Sitia, Greece

7th September 2005, Windsor Park, Belfast.

England's pampered big-time charlies expected a stroll in the park and got put to the sword by a hard-working, more up-for-it Northern Ireland side made up of mainly Championship & League One players.

Was hoarse for days after it...

George, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Man U scoring to goals in the last minute to lift the European Cup

James, Mansfield, Notts

Mansfield beating West Ham in the fith round of th FA Cup. The West Ham side included Martin Peaters, Jeff Hurst and Bobby More

James, Mansfield, Notts

What about Gillingham 10, Chestefield 0. Sept1987.

Matt, London,

1967 Celtic 2 Inter Milan 1
1967 England 2 Scotland 3
1972 Rangers 3 Moscow Dynamo 2
1977 England 1 Scotland 2
1983 Aberdeen 2 Real Madrid 1
2007 France 0 Scotland 1
1982 Northern Ireland 1 Spain 0

all great 'to be there' moments,eh?

Ian Fraser, Peterhead, Guess?

What about Liverpool's comeback in te '06 FA cup final against West Ham.

Ian, perth, australia

Joke! Not even pool beating rome on their patch to win the european cup. Cantona gets in it for assault! No mention of Dicanio against everton? What about Keegan & Bremner in the charity shield? How about Bradford, Hillsborough, Munich? You really just think of an idea, start writing & flesh it out.

graham hughes, dublin, ireland

i was there in isatanbul and i still can't believe it. life changing.

bobby, tooting, england

Nothing with George Best? I would like to have been at ANY game (almost) where Best was in full form.

Carson, Leatherhead,

where is archie gemmell's goal against holland in 1978?

Ritch Duncan, Aberdeen, Scotland

How is John Terry's penalty miss in the top 10? I could think of a thousand more entertaining moments in football than that one, most of the country wanted both teams to lose. Typical media can't see the boring teams that make up the top of the Premiership.

Bob Cross, Stanley, UK

Surely Boro's UEFA cup comebacks of 2006 deserve a place. Written off at 3-0 down on both occasions but bouncing back to win 4-3. Basel and Steau didn't know what hit them.

Josh O'Donoghue, Middlesbrough,

Some truly magical moments there. I'll take Jimmy Glass' goal against Plymouth to my grave with me and I'm not a Carlisle fan!!!! Football truly is the best game on the planet. Long live the beautiful game......

Harry Boulton, Manchester, England

Lots and lots of high-scoring matches - so where's Portsmouth 7 - 4 Reading? Highest scoring game in the Premiership ever!

Sam Guillen, Portsmouth (surprisingly),

What about Aberdeen's great win in the Cup Winners Cup. Surely a fitting addition given the 25th anniversary celebration match versus the current European Champions tomorrow!?

Darren, Edinurgh,

I cannot say i am surprises, but where is anything non english on this list. Northern Ireland beating enland in 2005, Scotland beating the world champions england at wembley, wales beating italy, archie gemmil against holland, george best kicking the ball out of banks hands. Just a few would be nice

Rob Lyttle, London,

My mate was in a Charity match in Rotheram the other week... Greatest sporting come back of all time... 2-0 down with 20 minutes to go... Only went on to win 3-2... When i heard the news i couldn't beiveve it...

Ian, Liverpool, Peru

What about the incredible come back by Warren FC in the Middlesex County Division 3 Cup 1st round, when we came from 3-0 down in the first half to force penalties against a team one division higher?! We won the penalties and all 4 people that were walking their dogs stopped to have a look!!

Marcinho, London, UK

What about the League Cup Final of 1967?
West Brom were 2-0 up, but QPR came back to win 3-2 and Rodney March got a brilliant winner?

robert, Pattaya, Thailand

Everton 3 Sheff Weds 2 1966 cup final
Everton 2-0 down early in the second half, without the regular centre forward. replacement Mike Trebilcock scores two and then Derek Temple runs through from the half way line to slip the ball under Ron Springett in the Wednesday goal

Pete Grace, Crosby, Merseyside

Surely England's demolition of the Dutch 4-1 in Euro'96 should be in there, one of the best ever English performances, Shearer and Sheringham, I remember looking up at the scoreboard at 4-0 thinking 'remember this because you will likely never see it again'. Outstanding.

John Kench, Charlotte, NC, USA (Ex-UK)

Olympic Stadium, Munich. October 1993.

Norwich won 2 - 1 in the UEFA Cup, Jerry Goss's super volley. Will always be the only English side to have beaten Bayern in the Olympic Stadium.

Surely deserving onf a mention somewhere in the 50

Martin, Norwich,