G-Force!

[andy78]

2)Marco Gabbiadini and Eric Gates, Newcastle 0-2 Sunderland, Division Two play-off semi-final second leg (16 May, 1990)
It is entirely logical that high-class strike partnerships, particular those of a telepathic nature, should specialise in one-twos. Here we might cite Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke; in Manchester United's Treble season, they were the give-and-go that kept on giving. And going. The pick was that remarkable goal in the Nou Camp, when they cut devastatingly through Barcelona's defence like a swish of Zorro's blade (admittedly the last defender was Samuel Okunowo, who would end up playing at Waltham Forest, but it's still a delicious goal).
However, the Joy of Six would be unutterably tedious if we just picked six obvious examples each week, so we've gone for a lesser-known pair who had an equally powerful sixth sense: Sunderland's G-Force of Marco Gabbiadini and Eric Gates. There were more than 12 years between them, but the chemistry was palpable - so much so that, when a Gabbiadini lookalike did that "We wanna be tugevva!" Prudential advert, it wasn't hard to envisage an equivalent with him and Gates.
Between them they scored 42 goals when Sunderland were promoted to the top flight in 1989-90. The most celebrated came in their epic play-off semi-final victory over Newcastle. Having drawn the first leg 0-0 at Roker Park – when, and you'll like this link, Paul Hardyman responded to missing a last-minute penalty by trying to boot John Burridge's head into Row Z – they deservedly won 2-0 in the return at St James' Park, a result every bit as celebrated as their 2-1 win in the rain in 1999.
The clincher came five minutes from time, with Gates' disguised return allowing Gabbiadini to ease the ball into the far corner. It was their penultimate game together, and the last goal for which they would combine. It was a pretty fitting legacy.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010...oals-rob-smyth

From the Guardian's Joy of Six, it was second in the greatest one-twos of all time.

[Elephant]

Originally Posted by andy78

From the Guardian's Joy of Six, it was second in the greatest one-twos of all time.

What was top ?

[andy78]

Originally Posted by Elephant

What was top ?

This one...

1) Rik Coppens and André Piters, Belgium 8-3 Iceland, World Cup qualifying Group 2 (4 June, 1957)
When someone is as charismatic and ostentatious as Johan Cruyff, it is easy to be seduced into giving credit where credit isn't due. That is certainly the case when it comes to Cruyff's famous tap penalty with Jesper Olsen in 1982. We are not saying that Cruyff is guilty of stealing the copyright, for Johan is an honourable man, but it is certainly the case that most perceive him – erroneously - as the inventor of this ingenious manipulation of the rules.
In fact the first known instance came from the Belgian pair of 'Rik' Coppens and André Piters in a World Cup qualifier against Iceland in 1958. Belgium were leading 6-1 at the time, which cut him a certain slack if, say, he'd ballsed it up completely. Not that he did.
Coppens, Belgian football's greatest maverick (insert your own joke here) flagged the plan to Piters by saying simply "en deux temps" (literally "in two times"). The execution may look a little clumsy, but then Adam and Eve weren't exactly producing the Kama Sutra from the get-go. This was still groundbreaking, immensely imaginative stuff; all of which makes Coppens' low-key celebration, akin to a gruff post-coital rollover, even more endearing.
He deserves to have pride of place in the pantheon of footballing innovation, but that place has been taken by Cruyff. Now if someone could just uncover footage of some hairy-arsed joker doing a "Cruyff" turn for Grimsby in 1968...

[TartanMackem]

They said they were using the "strictest definition" of a one-two which had to be played with one touch, yet the Gates-Gabbiadini one clearly has Gates taking two touches.

[Spargel]

A lot of Sunderland fans work at The Guardian

[SteveB]

What a goal

You had to be there I suppose

[FLATHEED]

Originally Posted by SteveB

What a goal

You had to be there I suppose

I was!! the angle my mates and I were at behind the goal we knew it was in as soon as he hit it, no way burridge was getting to it!! Mind I was also convinced Owers had scored when Stimson blocked his shot!

[G Force]

Oh, I thought this was going to be all about ME

[Church]

In those days when you could love footballers without being a gayer, I loved Gabbiadini.

[SteveB]

Originally Posted by FLATHEED

I was!! the angle my mates and I were at behind the goal we knew it was in as soon as he hit it, no way burridge was getting to it!! Mind I was also convinced Owers had scored when Stimson blocked his shot!

you must have been right next to me (or infact you might be me)

Marco, the far post and me were all in a line - you could tell from when it left his foot that it was going nowhere else but the back of the net - what a night