Goal of the Month (England)
- Goal of the Month (England)
The Goal of the Month is a monthly segment on BBC's Match of the Day television programme, in honour of the best goal scored each month. The segment has been featured on the programme since the 1970–71 season. Typically, a selection of eight or ten goals from the month are shown and The Goal of the Month is decided by the subjective opinion of one of the pundits, such as Alan Hansen, Mark Lawrenson or Alan Shearer. Until the 2006–07 season, viewers were given the chance to win a prize by selecting the correct winner. For the majority of the 2007–08 season, the BBC did not allow any competitions due to a money-for-competitions-entry scandal, but towards the end of the season and for the goal of the season competition, normal service was resumed. [cite web |title=BBC website: "Goal of the Month in Match of the Day" |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/match_of_the_day/6970432.stm |accessdate=2007-09-02] , The award of Goal of the Month was usually given as 1st, 2nd and 3rd best goal of the month on Match of the Day up until the BBC lost the right to show Premiership highlights in 2000. When highlights returned to the BBC, the format was reduced to only the best goal of the month being announced.
The winners usually go forth to contest the Goal of the Season.
The theme tune used when showing the nominated goals changes each season. In 2007-8 the theme was a non vocal version of "Thats No Way To Tell A Lie" by Manic Street Preachers vocalist James Dean Bradfield
Records
* During the period in which a top 3 was announced each month, Dennis Bergkamp was the only player to have achieved the deemed 1st, 2nd and 3rd best goals of the month in one calendar month, August 1997. In fact these were all scored in one game, a hat-trick against Leicester City.
* The only player to have won Goal of the Month in successive months was Tony Yeboah won both the September and October 1995 Goal of the Month competitions, in the 1995-96 season.
List of 2008-09 winners
List of 2005-06 winners
The April winner is not available.
References
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