Great free kick but it was illegal and should have been disallowed Carr touched the ball twice to donkey scoop it for Ernie Hunt a truly audacious bit of skill or too paraphrase David Coleman 'quite extraordinary' it was too good a goal to disallow it so fuck the rules and well done ref
I was there, right behind the goal. Nobody really new what had happened. On the way home everyone on the coach gave their view of what they saw. In those days there was no instant replay, you had to wait till Match of Day came on 6hrs later. I also recall the following Monday morning in the playground. Everyone doing a Willie Carr flick up
That's right John it became a craze in the schoolyard after that trying to emulate it. Got Motd goal of the season for 1970 if I'm not mistaken and was shown at the start of Motd for a fair few years after unforgettable
Behind the goal supporting Everton? If you were a regular at Highfield Road (I too was there...behind that very goal in the lower West) then you would surely remember that everyone DID know what had happened. They had been trying the donkey kick since the start of the season in August....but kept on failing.....much to the amusement of we Cov fans who jeered every time they missed. It was a remarkable stroke of luck that the kick came good whilst the TV cameras were there (not all matches were televised in those days).
Really? Men wearing ties gzizzz if everyone was nude it wouldn't of mattered after a goal like that... On way home "did you see that goal omfg!!" no erm I was distracted by the attire of the men folk quite surreal... Your mate bemused look never goes match with you again or since
@@spacemunky8164 Seen far better flick tricks than that and done them myself, it's a party trick, but if you rate that goal so highly then you know sweet fa about football. Also can you re-type the last sentence in some intelligible form of English? Thanks.
the photographer at the back of the net was me!!!I was 16yrs old at the time and used to work as freelance with my dad for the coventry magazine, blues mag, and the villa mag,...The next season this goal was on the bbc match of the day intros.....so I was on telly for a whole season!!..lol
@@YourManJam I'll bring my Donkeyboard and my Ass kicking guitar. I have some suggestions for our stage names: Willy Carrot (you), Johnny Jackass (me), Footy Frank (on the drums) and Al Coventry (drunken bassplayer)
@@michaelhoughton4589 My dad, a Liverpool fan, was at this match with his Evertonian friend. His friend had dropped his programme and bent down to pick it up, just as the kick was taken and so missing out on a footballing legend. My dad tried to explain what had happened but couldn't very well because he'd never seen anything like it. I remember it being on match of the Day that night because Dad had arrived back and told us there was going to be something special on.
You did not see something like that again because from that free kick, the regulations in England changed and they prohibited that type of play. Greetings.
Leeds fan here . Remember this with fond memories as a kid. Just been allowed to watch MOTD. Only very young. Fond memories of all my family together. RIP Mum and Dad.Thanks for the memory.of that goal. RIP Ernie Hunt.
@@chamonix4658 Didier Drogba handled the ball against Fulham before scoring. Ref and lino never saw it but the players screaming at the ref made him consult the lino, who then lied about seeing a handball that he couldn't actually see because the defender was blocking his view. If you want a watch it's on Fulham's YT channel under the title of Chelsea Flashback 4 mins 25 seconds in.
Yes. I never understand why players go complaining and pleading to referees immediately after a free kick or a card is given. It's not like he is going to reverse his decision. Just a waste of time and energy!
Ernie was in the team when I began to take an interest in Coventry (despite being a Man Utd fan), but had lost his place to younger players by the time I became a 'proper' supporter (early 1973). It was goals like this that made me sit up and take notice and to want to follow such an innovative side. Thanks for the memory.
@@anthonymitchell8893 Surprised you asked! Began to support CCFC after they appeared on MOTD in an FA Cup tie against Orient, which we won 4-1. I just loved the way that the players seemed so exuberant and looked as if they were a bunch of mates playing in the park. Contrast that with MUFC at the time, who were back-biting and fading fast.
@@grimupnorth fair enough I came back from Australia late 1972 went to my first football match on boxing day saw forest beat Blackpool 4.0 snow on the pitch foggy orange ball to go with Blackpool shirts I was hooked I was ten then four days later I went with my uncle s down the.a 52 to the baseball ground to see derby take.on man u t d they were Irish and all man u t d derby won 3 1 your right they were on the slide got relegated a year and a half.later cheers
Went to Highfield Rd with my Dad the following week - home to Spurs. Tried it again and Pat Jennings tipped the shot onto the bar. Electric atmosphere. Proper football - bring back the 70s!
I'm an Evertonian..💙 But I thought that it was a brilliant goal!...I was 21 at the time and had never seen anyone take a free kick like that before.....very clever, and a great volley from Ernie Hunt...
The records show that this was Coventry's best ever team. Managed by Noel Cantwell, they finished 6th in 69/70 in the old First Division, which remains their highest league position. 10th in 70/71, the season that this brilliant goal was scored.
I was a Canadian lad of 11 in Hampshire watching this game on Match of the Day! One of the first footy games I had ever seen.✨👍 I started following and supporting my first ever sports team that season...Liverpool FC I still faithfully support them to this day....❤ YNWA
I don't understand, why didn't everybody surround the ref, screaming obscenities at him, over playing the shock and injustice?? The Blokes here just seemed to accept it and crack on......... Strange times indeed!
That's because all Footballers today have to attend the Jack Grealish Academy of Diving & Feigning Injury. Today's players wouldn't have stood a chance in the 60's and 70's. Complete wussies !!
@@egastap to themselves only of course. I totally agree with you that they are wussies. They are paid good money, they should stand firm in the wall and take the hit, not cringe away in fear of a ball.
I remember that goal, I'm an Evertonain and appreciate class and skill nothing to do with Everton or the Super League. What a childish thing to suggest.
Dodgy free kick decision but absolutely brilliant free kick ! We were all out in the streets trying the flick next day too . Up the Toffees & Super League my arse !
@@johncuddy2669 Oct 1970 was the 70/71 season - Arsenal won the league. Everton the season before. No need to call him a clown when you don't have the facts right yourself.
Leeds fan here. Remember this with great fondness as a kid. Not allowed now as the ball has got to move it's full circumference. RIP Ernie. Thanks for this great memory.
Yes it was Alan Ball in the white boots. Years later in an interview he said that he was paid a lot of money to wear those white boots, but he said that they were uncomfortable so he woul wear his old black ones and painted them white without the makers knowledge.
Should never have been allowed really, soon has he touches the ball it's classed as in play so by putting both feet each side of the ball he has actually taken it twice, great goal though!
The last time it was allowed was Osgood scoring for Chelsea against Bradford City in the FA Cup and that was after the the rules had been renenforced to disallow it, but the ref award it is anyway and one goal difference knocked us out.
You're right, the last time it was allowed was Osgood scoring for Chelsea against Bradford City in the FA Cup at Valley Parade and that was after the the rules had been reinforced to disallow it, but the ref awarded it anyway and that one goal difference knocked us out. The local paper headlines "City beaten by illegal Ossie flick trick".
Is this even legal in today's game? I would have thought that you can't move the ball and then let go of it like the guy who set it up did. He had a constant contact of the ball rather than a kick
Great strike, but the goal shouldnt have stood. The ball should be 'struck' when that or any other dead ball kick is taken. Picking the ball up with both feet and lifting it into the air like that was ilegal then and is ilegal now. I imagine referee's were watching closely from that point to ensure that didnt happen again, I know I was.
I remember it at the time and as everyone says , all the kids were trying it on the playgrounds up and down the length and breath of Great Britain . For me , it was Scottish internationalist , Willie Carr , who was the real architect of this goal . His donkey flick had to be precise for Ernie Hunt to find the net , and it was . The novelty didn't last as it was banned soon after .
Hi, guys. I'm referee, so here is the quote from IFAB Laws of the game: "A free kick can be taken by lifting the ball with a foot or both feet simultaneously". So this free kick is absolutely legal
Brilliant. So inventive. We all were trying that the next day in the park! But a pity the BBC missed the flick up from the main tv angle! Thank goodness for the camera behind the goal!
I also tried to replicate it with my mates and surprise opponents with it. Everyone was onto it for years and if the flick up went right the shot was sliced or ballooned. Flick up usually went sideways!
It wasn't 'made' illegal, it was always illegal. The ref should have disallowed the goal as Willie Carr played the ball twice by flicking it between both feet. Playing the ball twice from a free kick before another player touches it was always illegal as per the Laws of the game.
@@anthonymitchell8893 two points, firstly, I was commenting on why I hadn't seen this clip, regardless of era. Secondly, I was also wondering why I hadn't seen any of today's players utilising this set-piece. Apologies for not being born earlier... Have a wonderful day.
Never mind the free kick... I'm all about the refs excited wee jump when he awards it
its not a wee jump he was demonstrating the foul to the plyer tf
@@lilkayswirl aagh ref was all in on it..😉
Great free kick but it was illegal and should have been disallowed Carr touched the ball twice to donkey scoop it for Ernie Hunt a truly audacious bit of skill or too paraphrase David Coleman 'quite extraordinary' it was too good a goal to disallow it so fuck the rules and well done ref
@@dermot51 it was not illegal at that moment but they made the rule "after" it. "the ball has to roll one curcumforance of itself"
@@lilkayswirl shut yer mouth mr technicality
I was there, right behind the goal. Nobody really new what had happened. On the way home everyone on the coach gave their view of what they saw. In those days there was no instant replay, you had to wait till Match of Day came on 6hrs later. I also recall the following Monday morning in the playground. Everyone doing a Willie Carr flick up
That's a great piece of first hand footie history. Thanks for sharing!
I remember trying to replicate that free kick with my mates.
@@Britonbear What did you do ? Get your mates to stand still, wrap your legs round theirs then try and flick them in the air ? That's so rad 👍
That's right John it became a craze in the schoolyard after that trying to emulate it. Got Motd goal of the season for 1970 if I'm not mistaken and was shown at the start of Motd for a fair few years after unforgettable
Behind the goal supporting Everton? If you were a regular at Highfield Road (I too was there...behind that very goal in the lower West) then you would surely remember that everyone DID know what had happened. They had been trying the donkey kick since the start of the season in August....but kept on failing.....much to the amusement of we Cov fans who jeered every time they missed.
It was a remarkable stroke of luck that the kick came good whilst the TV cameras were there (not all matches were televised in those days).
That free kick is actually illegal today, but what caught my attention most was the amount of men in the stands wearing ties!
Really? Men wearing ties gzizzz if everyone was nude it wouldn't of mattered after a goal like that... On way home "did you see that goal omfg!!" no erm I was distracted by the attire of the men folk quite surreal... Your mate bemused look never goes match with you again or since
They might look sophisticated but then they chuck toilet roll everywhere. Early chav in his burberry suit.
@@spacemunky8164 Seen far better flick tricks than that and done them myself, it's a party trick, but if you rate that goal so highly then you know sweet fa about football. Also can you re-type the last sentence in some intelligible form of English? Thanks.
This is not a free kick but a volley shot cos he hut the ball in the air. Still a good goal but thats not a free kick...
@@brythonicman3267 I think you're full of shit - Best go empty yourself, eh?
Crazy to think this was 50 years ago! And that we are closer to 2070 than 1970
Scary
@@peterb888 Where in God's name does the time go
@@dermot51 to the part of the universe where that free kick is being taken eternally.
ughhhhhhhhhhhhh
What's crazy about time passing?
the photographer at the back of the net was me!!!I was 16yrs old at the time and used to work as freelance with my dad for the coventry magazine, blues mag, and the villa mag,...The next season this goal was on the bbc match of the day intros.....so I was on telly for a whole season!!..lol
Which year
@@ThaboM 71/72 season I think,...but the goal by Ernie hunt was the previous season
I’m going to start an experimental prog rock band called “Willy Carrs Donkey Kick”
I am a Prog rock musician, and I want to know if I can join the jam on monday?
@@MrTelorix bring your finest donkey kicking gear and you’re in!
@@YourManJam I'll bring my Donkeyboard and my Ass kicking guitar. I have some suggestions for our stage names: Willy Carrot (you), Johnny Jackass (me), Footy Frank (on the drums) and Al Coventry (drunken bassplayer)
@@MrTelorix high viz Donkey Jackets, a la mode,
Johnson & Pritti in Chains.
Ernie Hunt. Easy for you to say.
"And they don't come much better. Than that." The stuff of playground legend throughout the 70s...
The ref obviously knew what they were planning - he couldn’t contain his excitement
Yep, it was all planned out in the Masonic lodge before the game. I hear ya.
I was behind the goal with the fans and my girlfriend at the time, Phillipa, every time I see the goal it reminds me of her. Good memories.
Bring back good memories or bad?
@@crazychameleon123 he said good memories
@@crazychameleon123 i seen her before at ma house
I remember Phillipa too. Very accommodating girl!!!
Phillipa still owes me £3.50 for the saveloy and chips I bought her 7 years ago after an Oasis tribute concert.
I came here because of Ernie Hunt dying. I've been a football fan over 20 years and have never seen this before. Strange. Brilliant goal.
Exactly same here, heard the sad news and have never heard about this goal before so had to check it out on you tube!!
Really sorry to hear that Ernie has passed away. As an Everton this goal traumatised me for many years but it was a great goal.
@@michaelhoughton4589 My dad, a Liverpool fan, was at this match with his Evertonian friend. His friend had dropped his programme and bent down to pick it up, just as the kick was taken and so missing out on a footballing legend. My dad tried to explain what had happened but couldn't very well because he'd never seen anything like it. I remember it being on match of the Day that night because Dad had arrived back and told us there was going to be something special on.
You did not see something like that again because from that free kick, the regulations in England changed and they prohibited that type of play. Greetings.
Leeds fan here . Remember this with fond memories as a kid. Just been allowed to watch MOTD. Only very young. Fond memories of all my family together. RIP Mum and Dad.Thanks for the memory.of that goal. RIP Ernie Hunt.
Craziest part is how no one tries to argue with ref... Foul? Ok.
Today it would have been a whole theatre around that ref
I dont understand why they even argue, has a ref ever gone back on his decision because of players shouting in his face?
@@chamonix4658 Didier Drogba handled the ball against Fulham before scoring. Ref and lino never saw it but the players screaming at the ref made him consult the lino, who then lied about seeing a handball that he couldn't actually see because the defender was blocking his view.
If you want a watch it's on Fulham's YT channel under the title of Chelsea Flashback 4 mins 25 seconds in.
Not a woeful tattoo or dire barnet in sight. Football was fantastic back then.
Ernest Hunt, R.I.P.
while we sing together,play up sky blues!
At first I thought the narrator was referring to the referee's jump at 00:04
Grandad with the assist 😂
that your grandad?
Leicester City fan here.I remember watching this super free kick flip by Willie Carr & the volly by Ernie Hunt.
Great atmosphere at Highfield Rd.
shouldnt have outlawed it .that was sublime.....!!
You still can do it, but using just one foot to put the ball up in the air.
Are you sure? Doesn't the ball have to roll a circumference? if you just wedge it up with your foot underneath I would think that wouldn't occur.
What a ground highfield road was!!!
Love the simple jerseys...
Remember watching it on telly on the Saturday night...then we were all doing it at school..still waiting for the ball to land.50 years though..
Been waiting for this to arrive in my feed. Thank you al gorythm. I saw this on MotD back in the day. Excellent free kick
R.I.P. Ernie Hunt fantastic goal.
Yes, remember it well. Of course most of in the West End didn’t see Willie’s flick until later at home. Those were the days. “Play up Sky Blues”.
I remember it well in 1970. That goal was used in the opening credits for either Match of the Day or The Big Match the following season.
Motd
Notice the lack of complaining towards the referee, just get on with it
Yes. I never understand why players go complaining and pleading to referees immediately after a free kick or a card is given. It's not like he is going to reverse his decision. Just a waste of time and energy!
@@no127 exactly, it wastes time
Ernie was in the team when I began to take an interest in Coventry (despite being a Man Utd fan), but had lost his place to younger players by the time I became a 'proper' supporter (early 1973). It was goals like this that made me sit up and take notice and to want to follow such an innovative side. Thanks for the memory.
Great days Andy my brother had a pair of white 'Alan Ball' boots even though he supported Chelsea
CCFC PUSB
What are you today Coventry City or man u I will knit you one of them hats with cov on one side and manure on the other please wear it with pride
@@anthonymitchell8893 Surprised you asked! Began to support CCFC after they appeared on MOTD in an FA Cup tie against Orient, which we won 4-1. I just loved the way that the players seemed so exuberant and looked as if they were a bunch of mates playing in the park. Contrast that with MUFC at the time, who were back-biting and fading fast.
@@grimupnorth fair enough I came back from Australia late 1972 went to my first football match on boxing day saw forest beat Blackpool 4.0 snow on the pitch foggy orange ball to go with Blackpool shirts I was hooked I was ten then four days later I went with my uncle s down the.a 52 to the baseball ground to see derby take.on man u t d they were Irish and all man u t d derby won 3 1 your right they were on the slide got relegated a year and a half.later cheers
Love being a cov fan
Same
@@rahkeet. why?....🤔
@@no1y354 its wicked! the atmosphere is unbeatable, home and away!
The first time they tried "The donkey kick"was at blackpool and as Ernie used to tell people the ball hit the blackpool tower. RIP ERNIE
Ernie Hunt. Bristol City legend
Did they not hit the donkeys at Blackpool ?
Just men at work.
No Hair Gel , no attitude & no drama 👍
And coincidentally they are all the same skin colour.
Went to Highfield Rd with my Dad the following week - home to Spurs. Tried it again and Pat Jennings tipped the shot onto the bar. Electric atmosphere. Proper football - bring back the 70s!
You're right Ned great times down St Andrews in the 70s
Glad I’m a sky blue fan 😁
I'm an Evertonian..💙 But I thought that it was a brilliant goal!...I was 21 at the time and had never seen anyone take a free kick like that before.....very clever, and a great volley from Ernie Hunt...
The records show that this was Coventry's best ever team. Managed by Noel Cantwell, they finished 6th in 69/70 in the old First Division, which remains their highest league position. 10th in 70/71, the season that this brilliant goal was scored.
yes i was there great goal ,the donkey kick ,they banded then ,shame
Changed the rule about both feet touching the ball in the initial contact - was great, Made Willie a Coventry legend
I hope Coventry will be back a good team like old days
We’re on the way, lots of similar and bigger clubs have fallen. Coventry, forest, shef weds, Derby, and Blackburn. Can’t keep em down forever.
@@peterredhead8316 they were 16th in last season league standing, they need A LOT to work on
I was a Canadian lad of 11 in Hampshire watching this game on Match of the Day! One of the first footy games I had ever seen.✨👍
I started following and supporting my first ever sports team that season...Liverpool FC
I still faithfully support them to this day....❤ YNWA
Wow, that was an incredibly boring story. Thanks for sharing.
I don't understand, why didn't everybody surround the ref, screaming obscenities at him, over playing the shock and injustice??
The Blokes here just seemed to accept it and crack on......... Strange times indeed!
I remember seeing this when I was in my youth, I'm now 80 years old.
I can just about remember this on MOTD. I would have been about 8/9.
Best team as well
Remember it well 😊 notice no holding or grappling going on in the wall not like the pansies of today
That's because all Footballers today have to attend the Jack Grealish Academy of Diving & Feigning Injury. Today's players wouldn't have stood a chance in the 60's and 70's. Complete wussies !!
Millionaire players can't be taking hits to the head or groin. They're far too precious.
@@jjryan1352 Precious? To whom exactly?
@@egastap to themselves only of course. I totally agree with you that they are wussies. They are paid good money, they should stand firm in the wall and take the hit, not cringe away in fear of a ball.
Eight dislikes? Must be Everton fans!
Probably in a strop because they didn't get an invite with Liverpool to the Super League
I remember that goal, I'm an Evertonain and appreciate class and skill nothing to do with Everton or the Super League. What a childish thing to suggest.
Dodgy free kick decision but absolutely brilliant free kick !
We were all out in the streets trying the flick next day too .
Up the Toffees & Super League my arse !
@@johncuddy2669 Oct 1970 was the 70/71 season - Arsenal won the league. Everton the season before. No need to call him a clown when you don't have the facts right yourself.
@@johncuddy2669 Sounds like you picked a career that fits your "skillset".
Forget everything, I don't know why I am watching this after 11 years of upload.
Willie and Ernie two Sky Blues legends. They outlawed the free kick afterwards. PUSB.
As soon as you see the name 'Coventry ity', you KNOW it will be Willie Carr's donkey kick ! I never tire of seeing it.
It was banned later because Wille Carr used both feet to flick the ball up. Great goal and improvising
Yes I had some vague recollection tat it was outlawed because it's a double touch.
@@Britonbear Yeah the equivalent of a push shot in snooker.
Seen Rodney marsh do it and scored
Pity the cameraman was more fascinated in how the wall was lining up.
Spot-on
G. Curtis the foundation thereof.
Condolences to all friends
Great bit of description by the ref for the reason for the free kick LMBO
I just remember Match of the Day banging on that it was illegal,which it was
Packed grounds making noise that’s what I like to see and hear
Leeds fan here. Remember this with great fondness as a kid. Not allowed now as the ball has got to move it's full circumference. RIP Ernie. Thanks for this great memory.
Flick it up with a bit of topspin Ian. No probs.
Thought it was banned because Willie Carr used both feet to play the ball?
@@nolls14It was about the ball being touched by both feet that made it an illegal indirect free kick
@@CarlYearwoodSpot on Carl
@@dermot51 Interesting. So If you were to do an Ossie Ardiles type flick from Escape To Victory you'd be Ok..;) Bit of a grey area that one...
I still cannot see the point of banning that move. Much more honest and loyal than what football currently is and allows!
I'm also impressed by the very fashion-forward Everton player sporting the white boots in a sea of black ones. Unheard of then, no?
Alan Ball
Yes it was Alan Ball in the white boots. Years later in an interview he said that he was paid a lot of money to wear those white boots, but he said that they were uncomfortable so he woul wear his old black ones and painted them white without the makers knowledge.
@@anthonyscott1089 They were made by Hummel and had black 'fast forward' stripes down the sides
Now it's black ones that are unheard of isn't it ironic?
We can tell for certain that those 28 downthumbs were given by Toffee fans.
Doubt it, Everton went on to win the title.
You sure about that. 28 sounds a lot for there fan base
Remember watching it on MOTD and of course everyone was doing it in the park on Sunday and at school the day after
The one and only Ernie Hunt.
Rip Ernest Hunt..
Should never have been allowed really, soon has he touches the ball it's classed as in play so by putting both feet each side of the ball he has actually taken it twice, great goal though!
The last time it was allowed was Osgood scoring for Chelsea against Bradford City in the FA Cup and that was after the the rules had been renenforced to disallow it, but the ref award it is anyway and one goal difference knocked us out.
You're right, the last time it was allowed was Osgood scoring for Chelsea against Bradford City in the FA Cup at Valley Parade and that was after the the rules had been reinforced to disallow it, but the ref awarded it anyway and that one goal difference knocked us out.
The local paper headlines "City beaten by illegal Ossie flick trick".
Outrageous stunning
Is this even legal in today's game? I would have thought that you can't move the ball and then let go of it like the guy who set it up did. He had a constant contact of the ball rather than a kick
No it’s not legal today... there are other versions like this free kick where the ball was flicked up & volleyed.
Also, it could be argued he touched the ball twice by using both feet.
Did the referee show Willie Carr how to do it beforehand? 0:05 in....
Very sharp
@@dermot51 as i pointed out 2 years ago, and maybe someone before me
My idiot friend just said that the foreign involvement in UK football improved the game . I said stop drinking the kool aid !
Amazing!
Loved that Everton away kit.
worlds best free kick would be roberto carlos
That banana kick was something else
Back in the days when the city of Coventry had a football team.
PUSB !,👍
What do you expect from two ex wolves players........perfection
🌕🌑🌕🌑🌕🌑
is that why they left Wolves?
they did one like that against liverpool as well
back in those days football players made just twice as much as the postman and they had pyjamas for a uniform
Oh ! , Oh I SAY . What a goal .
Plain and simple kits too. Lovely.
Love that it’s My team city till I die
I was in the WEST END behind the goal that day it looked better from where I was standing place was just bouncing after that goal
Great strike, but the goal shouldnt have stood. The ball should be 'struck' when that or any other dead ball kick is taken. Picking the ball up with both feet and lifting it into the air like that was ilegal then and is ilegal now. I imagine referee's were watching closely from that point to ensure that didnt happen again, I know I was.
When on shirts u see.only a number and maybe a logo... No commercials..
I remember it at the time and as everyone says , all the kids were trying it on the playgrounds up and down the length and breath of Great Britain . For me , it was Scottish internationalist , Willie Carr , who was the real architect of this goal . His donkey flick had to be precise for Ernie Hunt to find the net , and it was . The novelty didn't last as it was banned soon after .
It broke the rules because Carr was adjudged to have technically touched the ball 'twice' when using both feet to lift it up.
Cheeky and spectacular..
Hi, guys. I'm referee, so here is the quote from IFAB Laws of the game: "A free kick can be taken by lifting the ball with a foot or both feet simultaneously". So this free kick is absolutely legal
They got the inspiration from the ref's jump 🤭
Cracking side Burns 👌
I remember this as if it were yesterday, but no, it’s 50 years ago
The commentary made it for me, just the right amount of excitement and the roar of a proper crowd 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Watched this on MOTD that Saturday night , Sunday morning out with my mates trying the same thing
Brilliant. So inventive. We all were trying that the next day in the park! But a pity the BBC missed the flick up from the main tv angle! Thank goodness for the camera behind the goal!
I also tried to replicate it with my mates and surprise opponents with it. Everyone was onto it for years and if the flick up went right the shot was sliced or ballooned. Flick up usually went sideways!
reccomended 2021...
Sad that Cov don't have their own stadium now, used to enjoy away days at highfield rd.
Should have been disallowed. Carr touch the ball twice
HOLLY SHIT OMFG
We miss u great coventry!!!
Your profile picture is Newcastle...
Always hoped one day Id see Arse nil Coven three as a full time result needless to say I'm still waiting
Shortly after this free kick, the powers that be decided to make it illegal. Just one of a long line of things done in Coventry that are now outlawed.
It wasn't 'made' illegal, it was always illegal. The ref should have disallowed the goal as Willie Carr played the ball twice by flicking it between both feet. Playing the ball twice from a free kick before another player touches it was always illegal as per the Laws of the game.
And all of a sudden it's recommended after 11 years
The ref knew what was going to happen look exited he is.
Everton lost the game 3-1 during a totally shameful title defence season that saw the reigning champions finish 14th.
David Attenborough did a 60 minute special about donkeys after that - and their affinity to kick footballs on sand!
I so fuckin remember this! I was nine.
I was 8 🙋♂️
Anybody care to explain why I've never seen this before... Stunning!
cause maybe that wasn't your era
@@anthonymitchell8893 two points, firstly, I was commenting on why I hadn't seen this clip, regardless of era. Secondly, I was also wondering why I hadn't seen any of today's players utilising this set-piece. Apologies for not being born earlier... Have a wonderful day.
@@boycemark6470 apology accepted ha ha players don't use it cause it's been outlawed see how old I am you would have used the word illegal
@Kai McCook simply lifting the ball with one touch isn't even utilised... So many legal variations...
I remember it well. You don’t get top-flight footballers called Ernie any more.
That's a good point, no Cyril's either, strange that
@@dermot51 Very true! But strangely there is one called Fred...
Indeed. Albert's and Stan's. Or Ron. An absolute shame. There was always a Ron plying his trade at Centre Half back in the day.
Arthur, Reg and Cliff... where are they now?
They weren't popular baby names in the 80s/90s, it's really not that deep. I've never met an Ernie or Reg under the age of 60
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Barry Davies "Hunt" I bet that's what the keeper thought as well!
I was there only 15 !! Where have the years gone.