West Ham’s official Twitter account elicited plenty of reaction with a tongue-in-cheek post about Paolo Di Canio‘s famous goal against Wimbledon back in March 2000.
The post stated ‘Di Canio vs Wimbledon is the greatest Premier League goal ever ⓘ 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲’, causing a huge reaction from fans of clubs all over the country, as well as many of the Irons faithful.
Di Canio vs Wimbledon is the greatest Premier League goal ever
ⓘ 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 pic.twitter.com/pJFa0MB7Gd
— West Ham United (@WestHam) November 17, 2020
Assisted by a pinpoint Trevor Sinclair diagonal ball, the Italian maestro, never far away from either a magical moment of a controversial one, seemed to hang in mid-air as he volleyed the ball into the far corner past a floundering Neil Sullivan in the Wimbledon goal. The Italian’s strike opened the scoring at Upton Park in a 2-1 win for West Ham, then managed by Harry Redknapp.
Di Canio scored 51 goals in 138 appearances for the Hammers and has gone down as a legendary figure in the club’s history.
One thing is for sure – the Di Canio goal is well worthy of a place in the conversation about the all-time great Premier League strikes, and 20 years on, it continues to elicit plenty of reaction throughout the country:
Twitter: Was there ever any REAL doubt?.. No, of course there wasn’t!! https://t.co/2iHGDAJA2x (@pdg4whu)
Twitter: @WestHam You will never see a better goal (@OpulentCockney)
Twitter: @KateHarrison_x @WestHam Legend
and he still loves West Ham, saw an interview on Italian TV a couple of months… https://t.co/nSKr0xcE2J (@juhearn1)
Twitter: @WestHam I was sat directly behind Paulo for this goal. Greatest ever
(@adyingrey)
Twitter: @WestHam ⓘ 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 false and misleading
Oops
https://t.co/j5JFeFEhSR (@chongytude)
Twitter: @WestHam Mathew LeTissier against Newcastle. The ball is BEHIND him! He flicks it over his own head, chips it past… https://t.co/WJU1veLhPU (@CeejayNightwing)
