"I
am not a number, I'm a free man," bellowed the
Prisoner. Greedy sod, he should have been grateful,
because Coventry City striker Paul Williams is remembered
in the tomes of football folly by just a solitary letter.
Yes, one blessed letter.
Rene
Higuita’s spectacular ‘Scorpion
Kick’ has been voted the best ever
football trick
in a new poll announced today. The crazy
Colombian keeper’s antics topped
the list with 20% of the votes ahead of
the Ronaldinho Flik Flak (19%) and Ronaldo’s
Step Over (18%).
The poll conducted
by Footy-Boots.com had over one thousand
votes with the following results:
•
Rene Higuita Scorpion Kick – 20%
• Ronaldinho Flik Flak – 19%
• Cristiano Ronaldo Step Over –
18%
• Cruyff Turn – 18%
• Kerlon Seal Dribble – 15%
• Lee Trundle Show Boat –
6%
• Maradona Keepie Uppys –
4%
The Higuita moment of magic occurred during
the England v Columbia match at Wembley
in September 1995 and was also included
in Channel 4’s Top 100 Greatest
Sporting Moments.
Footy-Boots.com editor Andy
Kay said: “Our football boot forums
have been full of debate around the best
ever football trick for a while now, so
we decided to conduct a survey to help
try and settle the argument once and for
all.
“Readers voted on
a list of illustrious and legendary tricksters
including Cruyff, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho.
The results were pretty close at the top
with Rene Higuita’s Scorpion Kick
just edging it. But we were all pretty
surprised Lee Trundle edged out the World
Cup-winning Diego Maradona.”
In
addition, voting for the Footy-Boots.com
Football Boot Awards opens today for four
weeks. Voting is open to the general public
and categories this year include:
• Football Boot Brand of the Year
• Football Boot of the Year
• Best Looking Football Boot of
the Year
• Most Innovative Football Boot
of the Year
• Most Comfortable Football Boot
of the Year
• Best Premier League Home Shirt
of the Year
