The 10 Greatest Premier League Goals of the Decade No.2: Paolo Di Canio, West Ham v Wimbledon, 2000

Ollie Irish

26th, November 2010

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By Ollie Irish

Still shockingly good…

How many players would watch that cross (sent over by Trevor Sinclair, stat fans) pinging towards them and then attempt a jaunty scissor-volley? From that angle!? Not many – no English player I can think of, anyway, with the exception of Glenn Hoddle maybe. As the commentator on this brief clip says, it’s a very special goal indeed. Shame old Paolo turned out to be a bit of dodgy salute merchant.

Di Canio celebrates after scoring his masterpiece against Wimbledon. He didn’t quite have the fascist salute down at this time

More in this series:

No.10: Dietmar Hamann, 2004

No.9: Paul Scholes, 2006

No.8: Robert Pires, 2002

No.7: Shaun Bartlett, 2001

No.6: Paul Scholes, 2000

No.5: Robin van Persie, 2006

No.4: Wayne Rooney, 2005

No.3: Thierry Henry, 2000

So, just one goal to go. We’ll post it next week. Any idea what it might be?