Skills

Skills: This way for sweet first touches, outlandish bicycle kicks, slinky volleys and tricky dicky freestyle showboating.

• Forgotten wonder goals: Kanu’s fantastic flick, Arsenal vs Spurs January 8th, 2008 Arsenal

  Perhaps not the most wonderful wonder goal you’ve ever seen, but I love its beautiful simplicity. Kanu’s flick is perfectly timed – Luke Young doesn’t know if he’s coming or going. More wonder goals

• Frazer Richardson’s wonder goal, Leeds Utd vs Northampton Town, League One January 7th, 2008 Skills

  One of the goals of the season so far, by Leeds United defender (defender!) Frazer Richardson – Northampton aren’s the strongest opposition, but it was a powerful run and a fine finish. Leeds are now up to fourth in the table, and that despite starting the season with a 15-point deduction. Via 101GreatGoals

• Forgotten wonder goals: Roy Wegerle’s demon dribble for QPR against Leeds United December 17th, 2007 Skills

  What a dribble! One of those flukey runs that may happen just once in any player’s career. I don’t remember Roy doing anything half as good as this, before or after.

• Forgotten wonder goals: Darren Huckerby takes on most of Birmingham City December 14th, 2007 Skills

  Hucks truly is the master of the understatement: ‘I just ran with it, beat a few people and put it in the goal…’

• Forgotten wonder goals: Andriy Shevchenko beats Gigi Buffon from distance, AC Milan vs Juventus December 13th, 2007 Skills

  This was the world-class player Chelsea signed for all those millions. What happened?

• Forgotten wonder goals: Erik Edman’s rocket, Spurs vs Liverpool December 11th, 2007 Liverpool

  The first in a new series that celebrates forgotten wonder goals recalls Erik Edman’s thunderous, out-of-character strike for Spurs against Liverpool in April 2005. Edman, a full-back, currently plays for Rennes in France. He hasn’t yet scored for them.