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Stadiums’ final goalscorers
- Updated: May 9, 2016
As West Ham prepare to say an emotional goodbye to the Boleyn Ground, thoughts will turn to the player who will score the final goal at the famous east London stadium…
Manchester United will be the final visitors to the Boleyn Ground, otherwise known as Upton Park, on Tuesday, and it is a match which will be shown exclusively live on Sky Sports 1 HD.
The clash against United will bring the curtain down on 112 years of history at the stadium and the Hammers will be hoping to give it a fitting send-off ahead of their move to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford.
Here, we take a look back at the players who wrote themselves into the history books by scoring the final goal at some historic English stadiums…
The Dell – Matt Le Tissier (2001)
Not many players are given a nickname that infers a God-like status. However, Matt Le Tissier was considered worthy of such a nickname by his adoring Southampton supporters. To Saints fans, Le Tissier was simply “Le God”.
Le Tissier, a one-club man, scored over 200 goals and famously played a leading role in a number of final-day escapes from relegation during his 16 years with Southampton.
But there was no desperate need for some final-day heroics from Le Tissier as the 2000-01 season drew to a close. In fact, Southampton had secured their Premier League status months earlier and could relax as they welcomed Arsenal for the final match at The Dell – their home for the previous 103 years.
The vast majority of the 15,252 fans in attendance craved the perfect send-off. They would get it, but were made to wait until the very end.
With the match finely poised at 2-2 and entering the final minute of normal time, Le Tissier, who had not scored all season, stepped forward and stole the show in a way that would not look out of place in a Hollywood movie script.
Le Tissier attempted to collect the ball just inside the 18-yard box, however his touch, normally exemplary, eluded him this time. But good fortune was on his on side as Martin Keown’s attempted clearance fell straight back at his feet.
Without any hesitation, Le Tissier curled an unstoppable left-footed shot into the top corner of the net – cue pandemonium among the Southampton …
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