Kenwyne Jones netted the winner for Cardiff on his debut against Norwich on Saturday, celebrating with a back flip.
The Trinidad and Tobago man looked pretty pleased with himself, although his flip probably took more skill than the tap in that he scored, and his celebration got us thinking about other great celebrations here at Squawka HQ.
Icelandic side Stjarnan gained internet fame in 2010 with this collection of celebrations.
Recreating scenes as varied as fishing, riding a bike and going to the toilet, it’s a wonder that they ever actually scored goals given the proportion of training that must have been dedicated to working out the answers to the big questions in life, such as: “How do we turn this left back into a toilet seat?”
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One of the best celebrations of recent years came courtesy of perennial joker Jimmy Bullard. After scoring against Manchester City in 2009, the midfielder recreated then-Hull boss Phil Brown’s infamous half time teamtalk on the turf of the same ground.
Maybe one of the best celebrations that we’ve seen, although admittedly one of the odder ones, comes courtesy of Mario Gjurovski of Thai side Muangthong United. A quick word of advice to any players tempted to remove their shorts and emulate this celebration – don’t do it if you’re already on a yellow card.
Not a fan of carefully choreographed routines? Just go absolutely mental and break stuff instead. Here’s Temuri Ketsbaia showing us all how it’s done.
Is your goalkeeper feeling left out of your Sunday league side’s rubbish, out of sync celebration? Well tough. As this team show, eleven man goal celebration’s don’t come without an element of risk.
