It’s incredible to think for those of us there that day (I was 6) but it’s fifty years today since a memorable overhead goal by Rodney Marsh. It was the match winner too! Below is a detailed article on the goal. This is available to subscribers (see below for details of how to subscribe).
Many goals over the years are described as the greatest ever by a City player. Sometimes these become a talking point for a few days, sometimes for a few years but unless they happen to occur in a major trophy winning game goals tend to lose their significance as time moves on. This is especially true for games prior to the 1990s when television coverage was limited to, at best, a handful of top flight games.
The idea of this piece today is to highlight this spectacular goal that many won’t have been able to see and one that wasn’t filmed. Rodney Marsh’s overhead kick from the City-QPR Division One game of 28 September 1974.
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