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5 Best Own Goals of 2014

2014-12-31T12:00:00.000-05:00

As 2014 comes to a close we could give you a list of the best footballers of this past year, or perhaps a montage of 2014's best goals. Instead, in true FootyFair fashion we will instead entertain our fans with one of the most embarrassing aspect of playing football, the own goal. Here are our top 5 "balls in the back of your own net" moments of this year.

#5 - Kolo Toure's clearance

Earlier in the year (EPL's 2013-14 season) we saw Liverpool center-back try to clear the ball from a rather weak Fulham cross into the box. The result was odd.

#4 - Marcelo opens 2014 World Cup scoring in his own net

Perhaps it's not a horrible own-goal and Brazilian defender Marcelo had very little options but to put the ball into his own net as he saw the Brazuca very late as it hit his leg. However, His own goal marked the first goal of the 2014 FIFA World Cup that was coincidentally hosted in Brazil, with Brazil probably being the favorite to win the entire tournament. If you watched the match live you know exactly how shocking a beggining this was to the tournament.

#3 - Vergini's super finish

As if the eventual 8-0 loss at the hands of Southampton was not enough for Sunderland this past October, on loan Argentinian defender Santiago Vergini produced one very impressive own-goal to add to his side's struggles on the day.

#2 - Sociedad's Copa Del Rey howler

In early 2014 in the first leg of the Copa Del Rey semi-final between Barcelona and Real Sociedad, the visitors from Basque Country would prove that even Barcelona sometimes gets lucky, as the away team would produce a bizzare own goal around the 60th minute mark to give the home side a 2-0 victory. While the goal was officially registered as an own goal by Sociedad's goalkeeper Eñaut Zubikarai, it's pretty clear to see that the shot stopper had very little with the insane incident.

#1 - Kramer's beauty

By far the most epic of all own goals on the year was that of German international and Borussia Mönchengladbach midfielder Christopher Kramer against Borussia Dortmund. A moment of both brilliance and madness all roled into one goal as Kramer so simply put the ball in the back of his own net from nearly the half-way line.

PES 2014 Worst Faces (Gallery)

2014-08-06T06:00:00.001-04:00

Sure this game is called PES 2014, some of the player faces however seem like they were designed a decade before that. Here are the game's worst footballer face designs.

10 Photos of Footballers & Their Kids (Gallery)

2014-07-27T21:00:00.000-04:00

These are 10 photos of footballers and their kids, collected from Twitter. It shows their family side, something you don’t always get a chance to see from these world class athletes.

Messi & Thiago

Cristiano Ronaldo & Cristiano Jr

Marcelo & Enzo

David Villa & Luca

Wayne Rooney with Kai & Klay

Neymar Jr & David Luca

Cesc Fabregas & Lia

Pique, Shakira & Milan

Miroslav klose and his twins Luan & Noah

Clint Dempsey and his kids

Throwback Thursdays - 2014 World Cup Stars at the 2007 U20 World (Gallery)

2014-06-26T14:00:00.000-04:00

Today we are going to take a look at some of the stars of the 2014 World Cup and see how they looked back in 2007 when they participated in the U20 World Cup in Canada.

Coentrao (Portugal - 2007)

Coentrao (Portugal - 2014)

FOOTY FAIR

5 Best Own Goals of 2014

#5 - Kolo Toure's clearance

#4 - Marcelo opens 2014 World Cup scoring in his own net

#3 - Vergini's super finish

#2 - Sociedad's Copa Del Rey howler

#1 - Kramer's beauty

PES 2014 Worst Faces (Gallery)

10 Photos of Footballers & Their Kids (Gallery)

Throwback Thursdays - 2014 World Cup Stars at the 2007 U20 World (Gallery)

Coentrao (Portugal - 2007)

Coentrao (Portugal - 2014)

Alexis Sanchez (Chile - 2007)

Alexis Sanchez (Chile - 2014)

Angel Di Maria (Argentina - 2007)

Angel Di Maria (Argentina - 2014)

Arturo Vidal (Chile - 2007)

Arturo Vidal (Chile - 2014)

Atsuto Uchida (Japan - 2007)

Atsuto Uchida (Japan - 2014)

Celso Borges (Costa Rica - 2007)

Celso Borges (Costa Rica - 2014)

Pique (Spain - 2007)

Pique (Spain - 2014)

Efe Ambrose (Nigeria - 2007)

Efe Ambrose (Nigeria - 2014)

Edison Cavani (Uruguay - 2007)

Edison Cavani (Uruguay - 2014)

Javier Hernandez (Mexico - 2007)

Javier Hernandez (Mexico - 2014)

Juan Mata (Spain - 2007)

Juan Mata (Spain - 2014)

Jo (Brazil - 2007)

Jo (Brazil - 2014)

Luis Suarez (Uruguay - 2007)

Luis Suarez (Uruguay - 2014)

Marcelo (Brazil - 2007)

Marcelo (Brazil - 2014)

Romero (Argentina - 2007)

Romero (Argentina - 2014)

Martin Caceres (Uruguay - 2007)

Martin Caceres (Uruguay - 2014)

Michael Bradley (USA - 2007)

Michael Bradley (USA - 2014)

Sergio Aguero (Argentina - 2007)

Sergio Aguero (Argentina - 2014)