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Den Ridder Miss

Beerschot's Nicoletta den Ridder somehow manages to scoop a rebound over the bar from a yard against Ajax. Oops

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Feature: Back of the wrong net

20 crisp finishes that made the headlines for all the wrong reasons

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1 Chris Brass

It’s already the stuff of legend: Chris Brass scoring the funniest own goal of all time and breaking his nose in the process. Poor bloke. Still funny though.

2 Jan Durica

This Hungarian Cup Quarter Final between Debrecen VSC and FC Fehervar appeared destined for extra time after Debrecen squander the chance to edge ahead from the penalty-spot. But then...

3 Olaf Mellberg

Not the big Swede's fault, but that doesn't keep his name out of the record books. The Aston Villa man's harmless-looking throw-in runs under Peter Enckleman's boot and crawls into the net. And it was against Birmingham. Doh!

4 Gary Neville

Gary Neville's backpass to Paul Robinson hits a divert, forcing the England stopper to take an almighty swing at, err, nothing. Steve McClaren duly wrote down ARSE! in his little notebook...

5 Lee Dixon

Lee Dixon was wasted as a full-back. Imagine how many exquisite finishes like this we would have seen from the diminutive Gooner had he been aiming at the right goal...

6 Wayne Hatswell

Arguably the greatest own-goal of all time until Chris Brass' nose-breaker entered the charts. Forest Green's Wayne Hatswell leathers the ball into the top corner whilst attempting to spank the ball out of the ground. Tit!

7 Andres Escobar

Never has an own goal had such tragic repercussions. Escobar's blunder against the USA in the '94 World Cup knocked Colombia out of the tournament and soon after cost the defender his life...

8 Li Shuai

Qingdao Zhongneng goalkeeper Li Shuai finds himself in the right place at the right time as the ball cannons back off the crossbar. Unfortunately, he wasn't facing the right way!

9 Franck Queudrue

French Franck - who had a habit of walloping home the odd spectacular goal or two in the Premier League for Middlesbrough - thunders in another long-ranger for Lens at Bastia. Shame it was in the wrong net...

10 Jamie Pollock

Paul Gascoigne wowed a nation with his stunner against Scotland at Euro '96. But it had been done before... sortof. Here, the Man City man expertly flicks the ball over his marker before powering a header past his own 'keeper. Tool!