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“Leyton Orient’s Charlie Kelman was four yards offside when he scored against Stockport in the League One playoff semi-finals,” begins Jessica Hibbert. “What’s the furthest a player has been indisputably offside before going on to score?”
In the spirit of Annie Hall, let’s get Jeff Astle out the way so that we can relax and digest our offside goals better. His infamous tap-in at Elland Road in April 1971 isn’t relevant here because Jessica asked specifically about goal scorers who were offside. In that case the controversy – “And Leeds will go mad! And they’ve every right to go mad!” – was about the position of Colin Suggett and whether he was interfering with play.
Roberto Baggio (Italy 2-1 England, 1990, although he probably should have had a penalty seconds earlier, and don’t get us started on Nicola Berti’s disallowed goal in the same game)
Carlos Tevez (Argentina 3-1 Mexico, 2010)
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