THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO PLAYER CELEBRATIONS

1. The Wheel - The all time classic. Pioneered by Southampton's Mick Channon, and imitated by kids @
in playgrounds all over England. Score a goal, wheel away and swing your right arm around and @
around in a circular motion.

2. The Baby - Premiered in Brazil's 1994 World Cup victory over Holland. Bebeto scored and was @
joined by Rai and Romario in simultaneous cradling motions. 

3. The Slide - The Bete Noir of groundsmen all over the country. Score a goal and slide for at least @
30 yards on your knees. The best distances are achieved in the wInter months.

4. The Corner Post - A vital prop in many a showman's routine.  Frank Lampard danced around it @
after scoring a vital goal for West Ham in 1980, 15 years later, Lee Sharpe used it as a microphone @
for an impromptu celebratory Elvis impression.

5. The Gunslinger - Lee SharpeÕs after goal routines are legendary incurring even the wrath of his @
manager Alex Ferguson. The Gunslinger re enacting a desperado at the O.K. Corral was made even @
more delicious as he had just scored against Arsenal.

6. The Clenched Fist - Very rarely seen nowadays, but big in the seventies, with Manchester United's @
Stuart Pearson being the main perpetrator. After he had scored he would clench his fist in front @
of his face and grimace. To all the world it looked like he was offering himself out for a fight.

7. The Plane - First seen in the World Cup in 1986, it's influence is still felt today. Careca, the free @
scoring Brazilian striker was it's chief exponent.  After he had score he would stretch out his arms @
and form a pair of wings and then zig zag around the pitch. Imitated but never bettered.

8. The Two Man Routine - One man scores rushes to his partner to perform a routine that will @
invariably involve jumping, turning, slapping and high fives.  Not good for team morale as all other @
team mates are excluded.  Check out Giggs and Ince's routine for complexity and finesse.

9. Acrobatics - Thankfully limited to very few players. Mexico's Hugo Sanchez pioneered it, marking @
each goal with a somersault, Everton's Peter Beagrie took it a stage further adding a backflip, @
rarely seen ( well he does play for Everton ).

10. The Duck Walk -  Non League club Aylesbury pioneered this particular form of celebration at @
the end of a cup run. The spectacle of eleven grown men waddling around the pitch in single file on @
their knees had many observers asking for an F.A. Cup ban.
