Golden Goal: Paul Gascoigne for Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal (1991)

Paul Gascoigne scores for Spurs against Arsenal in the 1991 FA Cup semi-final. ‘Brilliant! That – is – schoolboy’s own stuff,’ said Barry Davies.Photograph: PAFootball is an unstoppable continuum, a whirling dervish of love and hate, life and death, frequent tedium and the greatest excitement known to humanity. Because we care so much for it it feels like it cares for us back, but the painful truth is this is our imagination and self-respect saving us from acknowled