Clive Allen scored 49 goals in the 1986-87 season and I marvelled at his scoring art. As a kid it was Trevor Francis for me, with a bit of Tony Woodcock and Garry Birtles.
Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush have to get a shout and then there are the videos of Jimmy Greaves and Geoff Hurst’s hat-trick. We’ve got to mention Roy of the Rovers too. Roy Race, now there was a goalscorer — so good, he had his own comic.
Yeah, I can see why Netflix want a series on strikers.
It’s the Hollywood role, the glory position, the money shot. When it works.
When I was a centre forward and made my transfers to Blackburn, Chelsea and Celtic (some worked out better than others), I loved the attention and the expectation. Clubs buy strikers to win trophies.
![Liverpool forward Mo Salah is also expected to be approached by the streaming giant](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/20/21/82704491-0-Liverpool_forward_Mo_Salah_is_also_expected_to_be_approached_by_-a-17_1710970700894.jpg)
Erling Haaland (left) has been approached by Netflix for a fly-on the wall documentary series on goalscoring, with Mo Salah (right) also expected to be involved
![I marvelled at Clive Allen scoring art, when h scored 49 goals in the 1986-87 season](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/20/20/82704947-0-image-a-2_1710967981512.jpg)
I marvelled at Clive Allen scoring art, when h scored 49 goals in the 1986-87 season
![Kenny Dalglish (left) and Ian Rush (right) are among English football's greatest evert strikers](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/20/20/82704945-0-image-a-4_1710968004421.jpg)
Kenny Dalglish (left) and Ian Rush (right) are among English football’s greatest evert strikers
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I was asked to name my favourite last-minute winners on our It’s All Kicking Off podcast and I picked one of my own. ‘Having yourself, aren’t you?’ asked one of my mates.
He’s right… but why wouldn’t I choose a moment that meant a lot to me, playing for Celtic. I loved scoring goals for Celtic, especially against Rangers.
I loved all of my goals, even one for Aston Villa that I am not entirely sure I touched.
Greaves did it playing on cow fields. His movement, his balance, his awareness. Watch those videos. Genius.
The best I played with? Alan Shearer and Henrik Larsson for being the most ruthless. Shearer had that mindset, that greed — in a good way.
![I admired Thierry Henry, drifting in from the left with pace for a great Arsenal side](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/20/21/82706955-0-image-a-20_1710970955245.jpg)
I admired Thierry Henry, drifting in from the left with pace for a great Arsenal side
![Alan Shearer was the best striker I played with, as we won the Premier League together with Blackburn in 1995 (above)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/20/20/82704903-0-image-a-9_1710968075754.jpg)
Alan Shearer was the best striker I played with, as we won the Premier League together with Blackburn in 1995 (above)
![Henrik Larsson was more versatile and could play in different roles and link the play](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/20/20/82705013-0-image-m-12_1710968098764.jpg)
Henrik Larsson was more versatile and could play in different roles and link the play
I saw Henrik, my old Celtic team-mate, this week for a BBC interview. He was more versatile and could play in different roles and link the play.
He was a brilliant finisher, too, mind. Players I admired included Didier Drogba, playing as a one-up, and Thierry Henry, drifting in from the left with pace and cunning, and my favourite partnership was Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole — marvellous.
I wonder who will be in the Netflix series. I’d like to know a bit more about Erling Haaland. They’d need to get him involved. Ollie Watkins? He’s having a fine season.
My Golden Boot in 1998 for being the top goalscorer in the Premier League is something that makes me very proud. I was no Greaves and my daughter is too young to remember and thinks I am just an average pundit, a dinosaur. But at least I can point to that.