Fans worldwide could give you a list as long as your arm of their favourite FA Cup goals, but there’s nothing quite like a thumping free-kick to get you out of your seat.
Be it Paul Gascoigne’s thunderbolt strike for Tottenham Hotspur against Arsenal in the Semi-Final in 1991 to Kevin Sheedy’s pearler for Everton against Ipswich Town in 1985, a goal direct from a set-piece never fails to set the pulse racing.
This season’s FA Cup has already seen some crackers, with Oscar’s right-footed drive for Chelsea against Stoke City in The Fourth Round proving that the art of scoring from a free-kick is still in full swing.
Oscar celebrates his match-winning free-kick for Chelsea against Stoke City last month
Here we have selected some of our favourite FA Cup free-kick strikes from down the years for your viewing. Watch our top ten set-piece scorchers in the video player above.
TheFA.com’s top ten free-kicks
1. Kevin Sheedy, EVERTON v Ipswich 1985
2. Paul Gascoigne, Arsenal v TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1991
3. Stuart Pearce, NOTTINGHAM FOREST v Tottenham Hotspur 1991
4. Mickey Thomas, WREXHAM v Arsenal 1992
5. Chris Waddle SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY v Sheffield United 1993
6. Darren Ambrose CRYSTAL PALACE v Aston Villa 2010
7. Didier Drogba CHELSEA v Portsmouth 2010
8. Leighton Baines Chelsea v EVERTON 2011
9. Frank Lampard Tottenham Hotspur v CHELSEA 2012
10. Oscar CHELSEA v Stoke City 2014
