Awful own goals: The 15 worst own goals in history ranked

Liverpool Women’s centre-back Meikayla Moore went viral this past weekend after enduring a horror 35-minute spell in which she incredibly managed to score a hat-trick of first-half own goals, before mercifully being subbed off at the interval.

As individual performances go, it has to rank as one of the most unfortunate we’ve ever witnessed. That said, the three goals themselves – a ‘perfect’ hat-trick consisting of a right foot, header and left-footed goal – were far from the worst own goals you’ll see.

Down the years, there have been some truly shocking instances of players putting the goal into their own net in bizarre circumstances.

FourFourTwo recently decided to revisit the worst of these disasters, compiling a countdown of the 15 most memorable own goals of all time.

You can check out their verdict – as well as the mind-blowing gaffes behind it – below. Truth be told, we’re still not sure what the players involved were thinking in the majority of these examples.

Former Australian international defender Popovic met a cross from Portsmouth’s Steve Stone with a perfect right-footed flick. The execution of the skill was spot on. It was just a shame that it sent the ball past his own goalkeeper. Palace shot-stopper Julian Speroni could only watch on as the ball dropped into the corner of the net.

There are many moments from Arsenal’s ‘invincible’ 2003/04 title-winning campaign that Gunners fans enjoy going back to relive. This early-season error from right-back Lauren, though, certainly won’t be among them.

Pressured by City’s Trevor Sinclair while facing his own net, the Cameroon international panicked and then slipped. As he was falling to the deck, he proceeded to slice an attempted clearance into the far corner