Everton keeper scores a goal
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January 6, 2012, Friday
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EVERTON goalkeeper Tim Howard refused to celebrate scoring a 100-meter wind-assisted goal in a Premier League game against Bolton on Wednesday out of sympathy for his opposite number who made the embarrassing mistake.
The United States international's first-time clearance from a back pass bounced about 30 meters from the Bolton goal and was blown by the wind over visiting keeper Adam Bogdan, who was standing on the edge of his own six-yard line.
Howard, who was making his 250th appearance in England, didn't react out of consideration for Bogdan and was walking back to his own goal when he was mobbed by teammates. "It's not a nice place to be," Howard said. "I've been there before - a long, long time ago - and that was why I didn't celebrate."
The only other goalkeepers to score in the Premier League's 20 years are Peter Schmeichel (2001), Howard's fellow American Brad Friedel (2004) and Paul Robinson (2011).
It ended up being a bittersweet night for Howard, who put his team ahead with his goal in the 63rd minute but conceded two goals in the next 15 minutes as Bolton rallied for a 2-1 victory.
The United States international's first-time clearance from a back pass bounced about 30 meters from the Bolton goal and was blown by the wind over visiting keeper Adam Bogdan, who was standing on the edge of his own six-yard line.
Howard, who was making his 250th appearance in England, didn't react out of consideration for Bogdan and was walking back to his own goal when he was mobbed by teammates. "It's not a nice place to be," Howard said. "I've been there before - a long, long time ago - and that was why I didn't celebrate."
The only other goalkeepers to score in the Premier League's 20 years are Peter Schmeichel (2001), Howard's fellow American Brad Friedel (2004) and Paul Robinson (2011).
It ended up being a bittersweet night for Howard, who put his team ahead with his goal in the 63rd minute but conceded two goals in the next 15 minutes as Bolton rallied for a 2-1 victory.
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