page_title: Premier League 10 Seasons Awards
section_title: Goal of the Decade
hierarchical_section_title: Premier League 10 Seasons Awards / Awards / Goal of the Decade
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: David Beckham před prvním výročním COPA Minnesota benefičním utkáním mezi LA Galaxy a Minnesota Thunder. English: David Beckham before the first annual COPA Minnesota benefit game between the LA Galaxy and the Minnesota Thunder. Français&#160;: David Beckham avant le premier jeu annuel COPA Minnesota entre la LA Galaxy et Minnesota Thunder.
context_page_description: The Premier League 10 Seasons Awards were a set of English football awards which marked the first 10 years of competition in the Premier League, the top-level domestic league competition of professional football in England. The awards celebrated the first decade of the Premier League, which was formed in 1992 when the 20 clubs of the old First Division resigned en-masse from The Football League. Awards were presented in a number of categories for both teams and individuals, covering the period from the inaugural 1992–93 season which kicked off in August 1992, through to the 2001–02 season, which ended in May 2002. The awards were decided by the public through voting on the Premier League website and by a 10-man panel of footballing experts, drawn from representatives of the Premier League, League Managers Association, Professional Footballers' Association, as well as the football television and radio commentators and presenters and football journalists. Voting ran from December 2002 to February 2003, with the awards being announced throughout the month of April 2003.
context_section_description: The award for Goal of the Decade was given to Manchester United midfielder David Beckham, for his goal against Wimbledon at Selhurst Park on 17 August 1996, the opening day of the 1996–97 league season. After goals from Eric Cantona on 25 minutes and Denis Irwin on 58 minutes, Beckham's goal was the last of a 3–0 win for United in the last minute of normal time (90 minutes). Beckham's audacious 60-yard strike was made from 1 yard inside his own half (i.e. behind the half-way line) wide out on the right hand side of the pitch, and passed over the Wimbledon goalkeeper Neil Sullivan's head into the goal.
  Nine other goals from seven players were short-listed for the public vote for Goal of the Decade:
  Dalian Atkinson Wimbledon 2–3 Aston Villa, Saturday 3 October 1992
  Matthew Le Tissier Southampton 2–1 Newcastle United, Sunday 24 October 1993
  Matthew Le Tissier Blackburn Rovers 3–2 Southampton, Saturday 10 December 1994
  Tony Yeboah Wimbledon 2–4 Leeds United, Saturday 23 September 1995
  Eric Cantona Manchester United 5–0 Sunderland, Saturday 21 December 1996
  Dennis Bergkamp Leicester City 3–3 Arsenal, Wednesday 27 August 1997
  Paolo Di Canio West Ham United 2–1 Wimbledon, Sunday 26 March 2000
  Thierry Henry Arsenal 1–0 Manchester United, Sunday 1 October 2000
  Dennis Bergkamp Newcastle United 0–2 Arsenal, Saturday 2 March 2002
  Beckham's goal won with 22% of the public vote, beating Bergkamp's goal against Newcastle into second place with 17%, and Le Tissier's strike for Southampton against Blackburn into third place with 11%.
  Commenting on the goal at the time, Manchester United's manager Alex Ferguson stated, "I've never seen it done, Everyone is scratching their heads in the dressing room to try and remember something similar. Pelé in 1970 is the only one." Coincidentally, the goal was also Manchester United's 300th Premier League goal.
caption: David Beckham in 2007 playing for Los Angeles Galaxy
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