BBC Goal of the Month explained

The Goal of the Month is a monthly segment on BBC's Match of the Day television programme, in honour of the best goal scored each month.^[1] The segment has been featured on the programme since the 1970–71 season. Typically, a selection of eight or ten goals from the month are shown before the Goal of the Month is decided. Until the 2006–07 season, viewers were given the chance to win a prize by selecting the correct winner and the winner would be decided by a vote firstly by post then by text and phone votes. For the majority of the 2007–08 season, the BBC did not allow any competitions due to a money-for-competitions-entry scandal, but towards the end of the season and for the goal of the season competition, normal service was resumed.^[2] When Match of the Day moved to Match of the Day 2 when Colin Murray presented the winner was decided by the subjective opinion of one of the pundits, such as Alan Hansen, Mark Lawrenson or Alan Shearer. From October 2013, BBC Match of the Day 2 viewers have picked the Goal of the Month in a poll conducted by voting on the BBC Sport website or sending the hashtag of the viewers favourite goal via Twitter.

The award of Goal of the Month was usually given as first-, second- and third-best goal of the month on Match of the Day up until the BBC lost the right to show Premier League highlights from 2000 to 2001. When highlights returned to the BBC for 2004–05, the format was reduced to only the best goal of the month being announced. Contending goals used to feature from other competitions which the BBC had the broadcasting rights for, most usually from the FA Cup, this was up to 2007–08 when its rights were transferred to ITV. Once the FA Cup returned to the BBC from 2014 to 2015, Goal of the Month remained exclusively a Premier League affair. The winners usually go forth to contest the Goal of the Season.

From the 2016–17 season, the Premier League has run its own Goal of the Month award, whose winners can conflict with the Match of the Day accolade, as had happened six times in its maiden season.

Records

• During the period in which a top three was announced each month, Dennis Bergkamp was the only player to have achieved the deemed first, second, and third best goals of the month in one calendar month, August 1997. Only two goals came from his hat-trick against Leicester City — not all three as is widely cited. The third was from a previous game against Southampton.^[3]
• The record for the number of players having more than one nomination for GOTS in a season is three. This has happened twice, the first time in 1992–93 when Ryan Giggs (September and May), Dalian Atkinson (October and December) and Dwight Yorke (February and March) each won two Goal of The Month awards. The second was in 1995–96 with Tony Yeboah (August and September); Ian Wright (October and January) and Alan Shearer (December and April) each having two goals in contention.
• There have been numerous occasions where two players have been nominated twice, but as of 2019–20, no player has yet had three goals selected in a Premier League season.
• Kevin De Bruyne is the last player to have had two goals selected, in the 2019–20 season.
• Consecutive GOTM wins has occurred only three times. The players to have achieved this are: Yorke in 1992–93 (February and March); Yeboah in 1995–96 (August and September) and Gareth Bale in 2012–13 (January and February).
• May 1995 is the only instance, where Goal of the Month was awarded to foreign team's player, namely Nayim of Real Zaragoza for his goal against Arsenal in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final.
• Since the advent of the Premier League in 1992–93, Jack Wilshere is the only player to have won GOTS in consecutive seasons (2013–14 and 2014–15), although his latter win was controversial.
• Wayne Rooney is the player with the most GOTS wins in the Premier League era, having won the award three times: 2004–05, 2006–07 and 2010–11.

Winners

1992–93

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
September		Manchester United	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	Premiership	19 September 1992
October		Aston Villa	Wimbledon	Selhurst Park		3 October 1992
November		Altrincham	Chester City	Moss Lane	FA Cup	25 November 1992
December		Aston Villa	Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough	Premiership	5 December 1992
January		Leicester City	Barnsley	Oakwell	FA Cup	20 January 1993
February		Aston Villa	Ipswich Town	Villa Park	Premiership	6 February 1993
March			Sheffield Wednesday			17 March 1993
April		Liverpool	Oldham Athletic	Anfield		10 April 1993
May		Manchester United	Blackburn Rovers	Old Trafford		3 May 1993

1993–94

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Norwich City	Leeds United	Elland Road	Premiership	21 August 1993
September			Everton	Goodison Park		25 September 1993
October		Southampton	Newcastle United	The Dell		24 October 1993
November		Tottenham Hotspur	Queens Park Rangers	Loftus Road		27 November 1993
December		Arsenal	Swindon Town	County Ground		27 December 1993
January		Manchester United	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	FA Cup	9 January 1994
February			Wimbledon	Selhurst Park		20 February 1994
March		Arsenal	Southampton	The Dell	Premiership	19 March 1994
April		Leeds United	Tottenham Hotspur	Elland Road		17 April 1994
May		Everton	Wimbledon	Goodison Park		7 May 1994

1994–95

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Southampton	Aston Villa	Villa Park	Premiership	24 August 1994
September		Newcastle United	Chelsea	St James' Park		10 September 1994
October		Liverpool	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park		15 October 1994
November		Blackburn Rovers	Queens Park Rangers			26 November 1994
December		Southampton	Blackburn Rovers			10 December 1994
January		Coventry City	West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns	FA Cup	18 January 1995
February		Wimbledon	Liverpool	Anfield		19 February 1995
March		Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool			11 March 1995
April		Nottingham Forest	Crystal Palace	Selhurst Park	Premiership	29 April 1995
May		Real Zaragoza	Arsenal	Parc des Princes	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	10 May 1995

1995–96

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Leeds United	Liverpool	Elland Road	Premiership	21 August 1995
September			Wimbledon	Selhurst Park		23 September 1995
October		Arsenal	Leeds United	Elland Road		14 October 1995
November		Tottenham Hotspur	Coventry City	Highfield Road		4 November 1995
December		Blackburn Rovers	Tottenham Hotspur	Ewood Park		30 December 1995
January		Arsenal	Everton	Highbury		20 January 1996
February		Nottingham Forest	Tottenham Hotspur	City Ground		28 February 1996
March		Manchester City	Southampton	Maine Road		16 March 1996
April		Blackburn Rovers	Wimbledon	Ewood Park		17 April 1996
May		Newcastle United	Nottingham Forest	City Ground		2 May 1996

1996–97

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Manchester United	Wimbledon	Selhurst Park	Premiership	17 August 1996
September			Leeds United	Elland Road		7 September 1996
October		Newcastle United	Ferencváros	St James' Park	UEFA Cup	15 October 1996
November		Arsenal	Tottenham Hotspur	Highbury	Premiership	24 November 1996
December		Manchester United	Sunderland	Old Trafford		21 December 1996
January		Queens Park Rangers	Barnsley	Loftus Road	FA Cup	25 January 1997
February		Chelsea	Manchester United	Stamford Bridge	Premiership	22 February 1997
March		Middlesbrough	Chelsea	Riverside Stadium		22 March 1997
April		Chelsea	Wimbledon	Highbury	FA Cup	13 April 1997
May		Middlesbrough	Manchester United	Old Trafford	Premiership	5 May 1997

1997–98

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Arsenal	Leicester City	Filbert Street	Premiership	27 August 1997
September		Liverpool	Celtic	Celtic Park	UEFA Cup	16 September 1997
October		Manchester United	Barnsley	Old Trafford	Premiership	25 October 1997
November		Southampton	Everton	Goodison Park		2 November 1997
December		Coventry City	Manchester United	Highfield Road		28 December 1997
January		Manchester City	West Ham United	Maine Road	FA Cup	25 January 1998
February		Manchester United	Derby County	Old Trafford	Premiership	21 February 1998
March		Bolton Wanderers	Liverpool	Anfield		7 March 1998
April		Arsenal	Newcastle United	Highbury		11 April 1998
May		Crystal Palace	Bolton Wanderers	Reebok Stadium		2 May 1998

1998–99

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Liverpool	Newcastle United	St James' Park	Premiership	30 August 1998
September		Leicester City	Arsenal	Filbert Street		12 September 1998
October			Tottenham Hotspur			19 October 1998
November		Coventry City	Everton	Highfield Road		16 November 1998
December		Arsenal	Aston Villa	Villa Park		13 December 1998
January		Coventry City	Nottingham Forest	Highfield Road		9 January 1999
February		Tottenham Hotspur	Leeds United	White Hart Lane	FA Cup	24 February 1999
March			Barnsley	Oakwell		16 March 1999
April		Manchester United	Arsenal	Villa Park		14 April 1999
May		Arsenal	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	Premiership	5 May 1999

1999–2000

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Chelsea	Sunderland	Stamford Bridge	Premiership	7 August 1999
September		Southampton	Manchester United	Old Trafford		25 September 1999
October		Tottenham Hotspur		White Hart Lane		23 October 1999
November		Manchester United	Leicester City	Old Trafford		6 November 1999
December		Tottenham Hotspur	Watford	White Hart Lane		26 December 1999
January		Aston Villa	Leeds United	Villa Park	FA Cup	30 January 2000
February		Manchester United	Coventry City	Old Trafford	Premiership	5 February 2000
March		West Ham United	Wimbledon	Upton Park		26 March 2000
April		Manchester United	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium		10 April 2000
May		Arsenal	Sheffield Wednesday	Highbury		9 May 2000

2000–01

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Chelsea	West Ham United	Stamford Bridge	Premiership	19 August 2000
September		Arsenal	Chelsea			6 September 2000
October			Manchester United	Highbury		1 October 2000
November		Manchester United	Coventry City	Highfield Road		4 November 2000
December		West Ham United	Derby County	Upton Park		26 December 2000
January		Middlesbrough	Bradford City	Valley Parade	FA Cup	8 January 2001
February		Chelsea	Arsenal	Highbury		18 February 2001
March		Liverpool	Manchester United	Anfield	Premiership	31 March 2001
April		Charlton Athletic	Leicester City	The Valley		1 April 2001
May		Aston Villa	Coventry City	Villa Park		2 May 2001

2001–02

Awarded by ITV Sport's The Premiership.

Key:

2002–03

Awarded by ITV Sport's The Premiership.Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Arsenal	Birmingham City	Highbury	Premiership	18 August 2002
September		West Ham United	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge		28 September 2002
October		Everton	Arsenal	Goodison Park		19 October 2002
November		Arsenal	Tottenham Hotspur	Highbury		16 November 2002
December		Newcastle United	Everton	St James' Park		1 December 2002
January		Chelsea	Leeds United	Stamford Bridge		28 January 2003
February		Middlesbrough	Liverpool	Anfield		8 February 2003
March		Manchester United	Fulham	Old Trafford		22 March 2003
April		Bolton Wanderers	West Ham United	Reebok Stadium		19 April 2003

2003–04

Awarded by ITV Sport's The Premiership.
Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
September		Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bolton Wanderers	Reebook Stadium	Premiership	27 September 2003
March		Liverpool	Portsmouth	Anfield		17 March 2004

2004–05

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Portsmouth	Charlton Athletic	The Valley	Premiership	21 August 2004	[5]
September		Aston Villa	Crystal Palace	Villa Park		25 September 2004
October		Arsenal	Charlton Athletic	Highbury		2 October 2004
November		Liverpool	Arsenal	Anfield		28 November 2004
December		Chelsea	Norwich City	Stamford Bridge		18 December 2004
January		Manchester United	Middlesbrough	Old Trafford	FA Cup	29 January 2005
February		Arsenal	Crystal Palace	Highbury	Premiership	14 February 2005
March		Bolton Wanderers	Norwich City	Reebok Stadium		19 March 2005
April		Manchester United	Newcastle United	Old Trafford		24 April 2005
May		Arsenal	Everton	Highbury		11 May 2005

2005–06

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Blackburn Rovers	Fulham	Ewood Park	Premiership	20 August 2005	[6]
September		Bolton Wanderers	Portsmouth	Reebok Stadium		24 September 2005
October		Portsmouth	Sunderland	Stadium of Light		29 October 2005
November		Fulham	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium		20 November 2005
December		Blackburn Rovers	Wigan Athletic	JJB Stadium		31 December 2005
January		Sunderland	Fulham	Craven Cottage		2 January 2006
February		Newcastle United	Everton	St James' Park		25 February 2006
March		Wigan Athletic	Sunderland	Stadium of Light		11 March 2006
April		Blackburn Rovers	Portsmouth	Fratton Park		8 April 2006
May		Liverpool	West Ham United	Millennium Stadium	FA Cup	13 May 2006

2006–07

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Liverpool	West Ham United	Anfield	Premiership	26 August 2006
September		Arsenal	Charlton Athletic	The Valley		29 September 2006
October		Aston Villa	Tottenham Hotspur	Villa Park		14 October 2006
November		Bolton Wanderers	Arsenal	Reebok Stadium		25 November 2006
December		Manchester United	Aston Villa	Villa Park		23 December 2006
January			Portsmouth	Old Trafford	FA Cup	27 January 2007
February		Wigan Athletic	Arsenal	Emirates Stadium	Premiership	11 February 2007
March		Manchester United	Bolton Wanderers	Old Trafford		17 March 2007
April		Everton	Charlton Athletic	Goodison Park		15 April 2007
May		Aston Villa	Bolton Wanderers	Reebok Stadium		13 May 2007

2007–08

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Newcastle United	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	Premier League	26 August 2007
September		Arsenal	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane		15 September 2007
October		Manchester United	Middlesbrough	Old Trafford		27 October 2007
November		Middlesbrough	Tottenham Hotspur	Riverside Stadium		3 November 2007
December			Derby County	Pride Park		15 December 2007
January		Manchester United	Portsmouth	Old Trafford		30 January 2008
February		Sunderland	Wigan Athletic	Stadium of Light		9 February 2008
March		Manchester United	Aston Villa	Old Trafford		29 March 2008
April		Aston Villa	Derby County	Pride Park		12 April 2008
May		Middlesbrough	Manchester City	Riverside Stadium		11 May 2008

2008–09

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Stoke City	Aston Villa	Britannia Stadium	Premier League	23 August 2008
September		Hull City	Arsenal	Emirates Stadium		27 September 2008
October		Tottenham Hotspur				29 October 2008
November		Portsmouth	Hull City	Fratton Park		22 November 2008
December		Arsenal	Liverpool	Emirates Stadium		21 December 2008
January		Fulham	West Ham United	Upton Park		18 January 2009
February		Manchester United				8 February 2009
March		West Ham United	Wigan Athletic	JJB Stadium		4 March 2009
April		Liverpool	Blackburn Rovers	Anfield		11 April 2009
May		Middlesbrough	Aston Villa	Riverside Stadium		16 May 2009

2009–10

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		West Ham United	Tottenham Hotspur	Upton Park	Premier League	23 August 2009
September		Manchester City	Manchester United	Old Trafford		20 September 2009
October		Chelsea	Bolton Wanderers	Reebok Stadium		31 October 2009
November		Birmingham City	Liverpool	Anfield		9 November 2009
December		Wigan Athletic	Stoke City	Britannia Stadium		12 December 2009
January		Chelsea	Sunderland	Stamford Bridge		16 January 2010
February		Fulham	Birmingham City	Craven Cottage		21 February 2010
March		Liverpool	Sunderland	Anfield		28 March 2010
April		Tottenham Hotspur	Arsenal	White Hart Lane		14 April 2010
May			Bolton Wanderers			1 May 2010

2010–11

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Tottenham Hotspur	Stoke City	Britannia Stadium	Premier League	21 August 2010
September		Manchester United	Liverpool	Old Trafford		19 September 2010
October		Chelsea	Arsenal	Stamford Bridge		3 October 2010
November		Manchester United	Blackburn Rovers	Old Trafford		27 November 2010
December		Tottenham Hotspur	Aston Villa	Villa Park		26 December 2010
January		Liverpool	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Molineux Stadium		22 January 2011
February		Manchester United	Manchester City	Old Trafford		12 February 2011
March		Blackpool	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park		19 March 2011
April		West Bromwich Albion	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane		23 April 2011
May		Manchester City	Stoke City	City of Manchester Stadium		17 May 2011

2011–12

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Manchester City	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	Premier League	28 August 2011
September		Aston Villa	Everton	Goodison Park		10 September 2011
October		Fulham				23 October 2011
November		Newcastle United				5 November 2011
December		Arsenal		Emirates Stadium		10 December 2011
January		Sunderland	Swansea City	Stadium of Light		21 January 2012
February			Norwich City			1 February 2012
March		Stoke City	Manchester City	Britannia Stadium		24 March 2012
April		Newcastle United	Bolton Wanderers	St James' Park		9 April 2012
May			Chelsea	Stamford Bridge		2 May 2012

2012–13

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Manchester United	Fulham	Old Trafford	Premier League	25 August 2012
September		Newcastle United	Aston Villa	St James' Park		2 September 2012
October		Queens Park Rangers	West Ham United			1 October 2012
November		Tottenham Hotspur				22 November 2012
December		Arsenal	Newcastle United	Emirates Stadium		29 December 2012
January		Tottenham Hotspur	Norwich City	Carrow Road		30 January 2013
February			West Ham United			25 February 2013
March		West Ham United	West Bromwich Albion			30 March 2013
April		Manchester United	Aston Villa	Old Trafford		22 April 2013
May		Everton	West Ham United			12 May 2013

2013–14

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Manchester United	Swansea City	Liberty Stadium	Premier League	17 August 2013
September		Cardiff City	Fulham	Craven Cottage		28 September 2013
October		Arsenal	Norwich City			19 October 2013
November			Liverpool			2 November 2013
December		Liverpool	Norwich City			4 December 2013
January			Everton			28 January 2014
February		Arsenal	Sunderland			22 February 2014
March		Manchester United	West Ham United			22 March 2014
April		Swansea City	Aston Villa			26 April 2014
May		Everton	Manchester City			3 May 2014

2014–15

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Chelsea	Burnley	Turf Moor	Premier League	18 August 2014
September		Manchester United	Leicester City	King Power Stadium		21 September 2014
October		Manchester City	West Ham United	Upton Park		25 October 2014
November		Newcastle United	West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns		9 November 2014
December		Everton	Queens Park Rangers	Goodison Park		15 December 2014
January		Tottenham Hotspur	Chelsea	White Hart Lane		1 January 2015
February		Liverpool	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium		22 February 2015
March		Manchester United	Liverpool	Anfield		22 March 2015
April		Stoke City	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge		4 April 2015
May		Arsenal	West Bromwich Albion	bgcolor=#A9F5A9			24 May 2015

2015–16

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Liverpool	Stoke City	Britannia Stadium	Premier League	9 August 2015
September			Manchester United	Old Trafford		12 September 2015
October		Arsenal		Emirates Stadium		4 October 2015
November		Bournemouth	Everton	Vitality Stadium		28 November 2015
December		Southampton	Arsenal	St. Mary's Stadium		26 December 2015
January		Tottenham Hotspur	Crystal Palace	Selhurst Park		23 January 2016
February		Leicester City	Liverpool	King Power Stadium		2 February 2016
March		Tottenham Hotspur	Arsenal	White Hart Lane		5 March 2016
April		West Ham United	Crystal Palace	Upton Park		2 April 2016
May		Chelsea	Tottenham Hotspur	Stamford Bridge		2 May 2016

2016–17

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Liverpool	Arsenal	Emirates Stadium	Premier League	14 August 2016
September			Chelsea	Stamford Bridge		16 September 2016
October		Middlesbrough	Bournemouth	Riverside Stadium		29 October 2016
November		Manchester United	Swansea City	Liberty Stadium		6 November 2016
December			Sunderland	Old Trafford		26 December 2016
January		Arsenal	Crystal Palace	Emirates Stadium		1 January 2017
February		Chelsea	Arsenal	Stamford Bridge		7 February 2017
March		Liverpool		Anfield		4 March 2017
April			Stoke City	Bet365 Stadium		8 April 2017
May			Watford	Vicarage Road		1 May 2017

2017–18

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Bournemouth	Manchester City	Vitality Stadium	Premier League	26 August 2017
September		Manchester United	Everton	Old Trafford		17 September 2017
October		Southampton	West Bromwich Albion	St Mary's Stadium		21 October 2017
November		Everton	West Ham United	Goodison Park		29 November 2017
December		Liverpool	Everton	Anfield		10 December 2017
January		West Ham United	Tottenham Hotspur	Wembley Stadium		4 January 2018
February		Liverpool		Anfield		4 February 2018
March		Leicester City	West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns		10 March 2018
April		Manchester City	Swansea City	City of Manchester Stadium		22 April 2018

2018–19

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Fulham	Burnley	Craven Cottage	Premier League	25 August 2018
September		Liverpool	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge		29 September 2018
October		Arsenal	Fulham	Craven Cottage		7 October 2018
November		Cardiff City	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cardiff City Stadium		30 November 2018
December		Crystal Palace	Manchester City	City of Manchester Stadium		22 December 2018
January		Fulham	Burnley	Turf Moor		12 January 2019
February		Newcastle United		St James' Park		26 February 2019
March		Manchester United	Southampton	Old Trafford		2 March 2019
April		Liverpool	Chelsea	Anfield		14 April 2019
May		Manchester City	Leicester City	City of Manchester Stadium		6 May 2019

2019–20

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Bournemouth	Manchester City	Vitality Stadium	Premier League	25 August 2019	[7]
September		Liverpool	Newcastle United	Anfield		14 September 2019	[8]
October		Newcastle United	Manchester United	St James' Park		6 October 2019	[9]
November		Manchester City	Newcastle United			30 November 2019	[10]
December		Tottenham Hotspur	Burnley	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium		7 December 2019	[11]
January		Brighton & Hove Albion	Chelsea	Falmer Stadium		1 January 2020	[12]
February		Manchester United	Watford	Old Trafford		23 February 2020	[13]
March/June		Liverpool	Crystal Palace	Anfield		24 June 2020	[14]
July		Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnley	Turf Moor		15 July 2020	[15]
		Manchester City	Norwich City	City of Manchester Stadium		26 July 2020

2020–21

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
September		Leicester City	Manchester City	City of Manchester Stadium	Premier League	27 September 2020	[16]
October		West Ham United	Tottenham Hotspur	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium		18 October 2020	[17]
November		Southampton	Aston Villa	Villa Park		1 November 2020	[18]
December		West Ham United	Crystal Palace	London Stadium		16 December 2020	[19]
January		Liverpool	West Ham United			31 January 2021
February		Manchester United	Everton	Old Trafford		6 February 2021	[20]
March		Tottenham Hotspur	Arsenal	Emirates Stadium		14 March 2021	[21]
April		West Ham United	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London Stadium		5 April 2021	[22]
May		Manchester City	Newcastle United	St James' Park		14 May 2021	[23]
		Manchester United	Arsenal	Old Trafford		18 May 2021

2021–22

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Aston Villa	Newcastle United	Villa Park	Premier League	21 August 2021	[24]
September		Everton	Burnley	Goodison Park		13 September 2021	[25]
October		Liverpool	Manchester City	Anfield		3 October 2021	[26]
November		Manchester City	Everton	City of Manchester Stadium		21 November 2021	[27]
December		Liverpool	Newcastle United	Anfield		16 December 2021	[28]
January		Chelsea	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge		2 January 2022	[29]
February		Liverpool	Norwich City	Anfield		19 February 2022	[30]
March		Wolverhampton Wanderers	Watford	Molineux Stadium		10 March 2022	[31]
April		Arsenal	Manchester United	Emirates Stadium		23 April 2022	[32]
May		Everton	Leicester City	King Power Stadium		8 May 2022	[33]

2022–23

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Newcastle United	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Molineux Stadium	Premier League	28 August 2022	[34]
September		Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester City	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium		17 September 2022	[35]
October		Newcastle United	Fulham	Craven Cottage		1 October 2022	[36]
November/ December		Everton	Manchester City	City of Manchester Stadium		31 December 2022	[37]
January		Manchester United	Arsenal	Emirates Stadium		22 January 2023	[38]
February		Everton	Leeds United	Goodison Park		18 February 2023	[39]
March		Arsenal	Bournemouth	Emirates Stadium		4 March 2023	[40]
April		Newcastle United	Everton	Goodison Park		27 April 2023	[41]
May		Brighton & Hove Albion	Manchester City	Falmer Stadium		24 May 2023	[42]

2023–24

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August		Brighton & Hove Albion	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Molineux Stadium	Premier League	19 August 2023	[43]
September		Manchester United	Burnley	Turf Moor		23 September 2023	[44]
October		Arsenal	Sheffield United	Emirates Stadium		28 October 2023	[45]
November		Manchester United	Everton	Goodison Park		26 November 2023	[46]
December		Liverpool	Fulham	Anfield		3 December 2023	[47]
January		Crystal Palace	Sheffield United	Selhurst Park		30 January 2024	[48]
February		Liverpool	Brentford	Gtech Community Stadium		17 February 2024	[49]
March		Manchester United	Manchester City	City of Manchester Stadium		3 March 2024	[50]
April		Liverpool	Sheffield United	Anfield		4 April 2024	[51]

2024–25

Key:

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Competition	Date
August	Luis Díaz	Liverpool	Brentford	Anfield	Premier League	25 August 2024	[52]
September	Jhon Durán	Aston Villa	Everton	Villa Park		14 September 2024	[53]
October	Nicolas Jackson	Chelsea	Newcastle United	Stamford Bridge		27 October 2024	[54]
November	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	Brighton & Hove Albion	Anfield		2 November 2024	[55]
December
January
February
March
April

Multiple awards

The following table lists the number of awards won by players who have won at least two BBC Goal of the Month awards.

Players in bold are still active in the Premier League.

Rank	Player	Awards
1	Wayne Rooney	8
2	Mohamed Salah	7
3	Robin van Persie	6
4	Ryan Giggs	5
5	Dennis Bergkamp	4
	Andy Cole
	Thierry Henry
	Alan Shearer
	Ian Wright
10	Gareth Bale	3
	Kevin De Bruyne
	David Ginola
	Matt Le Tissier
	Paul Scholes
15	Charlie Adam	2
	Darren Anderton
	Dalian Atkinson
	Ross Barkley
	Craig Bellamy
	Hatem Ben Arfa
	Dimitar Berbatov
	Eric Cantona
	Carlton Cole
	Philippe Coutinho
	Paolo Di Canio
	Bruno Fernandes
	Steven Gerrard
	Eden Hazard
	Darren Huckerby
	Danny Ings
	Juninho
	Harry Kane
	Georgi Kinkladze
	Alexis Mac Allister
	Sadio Mané
	Stiliyan Petrov
	Marcus Rashford
	Aaron Ramsey
	Cristiano Ronaldo
	André Schürrle
	Teddy Sheringham
	Trevor Sinclair
	Son Heung-min
	Daniel Sturridge
	Sylvinho
	Carlos Tevez
	Fernando Torres
	Andros Townsend
	Tuncay
	Jamie Vardy
	Patrick Vieira
	Jack Wilshere
	Tony Yeboah
	Dwight Yorke
	Gianfranco Zola

Awards won by club

Club	Players	Total
Manchester United
Liverpool	25	37
Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United
Chelsea	13	15
Aston Villa	10	13
Manchester City
Everton
West Ham United
Middlesbrough
Southampton
Blackburn Rovers
Leicester City
Fulham
Bolton Wanderers
Coventry City
Sunderland
Leeds United
Brighton & Hove Albion
Bournemouth
Crystal Palace
Portsmouth
Stoke City
Wigan Athletic
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Cardiff City
Norwich City
Nottingham Forest
Queens Park Rangers
Altrincham
Blackpool
Birmingham City
Charlton Athletic
Hull City
Real Zaragoza
Swansea City
West Bromwich Albion
Wimbledon

Awards won by nationality

Country	Players	Total
		7
	4	5
	3	3

See also

• BBC Goal of the Season
• Premier League Goal of the Month

Notes and References

1. Web site: Can you name every goal of the month winner in Premier League era? . BBC Sport . 13 October 2020 . 1 May 2020.
2. News: BBC website: Goal of the Month in Match of the Day . 2 September 2007. 13 September 2007 . BBC News.
3. Web site: Goal of the Month 1997. . 11 April 2010 . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/5NlHVNsPHKE . 2021-12-13 . live.
4. Web site: Was it too early to be Goal of the Season?. 11 December 2006. 24 January 2024. Daily Mirror.
5. Web site: Goal of the season. BBC Sport. 31 May 2005.
6. Web site: Goal of the month. BBC Sport. 16 May 2006.
7. Web site: Watch Match of the Day 2 & vote for August goal of the month. BBC Sport. 1 December 2019. 14 November 2022.
8. Web site: Watch Match of the Day 2 & vote for September's Goal of the Month. BBC Sport. 6 October 2019. 14 November 2022.
9. Web site: Match of the Day 2 & October's Goal of the Month. BBC Sport. 3 November 2019. 14 November 2022.
10. Web site: Match of the Day 2 & November's Goal of the Month. BBC Sport. 1 December 2019. 14 November 2022.
11. News: Match of the Day 2 & December's Goal of the Month. 11 January 2020 . BBC Sport. 14 November 2022.
12. Web site: Match of the Day 2 & January's Goal of the Month. BBC Sport. 2 February 2020. 14 November 2022.
13. Web site: Match of the Day 2 & February's Goal of the Month. BBC Sport. 8 March 2020. 14 November 2022.
14. Web site: Match of the Day 2 & March/June Goal of the Month. BBC Sport. 5 July 2020. 3 March 2024.
15. Web site: Watch: MOTD & vote for your goal of the season. BBC Sport. 26 July 2020. 14 November 2022.
16. Web site: Watch: MOTD 2 & vote for September's goal of the month. BBC Sport. 4 October 2020. 14 November 2022.
17. Web site: Watch: MOTD 2 & vote for October's goal of the month. BBC Sport. 1 November 2020. 14 November 2022.
18. Web site: Watch: MOTD2 & vote for November's goal of the month. BBC Sport. 6 December 2020. 14 November 2022.
19. Web site: Watch: MOTD2 & vote for December's goal of the month. BBC Sport. 3 January 2021. 14 November 2022.
20. Web site: Watch: Match of the Day 2 and vote for February's goal of the month. BBC Sport. 7 March 2021. 14 November 2022.
21. Web site: Lamela takes Match of the Day's Goal of the Season vote. Tottenham Hotspur F.C.. 25 May 2021. 14 November 2022.
22. Web site: Watch: Match of the Day 2 and vote for your April goal of the month. BBC Sport. 2 May 2021. 14 November 2022.
23. Web site: Watch: Match of the Day and vote for your goal of the season. BBC Sport. 23 May 2021. 14 November 2022.
24. Web site: Watch: Match of the Day 2 and vote for August's goal of the month. BBC Sport. 19 September 2021. 14 November 2022.
25. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. 1444796831968464903. Can't argue with that! Andros Townsend's wonder strike for Everton against Burnley has been voted your Goal of the Month for September! #MOTD2 #bbcfootball. Twitter. October 3, 2021. November 14, 2022.
26. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. 1457494110995103758. Mo Salah takes the top two spots, but you voted his strike against Man City as the goal of the month for October. #MOTD2. Twitter. November 7, 2021. November 14, 2022.
27. Web site: Watch: Match of the Day 2 and vote for November's goal of the month. BBC Sport. 5 December 2021. 14 November 2022.
28. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. 1477786665343143943. You chose Trent Alexander-Arnold's strike against Newcastle as December's goal of the month! Congratulations @TrentAA #MOTD2. Twitter. January 2, 2022. November 14, 2022.
29. Web site: Kovacic's volley crowned January Goal of the Month. BBC Sport. 21 February 2022. 14 November 2022.
30. Web site: Watch Match of the Day 2 and vote for February's goal of the month. BBC Sport. 6 March 2022. 14 November 2022.
31. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. 1510751837246349313. You voted Ruben Neves as March's goal of the month! . Twitter. April 3, 2022. November 14, 2022.
32. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. 1523434753545805824. You voted Granit Xhaka's strike against Manchester United as April's goal of the month! . Twitter. May 8, 2022. 14 November 2022.
33. Web site: Watch: Match of the Day, plus vote for goal of the season. BBC Sport. 22 May 2022. 14 November 2022.
34. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. 1566554154360881155. You chose Allan Saint-Maximin's strike against Wolves as August's goal of the month! ⚽️⭐️ Congratulations, @asaintmaximin! #MOTD2. Twitter. September 4, 2022. November 14, 2022.
35. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. 1576701434879528961. You chose Son Heung-min's sumptuous strike against Leicester City as September's goal of the month! ⚽️✨ Congratulations, @Sonny7! #BBCFootball #MOTD2. Twitter. October 2, 2022. November 14, 2022.
36. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. 1589406143104909313. You chose Miguel Almiron's strike for @NUFC at Craven Cottage as October's goal of the month! ⚽️✨Simply outstanding from the Paraguayan, and a much deserved winner #MOTD2 #BBCFootball #NUFC. Twitter. November 6, 2022. November 14, 2022.
37. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. 1609696802051162112. The Goal of the Months winner, as voted for by you, for November & December is... #BBCFootball #MOTD2. Twitter. January 1, 2023. May 29, 2023.
38. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. 1622378794295214080. You voted Marcus Rashford's strike against Arsenal as January's goal of the month! ⚽️⭐️ Congratulations, @MarcusRashford! #MOTD2 #BBCFootball #EPL. Twitter. February 5, 2023. May 29, 2023.
39. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. 1632523352790249478. You have voted Seamus Coleman's strike against Leeds as February's goal of the month! #MOTD2 #BBCFootball #EFC. Twitter. March 5, 2023. May 29, 2023.
40. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. 1642655233955229699. You voted Reiss Nelson's strike against Bournemouth as March's goal of the month! ⚽️⭐️ Congratulations, @ReissNelson9! #MOTD2 #BBCFootball. Twitter. April 2, 2023. May 29, 2023.
41. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. 1655340169527021574. Jacob Murphy is your April Goal of the Month winner! Though he might have Alexander Isak to thank for this one #MOTD2. Twitter. May 7, 2023. May 29, 2023.
42. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. Match of the Day. BBCMOTD. 1662960443537670146. The results are in... Congratulations! Julio Enciso's goal against Manchester City has been voted goal of the season! #MOTD. Twitter. May 29, 2023. May 29, 2023.
43. Web site: Watch: Match of the Day 2 & vote for goal of the month . BBC.co.uk . 3 September 2023 . 23 January 2024.
44. Web site: Watch: Match of the Day 2 & vote for goal of the month . BBC.co.uk . 8 October 2023 . 23 January 2024.
45. Web site: Watch: Match of the Day 2 & vote for goal of the month . BBC.co.uk . 8 October 2023 . 23 January 2024.
46. Web site: Watch: Match of the Day 2 & vote for goal of the month . BBC.co.uk . 3 December 2023 . 24 January 2024.
47. Web site: Watch: Match of the Day 2 & vote for goal of the month . BBC.co.uk . 14 January 2023 . 24 January 2024.
48. Web site: Watch: Match of the Day 2 & vote for goal of the month . BBC.co.uk . 4 February 2024 . 3 March 2024.
49. Web site: Watch: Match of the Day 2 & vote for goal of the month . BBC.co.uk . 3 March 2024 . 16 March 2024.
50. Web site: Watch: Match of the Day 2 & vote for goal of the month . BBC.co.uk . 7 April 2024 . 12 April 2024.
51. Web site: Vote for the Goal of the Month . BBC.co.uk . 1 May 2024 . 20 May 2024.
52. Web site: 30 August 2024 . Vote for the MOTD2 Goal of the Month . 7 October 2024 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
53. Web site: 30 September 2024 . Vote for your Premier League goal of the month . 7 October 2024 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
54. Web site: 30 October 2024 . Vote for your Premier League goal of the month . 3 December 2024 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
55. Web site: 26 November 2024 . Vote for your Premier League goal of the month . 3 December 2024 . BBC Sport . en-GB.