From the archive - Ndah's wondergoal
"Probably the best goal I have ever scored," George Ndah said of his wondergoal at Preston. If this wasn't the best, you'd love to see what was.
Although to be fair, Ndah had competition for his greatest ever goal.
Not least from just a month before his Deepdale heroics, when in January 2003 he scored another sensational solo strike in a 4-1 FA Cup victory over Leicester at Molineux.
Ndah was in the form of his life, notching seven in his previous eight appearances and forming an incredibly prolific partnership with Kenny Miller, himself on the hottest of goalscoring streaks with eight in six games.
Predictably, they both scored at Deepdale.
Miller's goal, which sealed the 2-0 victory over Craig Brown's side, finished off a simple but sumptuous team move.
Denis Irwin channelled the spirit of Pele circa 1970, casually knocking the ball through to the rampaging Adam Proudlock/Carlos Alberto, who drove across goal for a Miller tap-in.
Football made to look easy by a team at the top of its game.
But it was Ndah's goal which really lit up the occasion.
Picking up the ball 10 yards outside the Wolves penalty area, he started off by sliding effortlessly past Brian O'Neil and haring towards the Preston half.
Midfielder Lee Cartwright gave chase but he couldn't catch Ndah, whose blistering pace saw him reach the Preston box eight seconds after his run began.
The madcap reaction of the Wolves supporters behind Jonathan Gould's goal was a suitable one to the madness of Ndah's strike.
A goal of incredible audacity, of poise, of daring, of sheer brilliance.
Manager Dave Jones paid Ndah the highest of compliments when he said: "It is getting to be a bit of a trademark for him."
A trademark in wondergoals.
This was Ndah at the peak of his powers. And, of course, it sadly would not last.
Injuries, the bane of Ndah's career, soon struck once again and he scored just two more goals that season, with Nathan Blake and Dean Sturridge helping take up the goalscoring mantle alongside Miller as Wolves won promotion via the play-offs.
In fact Ndah would start only 10 more matches in gold and black. He missed the entire 2003/04 and 2004/05 seasons and, after a series of failed comebacks, retired in 2006.
A sad end to the career of one of the nicest and most popular men to play for Wolves in recent years, who scored once of their best goals in living memory.
