Peter Crouch's Robot Dance — 2006

Peter Crouch's robot dance after scoring his first goal for England against Jamaica in a 2006 friendly — a 6ft 7in striker doing the robot — became one of the most shared football images of the pre-social-media era. He performed it again at the 2006 World Cup, making headlines globally. The self-aware, absurdist humour of a giant centre-forward doing a mechanical robot dance captured something essential about English football's relationship with its own ridiculousness.