As 2010 draws to a close, a number of the writers and editors here at totalBarça have shared their thoughts on the best Barça moments of the year. In this edition, we’ll be looking at our favourite goals of 2010 along with the best goal celebrations. Check out the descriptions and videos of the goals, and pictures of the celebrations, and choose your personal favourite in the polls at the bottom. Visca el Barça!

Best goal

Hady: FC Barcelona 5-0 Sevilla, October 30, 2010 – Villa 2-0

Mateo and Spencer: Zaragoza 2-4 FC Barcelona, March 21, 2010 – Messi 0-2

As Spencer states, this goal by Messi is pure brilliance!!

Watton: Racing Santander 0-3 FC Barcelona, August 29, 2010 - Iniesta 0-2

Normally something like this is the goalkeeper’s fault, but can you really fault him for not foreseeing that?

Cardenas, Alexandra and Rakun: FC Barcelona 5-0 Real Madrid, November 29, 2010 - Xavi 1-0

Cardenas: It might not be the most spectacular but the feeling of this goal definitely overwhelms me. This goal was full of emotion. Scored by one of our homegrown leaders. Against our biggest rival. On a Balon d’Or year. He IS the embodiment of Barça, just as Puyol. Love it.

Alexandra: This is my best goal because it was a typical Barça team play coming up to the goal, then the goal itself was pure beauty.

Rakun: It was exquisite touch and quick reaction… What skills!

doris86pl: FC Barcelona 2-1 Valencia, October 16, 2010 Iniesta - 1-1

My personal favourite was Iniesta against Valencia. I love it because it’s pure “Xaviesta” style, a great pass, and a nice goal.

Ivich: FC Barcelona 5-0 Real Sociedad, December 12, 2010 – Messi 4-0
Real Madrid 0-2 FC Barcelona, April 10, 2010 – Pedro 0-2

There are two ways of evaluating this: in terms of significance and sheer beauty. When it comes to the latter, there is Messi’s second goal against Real Sociedad, perhaps because it is most fresh in memory. But for perfect timing and its vitality it has to be Pedro’s goal in El Clasico game of last season.

Best goal celebration

Mateo, Rakun and Ivich: Messi hugging his mother, FC Barcelona vs. Valladolid, 16/5/10

Ivich: I get all emo whenever I look at Messi hugging his mom when he scored the 34th goal for FC Barcelona and tied the club record for most goals by a Barcelona player in a La Liga season (with Ronaldo). It says so much about Messi: humble, joyous, a family man and so grateful.

Cardenas: Villa grabs Messi’s face and I swear he says “OPAH!”, FC Barcelona vs. Panathinaikos, 14/9/10

doris86pl: Iniesta dedicating his goal to his forthcoming daughter, FC Barcelona vs. Valencia,  16/10/10

Spencer: I’m a romantic so Puyol’s heart celebration, 16/10/10

Hady: Villa saluting the fans, FC Barcelona vs. Sevilla, 30/10/10

Alexandra and doris86pl: Bojan, FC Barcelona vs. Ceuta, 10/11/10

Honorable mention: While this wasn’t a goal scored for FC Barcelona, the wonderful tribute by Barça player Iniesta deserves a special mention.

Alexandra, doris86pl, Spencer and Watton: Iniesta honors Dani Jarque, Spain vs. Netherlands, World Cup Final, 11/7/10

Watton: This wasn’t for Barca, but doing something like that after scoring at the end of the biggest game in the world in any sport was pretty great.  So great it made Espanyol love him.  I even saw one of their supporters holding up one of their shirts with Iniesta’s name on the back.  That’s breaking new territory in goal celebrations.

Spencer: Iniesta’s world cup winning celebration was truly beautiful.

Which of these goals and celebrations were your particular favourites this past year? Vote in the polls below and stay tuned when the readers’ choices will be announced.