Football Last Night

[GrandOldTeam]

... Hadn't played for a while but played for the Uni last night.

Was 2-2. Last few minutes they had a corner, was half cleared to me just on edge of my own 18 yard box. Knowing no one was ahead of me, I turned, head down and just ran. By this stage I was dead but their defence was awful, running full speed at them I just knocked the ball through the centre of two lanky lads and caught on them back foot. I slowed down to compose myself as was one on one with the keeper (with some git eatin the back of my ankles), the keeper rushed out diving at my feet... "great" I thought, "just dink it over"... I did, it just clipped the side of the keeper... it was rollin in... a certain goal, cue me running off one arm aloft... when the git behind me who was eatin the back of my ankles somehow lunged over his keeper to make a last ditch clearance off the line to leave me looking like the biggest prat under the sun...

Just thought i'd share the story for all your amusement. Am told someone had videoed it on their phone, if I get a copy i'll post it

 

[micknick]

Was this 11 a side on a full pitch?

 

[GrandOldTeam]

It was yeah. Which made it even more devastating that potentially the greatest goal of my life was cleared off the line by some Welsh lad.

 

[chicoazul]

This happened to me on more than one occasion. Either the keeper developed temporary cat like reflexes or the full backs had the abililty of go-go gadget legs.

I feel your pain brother.

 

[TX Bill]

... Hadn't played for a while but played for the Uni last night.

Was 2-2. Last few minutes they had a corner, was half cleared to me just on edge of my own 18 yard box. Knowing no one was ahead of me, I turned, head down and just ran. By this stage I was dead but their defence was awful, running full speed at them I just knocked the ball through the centre of two lanky lads and caught on them back foot. I slowed down to compose myself as was one on one with the keeper (with some git eatin the back of my ankles), the keeper rushed out diving at my feet... "great" I thought, "just dink it over"... I did, it just clipped the side of the keeper... it was rollin in... a certain goal, cue me running off one arm aloft... when the git behind me who was eatin the back of my ankles somehow lunged over his keeper to make a last ditch clearance off the line to leave me looking like the biggest prat under the sun...

Just thought i'd share the story for all your amusement. Am told someone had videoed it on their phone, if I get a copy i'll post it

I'll go out on a limb here and say that if you post that video, it'll win post of the year, hands down.

 

[micknick]

The best goal that 'never was' I had was when I was having a trial for Swindon Town when I was 14. It had been raining pretty hard so there were a couple of puddles in the goal area. We had been training and then finished it off with a game.

I turned this lad in the centre circle and ran for goal, at that age I had a bit of pace so I was clear of the defence. I saw that the keeper was off his line so I thought I would go for it and try and impress and you know when you scoop the ball up and it goes really high- I tried that from outside the box. It went straight up over the keeper and bounced the other side of him what I thought was in the goal- I turned, arms aloft screaming my head off. I then turned back and realised it was actually floating in a puddle and hadnt crossed the line!

The keeper walked across picked it up and carried on playing! Bollocks!