It’s every goalkeepers’ dream. Your team is trailing 2-1, you’ve entered the sixth and final minute of stoppage time and win a corner. The manager gives you the nod to go up for it and not only do you score the equaliser, but you do it with an overhead kick.
The dream actually played out in reality at the weekend as George Edgeworth created ‘a moment to tell the grandkids’ when he netted a dramatic leveller for Enfield as they came from two goals down to get a 2-2 draw from their Pitching In Southern League Division One Central encounter with Biggleswade FC.
“I said to their ‘keeper as we were walking off at the end that this is something that every goalkeeper dreams about,” said Edgeworth to his club media. “I’ve only ever been a goalkeeper so I’ve never scored goals before at any level, so when the ball hit the back of the net, I just didn’t know what to do!
“It was crazy and certainly something to tell the grandkids one day. This is what football is all about, such a special feeling.
“We actually played some good football during the first half but they took both of the chances that they created and went in at the break two goals to the good.
“We spoke at half-time about how the next goal was going to be so important and we were able to get ourselves back in it.
“We always back ourselves to keep going right until the bitter end because we’ve done it a few times already this season and we were able to battle out a point.
“But for me to score the equaliser the way I did with the last kick is something that I will never forget.”
IMAGE: Enfield FC
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