And finally… celebration fail

Posted on 18th November 2011

This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.

We love it when a player’s celebration makes them look a bit of a daftie and, with that in mind, this week’s And Finally… takes a trip to Brazil. Wing-back Fabio Santos of Vitoria scores a pretty nifty header in his side’s 3-1 win over Criciuma and charges of to celebrate, hurdling the advertising hoardings, before coming to a hedge fit to grace the Grand National. We’ll let you guess what happens next.

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And finally… awards season

Posted on 20th April 2018

As the end of season approaches footballers across the world are doing their best to make into our And finally… awards. Here’s FCK’s Federico Santander with a strong contender for miss of the season. Truly shocking.

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And finally… that’s a booting

Posted on 27th April 2018

Riley McGree of Newcastle Jets in the A-League provides us with this fantastic entry to And finally…this week. His instinctive scorpion-kick effort is destined to be on this years shortlist for FIFA’s Puskás Award.

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And finally… heading to Kiev

Posted on 4th May 2018

You’ve probably all seen it by now, but it’s so good we thought it worth another airing. Behold, James Milner’s fantastic own goal for Liverpool in their Champions League semi-final victory this week. A real gem.

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And finally… orbital

Posted on 11th May 2018

How hard is it to score unopposed from 12 yards? Well, as FC Nantes’ Emiliano Sala shows, it’s easy to put just a little bit too much power on it – sending his penalty into low earth orbit. To rub salt into the wounds, they’d go on to lose 2-0 to Montpellier. Watch your head Commander Hadfield.

And finally… celebration fail

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