…To see more of a howler than the one in the video below. Forget Chris Iwelumo’s shanked sitter for Scotland (and if you follow that link, please do stay with it to enjoy the Scottish commentary after the original view of the miss) or any other open goal sitter you can remember and let me introduce you to Harrow forward Rocky Baptiste. Rocky started his career at Chelsea and Luton gave him 3 games to impress for them, but alas, Rocky was destined for a career in non-league football. At 37 years old Mr. Baptiste has played for no less than ten clubs and is a bit of a legend in the non-leagues for a few special goals, but this weekend’s game against Waltham Abbey will be one that Rocky will want to forget…Enjoy.
Everyone who’s ever kicked a ball just died a little inside. Thanks, Rocky.
The universe continues to f**k with Rocky.
Reminds me of a miss I had playing U17 in a Thanksgiving tournament. Of course, I was the starting goalkeeper and we were eviscerating the opposition enough for me to play up front, so I have that to fall back on.
Now, other open net misses are coming back to me as well. Damn you memory machine!
I thought it was neat to have Ricky Gervais supply the director’s commentary on that vid… “WHAT’S EEE DUN?!? WHAT’S EEE DUN?!?!”