Matt BADCOCK
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GOOGLE ‘John Rooney goal versus Rochdale’ and in less than a second you’ll be presented with the best part of a million results.
It’s a wonder strike. Collecting the ball in his own half, the Stockport County midfielder looks up and, before he reaches the halfway line, hits an arcing shot that flies over the head of Rochdale keeper Gavin Bazunu and into the goal.
It’s been viewed thousands of times on YouTube and, quite rightly, been voted the best goal in the first round of this season’s FA Cup. It has...