Is this the most ridiculous last-minute winner ever conceded?
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Rule number one: don't assume the ball is going where you think it's going
This weekend pretty much had it all: April Fool's gags, massively anti-climactic away fixtures, 40-yard wonder goals, puns, culinary debates, and one of the most excruciating goalline disasters you will ever have the misfortune of watching (on repeat).
Welcome to the weekend's top football tweets.
1) Never give up: a footballing lesson
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Picture the scene: it's 2-2 at 90+4 mins and you're defending a last-ditch attack on a waterlogged pitch. A high through ball lands at the feet of an opposition striker, who slots it smartly past your keeper.
Disaster. So you turn away, head in hands.
Except the ball didn't go in - it got stuck in the mud on the goalline, external. And now your team-mates are staring at you in disbelief because, if you'd only kept watching the ball, you could have stopped the opposition midfielder following up and tapping it in.
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2) Hardy souls
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The ultimate away trip: 12 hours by Aeroflot (or a mere five and a half days by car, assuming you don't stop for any bodily functions) and just 25% of the Earth's circumference... to watch a goalless draw.
3) Extreme stewarding
The job of being a steward sounds thankless enough, without the giant goggles and red boots.
4) La La Land
The very first LA Derby took place in MLS this weekend. Los Angeles FC stormed into a 3-0 lead after 48 minutes, which was more than enough to make some LA Galaxy fans switch sides...
...only for a little-known, publicity-averse Swede to make his entrance...
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...and the LA bragging rights were sealed.
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5) Ska-based Non-League Pun of the Week
Someone was going to do this eventually.
6) Niche lookalike department
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Not sure who comes out of this equation with more dignity, but a handy reminder of Tottenham's less-than-stellar recent past anyway.
7) April Fool's... or is it?
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Such is the advancement of football analytics that this one needed a serious double-take.
8) Something fishy going on at Arsenal
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For the record: pan-fried with a generous knob of butter.
9) Farewell to an England hero
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Two-time unused England substitute David Wheater makes a dignified exit from the international stage. Thanks for everything, big man.
10) A very small statistic
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Spurs have finally beaten Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the league for the first time since Gary Lineker's toe was still fully functioning - back in February 1990.
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