A wonder goal by Derry’s Paddy McCourt is one of five nominated for one English football’s top awards.
Paddy McCourt
The former Derry City favourite’s sensational solo effort against Middlesboro towards the end of last year has seen him shortlisted for the Football League’s Mitre Goal of the Year 2013.
McCourt, dubbed the “Derry Pele,” dribbled past six players in a mesmerising run which ended with him placing the ball past the Middlesbrough keeper in a 3-2 Barnsley win in the Sky Bet Championship in November.
The goal – his first after joining Barnsley from Glasgow Celtic during the 2013 summer “transfer window” – became an instant hit on social network site Youtube where it has had over a quarter of a million viewers.
At the time, it was picked out by television football pundits as a possible goal of the season contender – and they may have made the right call!
The goal was voted for by viewers of Sky Television’s “Soccer AM” as one of five finalists at the Football League Awards being held on 16 March next.
The other four contenders are: James Poole (Hartlepool), Franck Moussa (Coventry), Troy Deeney (Watford) and jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Bristol City)>
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