Hemel Hempstead goalkeeper Sam Beasant was taking no chances when Bath City's Tom Smith decided to try and lob him from behind the halfway line in a National League South game.
To the delight of the crowd at Twerton Park, the 32-year-old former Braintree, Cambridge United and Maidenhead shot-stopper decided to sarcastically dive as the ball flew 20 yards off target.
Beasant quickly got up and collected the ball as fans continued to cheer and laugh at this incredible moment.
Despite the rather embarrassing shot from distance, Smith had the last laugh when he rifled in a cracking free-kick from just outside the box as Bath went 2-0 up.
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We are extremely disappointed to tell you, however, that the Bath City striker did not recreate the dive from Beasant in his celebrations, instead opting for a classic 'jump and punch' motion.
The clip of Beasant's sarcastic dive from January last year has picked up over 700,000 views in the past few days after it was reposted on Twitter.
Hemel Hempstead's biggest fan Colin Perreira and his guide dog Sid, who regularly travel 440 miles to attend every home game in the National League South, would have been at the game last year.
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Perreira, who is originally from Hertfordshire, studys at the University of Plymouth, meaning a train ride of around five-and-a-half hours is permitted to attend every single home game at Vauxhall Road.
In fact, he travels to both home and away games.
So, how does he do it? The 23-year-old is used to early morning starts, especially for a standard Saturday, 3pm kick-off in the sixth tier of English football.
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The 23-year-old, who is partially sighted, spoke in great detail about his trip to home and away games.
"It all depends if it is a Saturday or Tuesday night game." he told SPORTbible.
"Usually for a Saturday game I travel up on the Friday evening and stay with my dad for the night and then go to the game on the Saturday.
"I then either head back to Plymouth after the game on the Saturday evening after a couple of more drinks in the clubhouse afterwards, or sometimes I stay with my dad on the Saturday night and head back to Plymouth on the Sunday evening.
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"If it is a Tuesday night game I usually aim to leave on the 11:00am train to London Paddington that arrives there just after 2pm
"I then get the Bakerloo Lane London Underground service through from London Paddington to Harrow and Wealdstone, which takes another half an hour, and then the London Northwestern Railway service from Harrow & Wealdstone to Hemel Hempstead which takes another 20 minutes.
"I then either get a taxi from Hemel Hempstead Train Station or a couple of buses up to the pub that is just down the road from the ground - The Jubilee - where many supporters go for pre-match drinks on both Tuesday and Saturday games.
"I usually have a couple of hours in there playing music on a record player, having a sing-song and a few drinks and the head to Vauxhall Road for the game shortly before kick off, normally about 30 minutes before."
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