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Watch: Player Scores 80-Yard Goal From His Own Box In Ireland

Watch: Player Scores 80-Yard Goal From His Own Box In Ireland

Take a bow, son.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Ladies and gentleman, introducing the latest contender for this year's Puskas award.

Gareth Bale's ridiculous overhead kick in the Champions League final was pretty special and quite possibly the greatest goal to have been scored in the competition.

But as good as it was, we reckon it still falls short to the 80-yard punt up the pitch which resulted in a goal over in Ireland.

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Cork City beat St Patrick's Athletic 3-1 on Friday to remain two points behind league leaders Dundalk in the Irish top flight - and though it would seem like a pretty comprehensive result for the visitors, the game featured some incredible stoppage time drama.

With the hosts trailing 2-1, they threw all caution to the wind and sent their goalkeeper, Tyson Farago, up for a last-gasp corner in an attempt to salvage something from the game.

It was headed away to just inside the box where Cork winger Kieran Sadlier was taking absolutely no chances - the No.11 promptly leathering the ball up the pitch.

Clearly, the 23-year old was only thinking about hoofing the ball to safety but with the defenders and goalkeeper committing themselves, he saw the ball roll into the empty net and sealed a hugely important victory for his side.

A quite remarkable goal. Sadlier has an excellent return of eight goals in seven games this season but we doubt he'll ever score another one quite like this again.

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