Keeper who scored 97th minute stunner ‘retiring to show video in pub’

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    A goalkeeper announced his ‘retirement’ after scoring a stunning equaliser for his side – eight minutes into added time.

    Newhaven were trailing 1-0 at home in their Southern Combination League clash against Little Common having missed a hatful of chances. With defeat looming and going into the 98th minute, the Dockers won a corner with goalkeeper Jake Buss going forward for the set-piece to try and unsettle the visitors’ defence.

    After the corner was played short, the ball was whipped into the box, where there was a goalmouth scramble. Little Common looked set to clear the ball, only for Buss to dispossess a dawdling defender.

    There still looked to be little on for Buss, who was more than 20 yards from goal, but the stopper steadied himself before thundering a superb effort into the corner of the net, giving his opposite number no chance just as the referee was about to blow for full-time.

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    After footage of the screamer did the rounds on social media, Buss, 31, took to X (former known as Twitter) to repost a video of the strike and joke: “Like to announce my official retirement from football. You will now catch me every Saturday in the boozer showing this video to anyone that will watch it.”

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    One fan replied, pointing out: "OMG has anyone noticed that the ref has the whistle to his mouth ready for full time, great strike pal.”

    Another toasted: “Class mate! Natural born finisher.” A third added: “You absolutely deserve it too!”

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    Meanwhile, speaking after the match, Buss told the club’s junior reporter: “It’s a great feeling, I can’t remember the last time [I scored] so I’ll take it.

    “It feels like a point gained because of the scenario but we should have won the game with the amount of chances we had. No disrespect to them, they did a job on us.”

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