A clip of the wondergoal scored by Wythenshawe Town’s Jordan Burton is doing the rounds on social media again and it’s so delicious we just had to share it.
For anyone that didn’t see it the first time around, back at the end of July, Wythenshawe Town FC were playing their first game of the season away at Irlam FC when midfielder Jordan Burton did this.
Keep it on repeat all day long.
We’ve watched it 7,432 times already, but we don’t mind watching it again to be fair 💥🔫 https://t.co/a6ZLsvzCF4
As you can see, although it doesn’t quite qualify as a screamer given – it’s more of a floated, curling finish than it is hit with pace and power – it’s still an absolute pearler.
While, yes, questions can be asked of the keeper who really didn’t need to be that far off his line, to not only score this from such a range but to do so by cutting across it with the outside of your boot (a.k.a. a ‘trivela’) is rather ridiculous.
A slice of luck about it or not, you see many goals scored in non-league football as sweet as that. Well, unless you were watching another Wythenshawe side that day, apparently…
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That’s right, on the same day Wythy Town were playing their season opener, so too were Wythenshawe Amateurs FC (affectionately known as the ‘Ammies’) when Arron Hevingham scored this lovely long-range lob.
Literally scored minutes apart, you can watch the two stunning strikes here and argue amongst yourselves over which one was better.
If this isn’t an advert for why more people should watch their local teams and Sunday league football more often then we don’t know what is.
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As it happens, it isn’t the first time Burton has pulled one of these out of the drawer. Take a look at this other wondergoal he scored from distance for Middleton Town FC.
🚀 The strike 🇵🇹 The celebration
It's Sunday league football at it's very best people..
General amateur chaos and regularly barbaric tackling aside, we all have to start somewhere and there are some absolute ballers playing at every level across the Greater Manchester area.
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Details released of Andy Burnham’s meetings with Manchester City owners while Mayor
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Details of Andy Burnham’s meetings with Manchester City owners during his tenure as Mayor of Greater Manchester have been released.
In case you need bringing up to speed on the situation a little first, Manchester City was found guilty back in September all of its charges related to the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period, and on top of that, was also found guilty of the majority of charges in relation to its failure to co-operate with the League’s investigation.
According to the Premier League, the independent Commission found that Manchester City had arranged so-called ‘sham’ commercial deals with a number of its sponsors.
These were part of a disguised funding scheme – with those sponsors only required to pay a portion of the relevant sponsorship fees.
The remainder was then funded by Abu Dhabi United Group Investment & Development Ltd (ADUG), which owned the club.
The Commission also concluded, as quoted by the Premier League, that the club had ‘made concerted efforts to stop and frustrate the Premier League investigation’.
Within the past week or so, it has since come to light that now-Prime Minister Andy Burnham had dealings with Manchester City during his tenure as Greater Manchester Mayor, and Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has now issued a public statement, giving details on the matter and what these ‘dealings’ entailed.
A spokesperson for GMCA confirmed that Burnham had a ‘formal meeting’ with Man City Chairman, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, back in October 2021.
The statement reads in full: “In October 2021, Andy Burnham, in his role as Mayor of Greater Manchester, had a formal meeting with Khaldoon Al Mubarak at the UK Government’s Global Investment Summit arranged by the Department for International Trade.
“In his capacity as Mayor, he was a guest of Manchester City FC at home matches on a small number of occasions, including attending Vincent Kompany’s testimonial match in September 2019, where he met the Chairman informally in the stands. These have been declared in the usual way.
“Also during his time as Mayor, representatives of Greater Manchester sporting clubs would routinely join business delegations as part of Mayoral international visits.
“This included representatives from Manchester United travelling to Austin and Dublin, Lancashire Cricket Club joining a delegation to India, and Manchester City FC staff supporting visits to China and Japan.”
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Multiple arrests made for ‘tragedy chanting’ and police officer assault as Man City defeated Liverpool
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Multiple people were arrested over the weekend as Manchester City defeated Liverpool in a Premier League clash.
Merseyside Police have confirmed that a total of 10 people were arrested during the policing operation at Liverpool’s home ground of Anfield as they hosted Manchester City on Sunday 11 October.
One man was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police constable, five were on suspicion of tragedy chanting, one on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly, two for affray, and one on suspicion of throwing items onto the pitch.
Police are now appealing to the public, and are particularly looking to speak to witnesses of the assault of the officer.
At around 6:35pm, as fans left the stadium, a police officer sustained a ‘serious facial injury’ during the arrest of a man on Anfield Road, and was subsequently taken to hospital for treatment but is now recovering at home.
Investigating officers are now conducting enquiries, speaking to witnesses, and analysing CCTV and camera phone footage.
Chief Inspector Leanne Hobin said it’s ‘extremely disappointing’ that an officer has sustained a serious injury while carrying out their duty.
“I hope the arrests send a clear message and act as a deterrent to others,” Chief Inspector Hobin continued. “Anyone who engages in this abhorrent behaviour risks ending up in custody and getting a criminal record.
“Despite the actions of a few, the overwhelming majority of the 60,000 fans in attendance behaved well and I want to thank them for their co-operation.”
Manchester City ended up defeated Liverpool 3-0 during the Premier League clash at Anfield.
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17th October 2022 
