From David Beckham to Josh Windass: BBC Sport looks at own-half stunners

Josh Windass went into his side’s Championship match against Derby in excellent form with a goal in each of his past four appearances.

Boss Danny Rohl, mindful of the loads on players over the busy festive period, decided to rotate the number 10 to the bench for the game against the Rams before bringing him on at half-time.

A managerial masterstroke?

Just over 15 minutes after entering the action, Windass, who was not best pleased about not starting, got the ball about 35 yards out from his own goal, took a touch and…

“I just looked up and I was initially going to try and outpace the defender but the keeper was too far out and I thought ‘he’s getting done here’,” he told BBC Radio Sheffield.

Rams goalkeeper Jacob Widell Zetterstrom was beaten from 62.2 yards, and if his new year’s resolution wasn’t to not stray too far from his own goal before, it probably is now.

Windass, meanwhile, is hopeful the goal will earn him a nomination for the Fifa Puskas Award, given to the best finish in world football in a year, after feeling he was snubbed last year for a brilliant goal at Blackburn.