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Miss of the Century

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Millions watch Rocky horror show :

 

WHEN Harrow Borough striker Rocky Baptiste sidestepped Waltham Abbey goalkeeper Joe Taylor the Saturday before last, he could not have imagined that he was about to achieve worldwide fame.

 

It was the last minute of Harrow’s 5-3 Ryman Premier victory and Baptiste dribbled the ball up to the unguarded goalline before deciding to blast the ball into the net.

 

The outcome had, by Monday afternoon, been watched by an amazing 3,438,775 YouTube viewers, making it the website’s most popular British video of the week and the second most popular clip of the week worldwide.

 

Baptiste managed to miss the target completely, sending the ball flying out for a throw-in. Luckily, it was captured for posterity by the club's regular cameraman Darren Nuttall.

 

At least Baptiste saw the funny side of it and was happy to have the footage posted on the web.

 

He later admitted that he had been frustrated by a succession of offside decisions against him and wanted to finish with a real flourish. Ironically, the shot almost flattened the linesman who had annoyed him with his flag-waving.

 

It’s not the first time that Baptiste’s efforts have been watched by millions of viewers. He featured on Match of the Day in two fourth-round FA Cup ties, Farnborough’s 5-1 fourth-round defeat at Arsenal in 2004, when he scored the consolation goal, and Havant’s brave effort at Liverpool four years later when the minnows led twice before going down 5-2.

 

The Miss of the Century, as it has become known, was also the top-ranked You Tube video for the week in New Zealand and the most-watched sports clip in countries as diverse as Italy and Mexico. It is already 21st in the all-time list of the most-watched UK sports videos.

 

Including those who have watched it on other platforms, Rocky's miss has been seen more than four million times and it has also featured on many other websites and on various television programmes.

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