Chris Sutton has reacted to his son’s goal which went viral after his goalkick looped straight over the opposition goalkeeper and into the back of the net.
The incident occurred during Wroxham’s 5-2 win over Grays Athletic, when Sutton’s son, Ollie, launched an effort the length of the pitch and into the goal.
He then celebrated with Alan Shearer’s trademark celebration – as the crowd serenaded him with chants of ‘Shearer’.
Now, ex-Premier League star Chris Sutton has offered his thoughts on the goal.
Speaking on Mail Sport’s own podcast It’s All Kicking Off, Sutton said: ‘The goalkeeper for Wroxham is my son, Ollie, who’s 28 years old and he scored his first ever goal.
‘He saw the opposing Grays goalkeeper off his line and punted the ball up the pitch. Couple of bounces, gale force winds and into the goal. And he’d been getting a fair bit of stick all afternoon.
Ollie Sutton scored a stunning goal from inside his own box after launching a goal-kick
The 28-year-old wheeled away doing Alan Shearer’s trademark after jeers from the fans
Chris Sutton reacted to the viral incident on Mail Sport’s podcast It’s All Kicking Off
‘Good natured stick, but from the Grays support who who were calling him son of Shearer. And it was good natured, he said after.
‘So then when he scored, what did he do? He ran over to the grey support who were giving him pelters all afternoon doing the Shearer celebration. That was beautiful’.
Sutton’s podcast co-host Ian Ladyman then jokingly said: ‘He’s obviously inherited that very natural sense of pettiness that his father has. And I absolutely love that.
‘When you say the traveling fans supports him, how many would we be talking about? Six, seven? sorry. Sorry, mate. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry’.
Sutton responded: ‘No, well, Grays were at home. Yeah, so Wroxham travelled to Grays . But anyway, yeah, so they were a good lot, actually, though.
‘And, you know, there are certain stadiums which Ollie plays in, and he does get a fair bit of flack because I’m his dad. But that was all pretty nice nature, so fair play to the Grays fans’.
Ladyman replied: ‘I love it, I love it. Message to Russell Martin at Southampton, see, does work when you punt it long. We’ve been telling you this all season.
‘I love the way that you suggest that he did it on purpose, that he spotted the goalkeeper off his line. Surely he just wellied it as far as he can like he does every time he gets it.
‘Exactly’, Sutton finished. ‘When he was younger, he could barely kick the ball out of his box. This was just till about a couple of years ago. He couldn’t kick the ball over the halfway line. So Storm Bert, thanks to Storm Bert really for that’.
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