Timed at 2.31 seconds, Ryan Hall’s goal for Croydon against Cockfosters in the semi-finals of the London Senior Trophy on Saturday could be a contender for the fastest in senior football. But had it not been for the quick thinking of the cameraman Chris Brown, AKA @big_gkam, it would never have gone viral.
“Luckily I started my camera just in time,” says Brown, who regularly films the Croydon goalkeeper George Kamurasi for his Instagram channel and was the only person to capture Hall’s wonderstrike. “The reaction since then has been incredible.”
