Diego Forlán has been one of the players of World Cup 2010 so far, which is all the more reason to recall this gem against Juventus from Manchester United's pre-season tour of Misery in 2003.
Jings, crivens, help ma boab, it's Chris Iwelumo against Norway. Thing is, what few remember now, and what makes it even worse, is the free-flowing move which preceded this epic miss, Scotland's first since 1963. (Free-flowing move, that is, not epic miss.)
Ronny Rosenthal may have single-handedly dragged Liverpool to their last league title in 1990 – scoring a perfect hat-trick against Crystal Palace along the way – but all he's remembered for is this classic against Aston Villa in 1992. It was probably the moment the football world woke up and said "Hold on, this lot from Anfield really are bobbins", and it's been downhill ever since. So no bloody wonder.
Salomon Kalou's effort in the FA Cup final this year went off at the same angle as this Phil Mickelson flop shot over coach Dave Pelz. Only it's ever so slightly less impressive.
When Bryan Robson was manager of West Bromwich Albion, he invariably looked as though he wanted to top himself, which is hardly surprising since Nwankwo Kanu gave him this welcoming present in his very first game in charge.
But we've saved the best until last. And here's a question: when is a miss not a miss? When it's this slapstick effort by Kansas City Wizards striker Kei Kamara, that's when. Wizard? Wizard's hat, more like.
