UPDATE Eastbourne Borough goal of the season shortlist selected - which gets your vote?

We all have our favourites. For Borough, Simon Johnson at Staines, swerving a volley in from a ridiculous angle. For England, the slicing move and Shearer finish, in the 4-1 against the Netherlands, Wembley 1996, which proved that English players could score better goals than the Dutch.

And an improbable personal memory: Rio Ferdinand as a 16-year-old, turning out for London Schools against Sussex at a modest, chilly and windswept Princes Park Oval. As a youngster, Rio was simply known only as the nephew of his famous uncle Les – but his brilliant run and unbelievable angled strike belonged to an England international ahead of his time. Odd that he spent his career as a centre-back!

This week – having spent last week’s column delving back a couple of decades into the nostalgia bag – I’ve reverted to the very recent past. Eastbourne Borough video guru Graham Austin of GBatBMedia, with assistant Oscar Peskett, faithfully captures just about every home game, and he has also accessed highlights from a number of away matches – to compile a splendid gallery of Goals of the Season.

On the club’s YouTube channel – Eastbourne Borough Official – it makes for excellent viewing: a kind of meander through the memory of a pretty eventful season at the Lane. Forty-odd goals are featured, and each one has its merits.

Fittingly – because we are after all, non-leaguers – not every strike is a “worldie”. Graham’s eclectic collection features some absolute crackers, some scrappy-and-scrambled efforts, some cool-headed finishes and at least one fluke. But each one matters: perhaps changing a game or clinching a game, perhaps the cool matter-of-fact finish of an experienced Dean Cox, or the elated smash of a 19-year-old Jack Skinner.

Have I tempted you yet? The compilation is great fun in itself, viewed with a large mug of lockdown coffee, but there are prizes at stake.

Now, supporters can cast their votes and choose that Goal of the Season from the video embedded above. Voting is open to all – so United/Town/Wanderers/Stringers followers are very welcome to take a look. Now more than ever, we are one football family.