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Featured Article A screamer (also known as a thunderbolt, banger, rocket, belter, or worldie) is an informal term used in association football to describe a spectacular goal, typically characterised by exceptional power, long range, and an element of audacity or technical brilliance that elicits a visceral reaction from spectators, commentators, and players alike. The term is deeply embedded in the lexicon of football culture, particularly in English-speaking football communities, and has been in widespread colloquial use since at least the 1980s. Though the word has no official definition within the Laws of the Game, it is universally understood among fans, pundits, and players to denote a goal of extraordinary quality—one that, as the name suggests, causes those who witness it to scream in astonishment, delight, or despair. The screamer occupies a unique and revered position in the cultural mythology of football. While tap-ins, penalties, and deflected goals all count equally on the scoresheet, the screamer transcends mere statistical record-keeping. It is the type of goal that gets replayed thousands of times on highlight reels, the type of goal that children attempt to recreate in playgrounds and car parks for years afterwards, and the type of goal that can define an entire career in the collective memory of fans. (Previous articles • Propose articles)
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A screamer (also known as a thunderbolt, banger, rocket, belter, or worldie) is an informal term used in association football to describe a spectacular goal, typically characterised by exceptional power, long range, and an element of audacity or technical brilliance that elicits a visceral reaction from spectators, commentators, and players alike. The term is deeply embedded in the lexicon of football culture, particularly in English-speaking football communities, and has been in widespread colloquial use since at least the 1980s. Though the word has no official definition within the Laws of the Game, it is universally understood among fans, pundits, and players to denote a goal of extraordinary quality—one that, as the name suggests, causes those who witness it to scream in astonishment, delight, or despair.
The screamer occupies a unique and revered position in the cultural mythology of football. While tap-ins, penalties, and deflected goals all count equally on the scoresheet, the screamer transcends mere statistical record-keeping. It is the type of goal that gets replayed thousands of times on highlight reels, the type of goal that children attempt to recreate in playgrounds and car parks for years afterwards, and the type of goal that can define an entire career in the collective memory of fans.
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If you need help getting started, do not worry. There are plenty of help articles and guides available on the Help Portal, right at your fingertips. You are more than welcome to contribute to our fanbase, as long as you follow the rules. If you want, you can also refer to the Quick Links section at the top to know where to start.
Now that you are ready, let's start contributing! To write anything, you must make a new page. To do this you must search for the page in the search bar; if the page does not exist, there will be a prompt allowing you to create the page. Give the page the same name as the screamer, for example ScaryScreamer.com. You are now ready to write your page!
You can help Screamer Wiki too by saving already existing screamers, shock sites, and videos to the Web Archive (https://archive.org/web/). If a screamer or shock site gets deleted, banned or removed, then there is a chance that we can retrieve it using the Wayback Machine.
If you want to open flash files after the shutdown, use Ruffle.
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- Omar Marmoush scores what is awarded the Premier League Goal of the Season for 2024–25, a thunderous long-range screamer for Manchester City against Bournemouth.
- Alexander Isak's strike against Liverpool is clocked at over 108 km/h, winning the Oracle Most Powerful Goal award for the 2024–25 Premier League season.
- Jhon Durán rockets a 40-yard howler into the top corner against Everton before departing the Premier League for Al-Nassr in a record deal.
- Kylian Mbappé scores a hat-trick in 6 minutes and 42 seconds for Real Madrid against Olympiakos, the second-fastest in UEFA Champions League history.
- Julio Enciso, on loan at Ipswich Town, sparks a comeback against Everton with a ferocious long-range screamer while his side were 2–0 down.
- FIFA Puskás Award continues to celebrate the world's best goal each year, keeping the art of the screamer in the global spotlight.
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