Cambridge's Jack Roles has won Sporting Life's inaugural World Cup of EFL Screamers after beating Leeds United's Luke Ayling in the final.
Roles, on loan from Spurs, edged it with 56% of the vote for his long-range strike against Macclesfield in October, pipping Ayling's volley against Huddersfield and 30 other strikes in the knockout competition to take the title.
Roles came through the competition by finishing runner up to Lynden Gooch in Group D before getting 74% of the vote to beat Bradford's Dylan Connolly in the round of 16.
Roles then get 70% of the vote in the quarter-finals against Blackpool's Connor Ronan and then booked his place in the final with a 62% victory over Preston's Tom Barkhuizen before claiming the title in Wednesday's showpiece.
We started with the best 32 strikes from the 2019/20 Sky Bet EFL season and pitted them in a four team group stage, with the top two of each pool progressing.
In a similar fashion to the World Cup, the group winners came up against runners-up in the round of 16, as we moved closer to a classic cup final - the minnows versus the EFL's giants - to crown Roles' effort as the best EFL goal of the season (so far).
Check it out below, as well as seeing how the tournament unfolded...
Winning goal - Jack Roles of Cambridge
🏆 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝙁𝙇 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎...
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
🎊 ...𝙒𝙀 𝙃𝘼𝙑𝙀 𝘼 𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙉𝙀𝙍!
🚀 Congratulations to of (and ), whose strike was voted best of the season so far!
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Final
Cambridge's Roles v Leeds' Ayling
🏆 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝙁𝙇 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎: 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
🚀 Vote for your favourite to win Sporting Life's inaugural competition!
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⏱️ 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 10𝘱𝘮 - so get voting
Semi-finals
Fixture two - Klich v Ayling
🏆𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝙁𝙇 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙎𝙀𝙈𝙄-𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙎
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
It's a direct clash between club teammates - let battle commence
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🚀 Vote for your favourite to progress to the final!
Fixture one - Roles v Barkhuizen
🏆 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝙁𝙇 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙎𝙀𝙈𝙄-𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙎
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
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🚀 We are down to the final four. Vote for your favourite to progress to the final!
Quarter-finals
Fixture four - Power v Ayling
🏆 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝙁𝙇 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎: 𝙌𝙐𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙀𝙍-𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙎
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
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🚀 We are down to the final eight. Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round!
Fixture three - Ward v Barkhuizen
🏆 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝙁𝙇 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎: 𝙌𝙐𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙀𝙍-𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙎
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
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🚀 We are down to the final eight. Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round!
Fixture two - Ronan v Roles
🏆 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝙁𝙇 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎: 𝙌𝙐𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙀𝙍-𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙎
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
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🚀 We are down to the final eight. Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round!
Fixture one - Klich v Gooch
🏆 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝙁𝙇 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎: 𝙌𝙐𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙀𝙍-𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙎
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC)
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🚀 We are down to the final eight. Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round!
Round of 16
Fixture eight - Ayling v Watkins
🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Round of 16
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🚀 The knockout stages are underway! Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round...
Fixture seven - Barkhuizen v Clarke
🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Round of 16
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🚀 The knockout stages are underway! Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round...
Fixture six - Power v Woodrow
🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Round of 16
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🚀 The knockout stages are underway! Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round...
Fixture five - Fletcher v Ward
🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Round of 16
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🚀 The knockout stages are underway! Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round...
Fixture four - Gooch v Moore
🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Round of 16
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🚀 The knockout stages are underway! Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round...
Fixture three - Connolly v Roles
🏆World Cup of EFL Screamers: Round of 16
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🚀The knockout stages are underway! Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round...
Fixture Two - Klich v Sibley
🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Round of 16
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Fixture One - Pritchard v Ronan
🏆World Cup of EFL Screamers: Round of 16
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🚀 The knockout stages are underway! Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round...
Group Stage
Group A
🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Group A
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🚀 The top two will progress to the knockout stages - so vote for your favourite!
Group B
🏆World Cup of EFL Screamers: Group B
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🚀 The top two will progress to the knockout stages - so vote for your favourite!
Group C
🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Group C
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2️⃣ Alfie Kilgour ()
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🚀 The top two will progress to the knockout stages - so vote for your favourite!
Group D
🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Group D
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🚀 The top two will progress to the knockout stages - so vote for your favourite!
Group E
🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Group E
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🚀 The top two will progress to the knockout stages - so vote for your favourite!
Group F
🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Group F
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🚀 The top two will progress to the knockout stages - so vote for your favourite!
Group G
🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Group G
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🚀 The top two will progress to the knockout stages - so vote for your favourite!
Group H
🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Group H
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🚀 The top two will progress to the knockout stages - so vote for your favourite!
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