5 of the best five-a-side moments you'll ever see on a football pitch

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It's the beautiful game, but smaller and usually less beautiful.

Five-a-side football, like the parent game, is a national institution. Every town and city in the UK has their own five-a-side league and teams, because football is in our blood, if not necessarily in our skill set. Nevertheless, some of the greatest moments of football take place on that scaled-down pitch, in spite or indeed because of its amateur players. Here are five of those moments for your pleasure/amazement/uproarious laughter.

1. The goalie who had an absolute shocker:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JunUNa9Od6U

2. The guy who suddenly remembers he's the greatest footballer ever:

https://twitter.com/GrassRootGoals_/status/821345850047614981

3. The duo who set up the cheekiest back-heel imaginable:

https://twitter.com/SpreadexSport/status/785429271674228736

4. The guy who tried to get a bit too clever and paid the price:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuT8dFS-yWg

5. The ginger fella who looks an awful lot like Paul Sch- hey, wait a minute:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu8Iuk6fWn0

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