Warnock could count some blessings when Shane Long – who had hit the side-netting in the first half – was felled by Bradley Orr in QPR's area but Booth refused the penalty appeal. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Federico Macheda has a go at him for being selfish.89 min: Glenn Murray gets the hopes of minute-by-minute reporters everywhere hoping to avoid extra time up by shooting a diagonal effort into the side-netting.90 + 1 min: There'll be three minutes of added time. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Boateng bears down on goal and shoiots into the side-netting.44+3 min: Wojiech Szczesny and Luca Antonini clatter into each other on the edge of the penalty area, after the latter chased a through-ball and tried to prod it past the former, who was advancing from his line to stop him. ❋ Unknown (2012)
In the closing seconds, the substitute Stewart Downing hit the side-netting from an angle on the right. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Pappa then blasted a shot into the side-netting, which a sizeable proportion of the 61,000 crowd thought had gone in, before De Gea pushed a low Orr Barouch effort onto his post. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Villar went the right way, but the ball was sent accurately into the right corner, right into the side-netting. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Van Persie again proved profligate after the interval, pricking the bubble of expectation by sending a poor shot high and wide in the 49th minute, burying another in the side-netting from a narrow angle six minutes later, thumping a 25-yard drive that forced Hart to leap to his right to turn the ball around the angle on the hour. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Pato looked set to score in the 82nd when put through by Robinho but Villar blocked his effort and the striker headed the rebound into the side-netting from a tight angle. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Aluko almost had a swift impact on the game five minutes after the restart with a well-struck shot but he was off-target and the effort rippled the side-netting. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Meanwhile in Italy, City's Champions League conquerors, Napoli, have scored three early goals to go 3-0 up against Genoa after 25 minutes.8.22pm: Superb long-range shot by Diamé flies into the side-netting. ❋ Unknown (2011)
England had a corner, there was confusion in the Hungary defensive ranks and at the near post, the Everton defender prodded a diagonal effort into the side-netting from about three yards out. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Walcott had picked out Robinson's bottom corner before the goalkeeper had fully assessed the danger, shooting early and so sweetly the ball actually broke a few strands of the side-netting. ❋ Paul Wilson At Ewood Park (2010)
Pablo Barrera looked quite sharp when he came on, on one run beating both Nicolás Otamendi and Maxi Rodríguez before flicking a shot into the side-netting, and it was his attempt that Gabriel Heinze just about cleared off the line. ❋ Paul Wilson At Soccer City (2010)
Moments later Malouda picks up a lovely touch from Drogba and hits the side-netting in a way that makes one half of the ground amusingly celebrate a "goal" and then go suddenly quiet. ❋ Barney Ronay (2010)
Rooney struck the post and Javier Hernandez sent the rebound into the side-netting. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Zamora found the side-netting from close range early on before Downing produced a cross that Barry headed home via Majstorovic's deflection. ❋ James Olley (2011)
It almost got worse for Bolton as Suarez rounded Jaaskelainen but shot into the side-netting. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Borini could only find the side-netting in the 80th minute with his hat-trick begging. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The visitors improved slightly after the break, with Lewis Holtby hitting the side-netting after beating the offside trap in the 52nd. ❋ CIARAN FAHEY (2011)
[Coach]: "Okay guys [which way] do you take it?
Player 1: "I take it [stick side]"
Coach (somewhat disappointed): "Oh, OK, anybody else?"
Player 2: "I take it Net Side"
Coach: "That's fantastic! You're my new captain! ❋ Latino Thunder (2013)
