Football Talk: When Hibbert Scores We Riot, Fletcher's #headsgone

Tony Hibbert brought all social construct to a shuddering halt with his right boot,© SNS Group

Every so often, in an event so rare that Football Talk can’t remember the last time it happened, one player transcends our humble round-up of internet chatter.

Today is one such day. Step forward, Tony Hibbert.

He may look like Vladimir Putin carved from a shoe, but the Everton right back did the unthinkable in his own testimonial and rocketed home his first ever goal. From 30 yards no less.

For the uninitiated, the word has long echoed around Goodison Park that such an event would foretell the collapse of the fabric of society.

Cars would be torched, shops looted, and Football Talk would resist making a tired joke about Scousers.

Closer to home, cowering beneath the shadow of Hibbert’s achievement, Celtic made a tremendous leap into the Champions League play offs.

Motherwell fell short but are unbowed, while Dundee United can join Well and Hearts in the Europa League’s final qualifier against a vulnerable Dinamo Moscow tonight.

So we go on in hope. Football Talk just wants to let the fans know where we are right now.

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