'I never tire of seeing it' - Mark Duffy remembers his iconic goal for Sheffield United to help beat Wednesday, three years ago today

The movies were of his son weaving his way through the Sheffield Wednesday defence and scoring a goal that has gone down in Sheffield United folklore, filmed by bouncing Wednesday fans moments after their side drew level at 2-2 in the Sheffield derby three years ago today.

Then, with one swing of Mark Duffy's right boot, the bouncing stopped.

"The best video is of their fans bouncing, and then the camera pans to the away end just after the goal," Duffy remembers.

"I don't know why they uploaded them all, to be honest! You'd think they'd have deleted them instantly.

"But I'm glad they didn't.

"My dad has them all on his iPad and watches them when he's had a drink!

"He runs through it with me and asks what I'm thinking when I get the ball, but it's just instinct really. I just did what I did as a kid in Liverpool, when I was six or seven years old.

"It came from playing on the streets as a kid and it could have been anyone in goal or in the opposition. I would have scored many goals like that in the youth clubs growing up. Just not in front of 32,000 fans in a local derby!"

Duffy's goal really twisted the knife into Wednesday that memorable day in September 2017. They had dragged the game back to 2-2 after going 2-0 down in the first half, with United goals from John Fleck and Leon Clarke.

They were level for 38 seconds of play before Duffy struck.

"There were a few bad passes and then I got on the end of a Bash [Chris Basham] header, and played a one-two with Leon before sort of going into my zone," Duffy added, as quoted in the book He's one of our own that charted that period in United's recent history.

"Normally in that situation, I would try and pass when I can but in that moment, time just seemed to slow down and I just manoeuvred my way in. Because of the tight angle I thought 'right, just put your laces through it' and I caught it so sweet.

"The scenes were unbelievable. After the game, I reckon I had 10,000 messages, tweets, emails... my phone went into absolute overdrive. I never tire of seeing the goal. Some players go a whole career without something so special happening."

Duffy left United after their promotion to the Premier League, initially on loan before moving onto Fleetwood Town this summer. Last night, he scored for Town against Everton in the FA Cup and tweeted this morning: "Have a good day all you Blades out there. Thanks for all the messages. Oh what a night..."

United's fans still sing about his goal at Hillsborough, although the line rhyming with 'night' isn't suitable for repetition in a family newspaper. Duffy may be gone but he, and that goal, will never be forgotten.

"It's hard to explain what goes through your head at a moment like that," he admitted.

"Apart from the birth of your kids it's one of the best feelings possible and even then, it's a different feeling; that ecstasy, out of nowhere. Your heartbeat goes to 200bpm in a matter of seconds. I remember looking up and seeing fans going berserk and flares going off. It just meant so much to everyone.

"Billy [Sharp] told me all about the size of the game in the build-up, but I didn't really believe it until it happened. It got bigger and bigger as the week went on, and then the Gaffer [Chris Wilder] told me I wasn't starting.

"I was absolutely devastated, fuming, but knew I had to get behind the boys who were playing. I sandwiched myself between Ched and Leon when we got off the bus and they were getting absolute pelters, and the atmosphere was a joke.

"We should have been out of sight in the first half but we gave them a lifeline that they didn't deserve, and we were wondering how it wasn't 4-0 or 5-0 at half-time.

"Then in the second half, they started to gain momentum and I got sent on, told to keep the pressure on them high up the pitch so they couldn't get out. I hadn't been on the pitch long and they scored. The whole ground was bouncing. But not for long."

"When I came off the pitch, Billy told me that I would be a Blades legend forever, because of that goal," Duffy added.

"I asked what he was on about because Leon had scored twice, so thought he should surely have been the legend if anyone! But I guess the timing of the goal is what made it so special."

Today, on the third anniversary of the game, social media lit up with videos of Duffy's moment and he has affectionately been christened 'The Bounce-Killer' at Bramall Lane.

"Wednesday had been in the Championship for all that time and we heard all sorts about playing in the Pub League, while they thought they'd be going for promotion again," Duffy said.

"But football doesn't work like that and no team has a God-given right to be anywhere. As they found out."

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