The Joy of Six: assists without touching the ball

Off-the-ball runs, delicious dummies, snide fouls – here are half a dozen goals where the co-creator literally didn’t have a kick

Let’s start with a bit of housekeeping. None of these are technically assists; under the current definition, that requires a tactile involvement. But we needed a fairly snappy headline, and The Joy of Six: Helping to Create Goals Without Touching The Ball just wasn’t going to get the job done.

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