The Man with the Golden Ball

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The English Premier League will most certainly celebrate its 10,000th goal (unless there will be a couple of nil-nil draws, but perhaps the 10,000th goal will be already scored in the first match of the day, the early kick-off Manchester City v Chelsea one). Already there were 9,995 goals scored, so the fifth goal will get the cheers - and the goalscorer the laurels. Most impressingly would be a hattrick right on the mark. We will see. Football has its own rules, you know.





As Nike all the years is the ball sponsor of the Premier League the guys celebrated the special event with a special ball: the Golden Ball. This ball will be used in all ten Premier League matches this weekend - perhaps most strikers and midfielders will go for a hattrick out of this case they can get the ball home after the game then.

So far there are three other landmarks for goals in the Premier League:

• 1st goal: Mark Venus (Ipswich Town v Tottenham) (2000 / 1)
• 1,000th goal: Fabrizio Ravanelli (Derby County v Blackburn Rovers) (2001 / 2)
• 5,000th goal: Dennis Bergkamp (Middlesbrough v Arsenal) (2005 / 6)

Nike has produced 100 of the golden limited edition T90 Tracers and they will be available to buy from the moment the 10,000th goal is scored in this weekend's round of Premier League matches. The golden ball costs £100, available from Nike Town London and www.nikestore.com/football.