Lincoln City full-back Adam Reach is the Sky Bet League One Goal of the Month winner for December.
Reach’s strike made the game at Oakwell comfortable as he reacted quickest to a ball dropping outside of the box. Famed for his outrageous volleys, Reach proved that talent and timing doesn’t leave you as he speared a right-foot strike of a dipping ball into the Barnsley net.
That wrapped up a crucial game for City, helping us to a near-flawless Christmas that has seen us keep pace with the very best this division has to offer, but as Adam explained, it is just natural for him.
“It was just instinct, I thought if I hit it pure and got it on target, anything can happen. I was delighted to see it go in, and with my right foot, too.
“It was fantastic to score a goal like that, and it was made even more special by the fact it sealed a really impressive win for us.”
Lead Sky Bet EFL Goal of the Month judge and Sky Sports Pundit Don Goodman was impressed, saying it could be one of the 32-year-old’s best from a career littered with unbelievable strikes.
“Adam Reach’s list of spectacular goals expanded with this beauty! This could be up there as one of his best.
“A looping clearance from a long throw landed perfectly on his right foot and he couldn’t have caught his dipping volley any better as it flew in off the crossbar.”
Reach beat off competition from Middlesbrough’s Leo Castledine, Luton Town’s Nigel Lonwijk and Cardiff City’s Perry Ng, the latter a beautiful team goal scored against the Imps at the Bank.