The consolation for James Berrett, who has five more days to take choice from his two spectacular goals at Bradford’s Coral Windows Stadium, is that more such moments are likely to roll around before too extended.
Recent history tells us that the missiles Carlisle’s midfielder dispatched on Saturday won’t go down as quickly-forgotten rarities. The evidence says they are more likely to be remembered as details in a growing pattern of long-gap scoring from last season’s player of the year.
Four days before giving the Bantams the bird in this 3-1 crushing, Berrett had pinged a similar beauty into Middlesbrough’s net in another hearty friendly win. More significantly, 2010/11’s veil reel offers examples of his scoring prowess from range when the Blues are playing for points.
