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World Cup of EFL Screamers: Cambridge's Jack Roles wins vote for the best EFL strike of the 2019/20 season

By Sporting Life

Football

Thu May 14, 2020 · 5y ago

Cambridge's Jack Roles has won Sporting Life's inaugural World Cup of EFL Screamers after beating Leeds United's Luke Ayling in the final.

Roles, on loan from Spurs, edged it with 56% of the vote for his long-range strike against Macclesfield in October, pipping Ayling's volley against Huddersfield and 30 other strikes in the knockout competition to take the title.

Roles came through the competition by finishing runner up to Lynden Gooch in Group D before getting 74% of the vote to beat Bradford's Dylan Connolly in the round of 16.

Roles then get 70% of the vote in the quarter-finals against Blackpool's Connor Ronan and then booked his place in the final with a 62% victory over Preston's Tom Barkhuizen before claiming the title in Wednesday's showpiece.

We started with the best 32 strikes from the 2019/20 Sky Bet EFL season and pitted them in a four team group stage, with the top two of each pool progressing.

In a similar fashion to the World Cup, the group winners came up against runners-up in the round of 16, as we moved closer to a classic cup final - the minnows versus the EFL's giants - to crown Roles' effort as the best EFL goal of the season (so far).

Check it out below, as well as seeing how the tournament unfolded...

Winning goal - Jack Roles of Cambridge

🏆 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝙁𝙇 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎...

🎊 ...𝙒𝙀 𝙃𝘼𝙑𝙀 𝘼 𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙉𝙀𝙍!

🚀 Congratulations to @JackRoles_ of @CambridgeUtdFC (and @SpursOfficial), whose strike was voted best of the season so far!

👏👏 pic.twitter.com/itBe0huunp
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) May 14, 2020

Final

Cambridge's Roles v Leeds' Ayling

🏆 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝙁𝙇 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎: 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇!

🚀 Vote for your favourite to win Sporting Life's inaugural competition!

1⃣ @JackRoles_ (@CambridgeUtdFC)
2⃣ @lukeayling_8 (@LUFC)

⏱️ 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 10𝘱𝘮 - so get voting
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) May 13, 2020

Semi-finals

Fixture two - Klich v Ayling

🏆𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝙁𝙇 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙎𝙀𝙈𝙄-𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙎

It's a direct clash between club teammates - let battle commence

1⃣ @Cli5hy (@LUFC)
2⃣ @lukeayling_8 (@LUFC)

🚀 Vote for your favourite to progress to the final!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) May 12, 2020

Fixture one - Roles v Barkhuizen

🏆 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝙁𝙇 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙎𝙀𝙈𝙄-𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙎

1️⃣ @JackRoles_ (@CambridgeUtdFC)
2️⃣ @tombarkhuizen9 (@pnefc)

🚀 We are down to the final four. Vote for your favourite to progress to the final!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) May 11, 2020

Quarter-finals

Fixture four - Power v Ayling

🏆 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝙁𝙇 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎: 𝙌𝙐𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙀𝙍-𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙎

1️⃣ @mp_1825 (@SunderlandAFC)
2️⃣ @lukeayling_8 (@LUFC)

🚀 We are down to the final eight. Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) May 10, 2020

Fixture three - Ward v Barkhuizen

🏆 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝙁𝙇 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎: 𝙌𝙐𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙀𝙍-𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙎

1️⃣ @JoeJoeward22 (@theposhofficial)
2️⃣ @tombarkhuizen9 (@pnefc)

🚀 We are down to the final eight. Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) May 9, 2020

Fixture two - Ronan v Roles

🏆 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝙁𝙇 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎: 𝙌𝙐𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙀𝙍-𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙎

1️⃣ @ConnorRonan10 (@BlackpoolFC)
2️⃣ @JackRoles_ (@CambridgeUtdFC)

🚀 We are down to the final eight. Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) May 8, 2020

Fixture one - Klich v Gooch

🏆 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙐𝙋 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝙁𝙇 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎: 𝙌𝙐𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙀𝙍-𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙎

1️⃣ @Cli5hy (@LUFC)
2️⃣ @LyndenGooch (@SunderlandAFC)

🚀 We are down to the final eight. Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) May 7, 2020

Round of 16

Fixture eight - Ayling v Watkins

🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Round of 16
1⃣ @lukeayling_8 (@LUFC)
2⃣ @11Olliewatkins (@BrentfordFC)
🚀 The knockout stages are underway! Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round...
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) May 6, 2020

Fixture seven - Barkhuizen v Clarke

🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Round of 16

1️⃣ @tombarkhuizen9 (@pnefc)
2️⃣ @_JamesClarke_ (@WFCOfficial)

🚀 The knockout stages are underway! Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round...
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) May 5, 2020

Fixture six - Power v Woodrow

🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Round of 16

1️⃣ @mp_1825 (@SunderlandAFC)
2️⃣ @CauleyWoodrow (@BarnsleyFC)

🚀 The knockout stages are underway! Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round...
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) May 4, 2020

Fixture five - Fletcher v Ward

🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Round of 16
1⃣ @AshFletcher___ (@Boro)
2⃣ @JoeJoeward22 (@theposhofficial)

🚀 The knockout stages are underway! Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round...
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) May 3, 2020

Fixture four - Gooch v Moore

🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Round of 16

1️⃣ @LyndenGooch (@SunderlandAFC)
2️⃣ @KRFMoore (@LaticsOfficial)

🚀 The knockout stages are underway! Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round...
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) May 2, 2020

Fixture three - Connolly v Roles

🏆World Cup of EFL Screamers: Round of 16

1⃣ Dylan Connolly (@officialbantams)
2⃣ @JackRoles_ (@CambridgeUtdFC)

🚀The knockout stages are underway! Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round...
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) May 1, 2020

Fixture Two - Klich v Sibley

🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Round of 16

1⃣ @Cli5hy (@LUFC)
2⃣ @louie_sibbo (@dcfcofficial)

🚀 The knockout stages are underway! Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round...
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) April 30, 2020

Fixture One - Pritchard v Ronan

🏆World Cup of EFL Screamers: Round of 16

1⃣@pritchardc_joe (@ASFCofficial)
2⃣@ConnorRonan10 (@BlackpoolFC)

🚀 The knockout stages are underway! Vote for your favourite to progress to the next round...
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) April 29, 2020

Group Stage

Group A

🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Group A

1⃣ @pritchard_joe (@ASFCofficial)
2⃣ @jedwallace12 (@MillwallFC)
3⃣ @louie_sibbo (@dcfcofficial)
4⃣ Ivan Sunjic (@BCFC)

🚀 The top two will progress to the knockout stages - so vote for your favourite!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) April 21, 2020

Group B

🏆World Cup of EFL Screamers: Group B

1⃣ @ClarkeHarris – (@Official_BRFC)
2⃣ @Cli5hy – (@LUFC)
3⃣ @OdinBailey – (@FGRFC_Official)
4⃣ @ConnorRonan10 – (@BlackpoolFC)

🚀 The top two will progress to the knockout stages - so vote for your favourite!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) April 22, 2020

Group C

🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Group C

1️⃣ Dylan Connolly (@officialbantams)
2️⃣ Alfie Kilgour (@Official_BRFC)
3️⃣ @TomLawrence99 (@dcfcofficial)
4️⃣ @KRFMoore (@LaticsOfficial)

🚀 The top two will progress to the knockout stages - so vote for your favourite!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) April 23, 2020

Group D

🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Group D

1⃣ @LyndenGooch (@SunderlandAFC)
2⃣ @Lewis_OBrien98 (@htafc)
3⃣ @JackRoles_ (@CambridgeUtdFC)
4⃣ @AdamArma9 (@Rovers)

🚀 The top two will progress to the knockout stages - so vote for your favourite!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) April 24, 2020

Group E

🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Group E

1⃣ @AshFletcher___ (@Boro)
2⃣ @CauleyWoodrow (@BarnsleyFC)
3⃣ @Ben8Close (@Pompey)
4⃣ @lutherwildin (@StevenageFC)

🚀 The top two will progress to the knockout stages - so vote for your favourite!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) April 25, 2020

Group F

🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Group F

1⃣ @LeeEvans94 (@LaticsOfficial)
2⃣ @JoeJoeward22 (@theposhofficial)
3⃣ @AlexGilliead (@SUFCOfficial)
4⃣ @mp_1825 (@SunderlandAFC)

🚀 The top two will progress to the knockout stages - so vote for your favourite!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) April 26, 2020

Group G

🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Group G

1️⃣ Ollie Watkins (@BrentfordFC)
2️⃣ @tombarkhuizen9 (@pnefc)
3️⃣ @JoeJoeward22 (@theposhofficial)
4️⃣ @samclucas (@stokecity)

🚀 The top two will progress to the knockout stages - so vote for your favourite!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) April 27, 2020

Group H

🏆 World Cup of EFL Screamers: Group H

1️⃣ @MatheusPereira (@WBA)
2️⃣ @lukeayling_8 (@LUFC)
3️⃣ @_JamesClarke_ (@WFCOfficial)
4️⃣ @TariqeFosu (@OUFCOfficial)

🚀 The top two will progress to the knockout stages - so vote for your favourite!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) April 28, 2020