The 10th anniversary of the Premier League’s most underrated goal

October 2013 was a simpler time. Nobody had ever heard of Brexit, or the Famileigh, or Gianni Infantino [unless you were a Uefa tombola nerd – Football Daily Ed]. As a society, we didn’t worry about bedbugs or video assistant referees. Football Daily lived freely, could drink as much Tin as wanted without fear of recrimination from any smaller Football Dailies that were pattering around the place, looking for the remote. If we wanted to watch Crystal Palace v Fulham on a school night, then that’s what happened.

And that’s exactly what did happen, exactly a decade ago this week, as this tea-timely email enjoyed yet another fabulous TV dinner in front of the box, as one of the Premier League’s most outrageous volleys was beamed into its living room, courtesy of Fulham’s Pajtim Kasami. This was a golden era of Barclays. After Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement a few months earlier, it felt like anything was possible. Michu had morphed into a Spanish Rivaldo down in south Wales, Stoke City were on course for a top-half finish and Martin Jol – the maverick – had paired Darren Bent up top with Dimitar Berbatov for Fulham.

But despite a late Philippe Senderos scissor kick sealing a 4-1 win for the Cottagers, the night belonged to Kasami and his wonder strike: a goal so precise and fluid that one could pour it into a bronze cast, allow it to set and erect it as a statue outside the away end at Selhurst Park; a goal so previously underrated (it didn’t even win Match of the Day’s Goal of the Month) until a few years ago, when the streets remembered that they had forgotten about the strike, and decided that they would – from that day forward – never forget again.

Only Kasami knows how the goal came to pass. The Swiss international was playing on the left wing, but for some beautiful reason traversed the pitch, took an inch-perfect pass from Sascha Riether on his chest while galloping down the right flank, and without breaking stride, walloped a zinging volley with his weaker right foot into the top corner from 25 acute yards. Blink and you missed it, but this was a moment of rare genius. “Everything happened so fast. It’s a goal of instinct; you score it and don’t think about it too much but after you realise: ‘Wow, what a goal,’” Kasami later told Big Website. “It was a perfect goal; with the pass, the run I made, the way I controlled it and then hit it with my weaker foot, everything was on point.” Perhaps in 2033 we will look back on this Monday night with the same fondness. Clips of Gibraltar v Republic of Ireland, or the international friendly between Russia and Kenya could litter the internet for years to come. But if not, we will always have 2013 and for that, Football Daily is thankful.

“This is a very proud day for me. It is a great honour to become manager of a club with a history as rich as [this one]. I’ve been inspired by [Pep] Guardiola, [José] Mourinho, [Diego] Simeone and [Zinedine] Zidane, and as such just like those great managers, my philosophy will be to play attractive football” – Pascal Chimbonda is hoping to follow in the footsteps of some managerial greats as he takes his first job at, erm, Skelmersdale United … of the Northern Premier League Division One West, in the ninth tier.

Re: the Mitre Mystery (Friday’s Football Daily) – I see you’ve discovered that it’s pointless checking your facts … ” – Z Snook.

Regarding that ball Michael Owen was pictured with – surely the Liverpool connection will have reminded us it was the ball simply called ‘Mitre’ but to most football fans of the era, it was more commonly known as the ‘White Ball’ – Rod de Lisle.

I can’t help but throw my hat in the ring and take a punt at the mystery ball. Mitre Match or Match Pro is coming to mind, and I seem to be getting a stinging sensation with ‘Mitre’ imprinted on the inside of my thigh as I write this … Great memories” – Gerard Heffernan.

With reference to the search for USA USA USA’s next women’s manager (Friday’s Still Want More, full email edition), may I respectfully point out the success (England’s next manager) Casey Stoney is having on the other side of the pond?” – Nick Redfern.

Send your letters to the.boss@theguardian.com. Today’s winner of our prizeless letter o’ the day is … Nick Redfern.

It was the FA Cup fourth qualifying round at the weekend, so what better time for Football Daily to start following a plucky underdog’s progress. Step forward Horsham of the Isthmian League Premier Division (seventh tier), who gave National League Dorking a bloody nose with a 2-0 win at the Camping World Community Stadium. The victory was great news for TV companies, who will be relieved that Dorking’s loose-lipped manager and owner, Marc White, won’t be worrying them in live post-match interviews. Here’s how he summed up his team’s performance: “Today was, wholeheartedly, a bunch of players that were absolutely sh!t,” he roared. “Atrocious. And they should be called out … The [eff]ing players get paid, they should do a great job, if they don’t do an [eff]ing great job, they should at least go down fighting. [We] planned for this game for two weeks and you’d have thought we planned it on a fag packet last night. So they’ve embarrassed the management team … I ain’t taking blame for that shower of sh!t.” White did wish Horsham well, though. Kind of. “They fully deserve to be in the draw. I really hope they get something amazing, life-changing, so my [eff]ing sh!t players can learn an [eff]ing lesson.” Magnanimous. The first-round tombola gave Horsham a trip to Barnsley. We’ll catch up with them again in November.

Manchester United’s board is expected to vote on Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s bid to buy a 25% share in the club for about £1.3bn in the coming days, with sources close to the Ineos owner confident his offer will be accepted.

Congratulations to Euro 2024-bound Scotland! In the meantime, Andy Robertson’s shoulder-ouch and Aaron Hickey’s unspecified knack have led to a call-up for 19-year-old Sturm Graz defender Max Johnston, last seen getting sent off with the under-21s on Friday.

Harry Wilson, who scored both goals in Wales’ 2-1 win over Croatia, insists he has manager Rob Page’s back after rumours that the Welsh FA axe might be on its way. “We’re 100% behind the manager,” roared Wilson. “We know there’s been a lot of noise from the outside and some comments that weren’t helpful for us in our preparation from people we didn’t really expect.”

Jordan Henderson claims he couldn’t understand why he was booed by England fans during their flamin’ 1-0 win over Australia. “I don’t know [why]. Do you?” he blabbed, before revealing he understood exactly why. “If people want to boo if I’m playing in a different country, that’s fine. Everyone is going to have an opinion over playing in Saudi.”

Luis de la Fuente says his Spain team is one “for the future” after they qualified for Euro 2024 thanks to a 1-0 win against Norway.

Beth Mead says she’s ready to play for England again after jumping off the bench after 11 months out to help Arsenal beat Aston Villa in a wild WSL climax. “I don’t know where her [Sarina Wiegman’s] brain is at the moment, [but] I am ready to compete.”

And Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny has announced the launch of Elneny FC, a new team which he hopes will give a chance to players who have fallen through the cracks of pre-existing clubs. “I love to dream,” he cooed. “What am I going to lose? I’m going to work every day about this.”

“We have unbelievable ways of shooting ourselves in the foot. It’s a blind panic at 2-1. Blind panic. You have to see it through … you have to see it through. And it’s not the first time it’s happened. It happened in pre-season: one punch and then another one. We can’t even put the shutters up after one goal, see out a little period. My God. I don’t know what to say. If it was out of character, or I didn’t see it coming … but I can’t lie. After the first one, a part of me could see it coming. We can’t walk them through it” – a clearly rattled Graham Alexander was at his wits’ end with his flaky MK Dons players after watching them ship two injury-time goals at home to Barrow in a 2-2 draw that left his side 16th in League Two. He needn’t worry, as they’re not his responsibility any more. He’s been flung through the door marked Do One after just 16 games in charge.

How real is the new era at Wrexham? It is a pertinent question, deserving of an honest answer, so Barney Ronay and Tom Jenkins went along.

Here’s Ewan Murray on how Steve Clarke got the best out of Scott McTominay and co to book a place for Scotland on the Euro Express.

Meet Jack Coles: the scout using Football Manager to find players for Guinea-Bissau.

Pakistan are heading home after eight years away and a bitter power struggle. Ed Aarons reports.

Former Sunderland chief suit Bob Murray tells Jonathan Wilson that the “whole fabric of football will disappear completely” as today’s owners’ motivations prioritise profit or propaganda. Jonathan has also filed on sweeper-keepers.

From Beth Mead’s return to five-star Manchester City via the Merseyside derby: all the talking points from the weekend WSL action.

Jack Snape traces Brian Kaltak’s unconventional journey from Vanuatu to the A-League.

And our European sports correspondent Nick Ames analyses the future of European football, arguing that “with the game at an inflection point there comes a warning that soon, its future is going to be pretty dark.”

Last Thursday we brought you an image of Scotland confirming qualification for the 1978 World Cup with a 2-0 win against Wales at Anfield in October 1977. Well, here’s the clean-up operation after the final whistle. Pomagne, Carlsberg, Skol, Smirnoff, Cointreau, Newcastle Brown, Gordon’s gin and a random shoe can be spotted among the litter in the Anfield Road End. What’s more, bottles had been banned.