Stunning brace from Alfie May includes halfway line volley and absolute rocket at Peterborough

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A stunning brace from Alfie May includes an outstanding halfway line volley and an absolute rocket at Peterborough United on Saturday.

The Robins picked up a 3-0 victory at Peterborough, but was helped by Alfie May who is the talk of many fans on social media.

May scored an amazing first goal with a volley at the halfway line, making it 2-0 after 21 minutes. He then added another one from the box’s edge to complete the scoring just 16 minutes later.

Cheltenham broke the deadlock in the 15th minute after Will Ferry’s corner was converted by Tom Bradbury.

May no doubt had some home fans applauding after he smashed the ball following a throw in and flick-on.

Peterborough’s boss Darren Ferguson made a double substitution immediately and skipper Jonson Harries had the ball in the net just before half time but the offside flag was raised.

May unleashed a powerful shot for his second goal – his 50th EFL score for the club. Just have a watch of these…

Goal of the season?! 🤯🤯🤯

Alfie May scored this INCREDIBLE volley from the halfway line for Cheltenham Town!! pic.twitter.com/1daWjx0bwI

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) March 11, 2023

Out of words for how good Alfie May is.#ctfc pic.twitter.com/wISgFLewL4

— Edward Walker (@edward_w97) March 11, 2023

His former manager at Doncaster Rovers Darren Ferguson has just interrupted Alfie May’s post-match interview by patting him on the head and saying “little s***!” The two are clearly still very close #ctfc

— Jon Palmer (@JonPalmerSport) March 11, 2023

Alfie May: “If that doesn’t win goal of the season I’ll be fuming.” #ctfc

— Jon Palmer (@JonPalmerSport) March 11, 2023

When asked ‘Is that the best performance from your team this season?’, Cheltenham head boss Wade Elliott said, as per Gloucestershire Live: “First and foremost, from the dressing room we’d like to dedicate it to Alby Coates who passed away on Friday. A lot of people around the football club will know him and he’s probably been a fan longer than I’ve been alive. Hopefully he’s watching on from somewhere and that’s pleased him as much as it’s pleased us. Over 90 minutes it probably is our best performance, yes. Loads of aspects that are really pleasing. Good performance, defensively really solid, played some really good football on transitions. I said to them in the week it was an opportunity to show from the start of the season to now, where we’ve come from. I’ve said all along it’s a young group, it’s a process and I believe we are improving. We were 2-0 up against them in the home game and after half-time, we didn’t manage the game anywhere near as well as we did today, so that’s an indication of the growth we’ve shown over seven or eight months.”

On Alfie May, reaching 50 EFL goals for the club, and being the talisman and the heartbeat of the club hasn’t he, he replied: “Alfie is a special player and the two goals are top drawer. You talk about him being the talisman of the club and you’d never take goals like that for granted, but his workrate epitomised the collective effort. He’s infectious and when he plays with that enthusiasm and spark, it transmits through to everybody.”

On his first goal: “It was a hell of a finish. Even the touch to set it up, not just the finish. I was watching it bounce and I was worried it was going to bounce any other way, but that would have been a travesty.”

On his second goal: “Yes, a great finish and I felt we deserved it. It was well-earned. You know they are going to chuck everything at you, but we managed it, dealt with it and when we got our moments, we were clinical.”

👏 A message our goal machine @alfiemay #ctfc pic.twitter.com/OlKmDdS4JY

— Cheltenham Town (@CTFCofficial) March 11, 2023

Peterborough United boss Darren Ferguson said as per Peterborough Telegraph: “The warm-up was awful and they got warned by myself and Jonno.

“I warned them yesterday about any complacency and that it will be a lot tougher game than recently as you have got to get yourself up for it. We were way off it, the players were unprofessional.

This is what fans had to say on a stunning brace from Alfie May includes a halfway line volley and one hell of an absolute rocket at Peterborough…

@dermieflood: Good goal but the keeper is running in porridge

@GeorgeClements0: What a player

@Kozzy78: Beckham scores this and they never stop talking about it….. #CTFC

@Tonyrussell78: @alfiemay that’s silly mate 🤣👌

@JamiePettett: Wow @alfiemay take a bow 👏

@TB_1887CTFC: Alfie May is genuinely phenomenal 🚀

@GrantR1310: Shit me that’s some finish

@tyler_bfc: Alfie May is decent

@Abi_ctfc: Our little magician 🪄

@SfcBxn: This bloke is genuinely insane, his reel of goals are literally some of the best you’ll ever see

@DeresFan: Stop that, @alfiemay!!! Outrageous simply outrageous!!!