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  • "The crowd got nervous and the players got very nervous," admitted Irvine, who at half-time challenged his players to demand possession and saw them win the game through Lewis Buxton's back-post header from a corner soon afterwards.

    Sheffield Wednesday are daring to dream after years of lean Mark Tallentire at Hillsborough 2010

  • In the second half German Denis halved the deficit with a back-post header from a well-worked corner on 48 minutes.

    Internazionale 0-3 Napoli | La Liga match report 2011

  • The ergonomic little back-post is located amidst plenty of green, has a tiny pathway and a few step leading up to it — that invites into a contemporary setting crafted out of wood, glass and concrete.

    Horizontal Space House in Cuneo, Italy 2009

  • A second soft goal within 90 seconds, Thomas Vermaelen's innocuous back-post header, doubled the advantage and Wigan's exposed net invited Gervinho and Van Persie.

    Arsène Wenger full of praise for Robin van Persie's annus mirabilis 2011

  • Since I haven't been doing this long, I'll back-post my selections.

    Archive 2006-02-01 2006

  • Since I haven't been doing this long, I'll back-post my selections.

    Tuning in 2006

  • After the break, James Morrison tapped in from close range, but Gary Taylor-Fletcher's back-post shot looked to have earned the Tangerines a point.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Teresa Noyola scored on a back-post header in the 94th minute to give top-ranked Stanford a 1-0 overtime victory over host Washington 5-4-3, 0-2-1 in the Pac-12.

    SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Staff 2011

  • The home side were on top and burly forward Parkin was next to have an effort with a back-post header from Taylor's cross - but again the effort was comfortably saved by

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • A dream start for the ex-Birmingham midfielder, who scored an early contender for goal of the season with a stunning back-post volley.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

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