Workman’s impromptu kickabout in Chesterfield garden caught on camera - including knee slide

A homeowner was left laughing after checking his Ring footage - to see a water company worker in his garden doing knee slides after scoring a goal in his son's footy net.

Josh Seward was at work when he received a text from his wife telling him to look at the video on an external camera at their home in Chesterfield.

The 37-year-old says he "genuinely couldn't stop laughing" when he saw the footage - which shows a Yorkshire Water worker having an impromptu kickabout on November 10.

The video shows the man, who Josh wants to keep anonymous, doing keepy-uppies with a ball in his garden before knocking it into an empty net - and launching into a knee slide.

He then collects the ball and does the same - performing a couple of keepy-uppies and even a 'round-the-world' trick before scoring another goal and celebrating.

Josh shared the video on X and tagged in Yorkshire Water but says he has "no issue" with the worker - and just wanted to showcase a funny clip.

Josh, an IT service management worker, said: “Me and my wife were both at work when it happened.

"She'd spotted what was going on through our Ring camera and text me laughing, saying ‘the water people are playing football and doing knee slides.’

“Obviously I had to have a look myself, so checked the footage and genuinely couldn't stop laughing.

“The football net belongs to our 10-year-old son, who's football mad, so it's always out in the garden. I think the bloke just spotted it and fancied having a go!

“I just thought it was really funny.

"It was the fact that he'd gone from doing his job to suddenly having a little kickabout in somebody else's garden, complete with goal celebrations, that made me laugh so much.”

Josh say both he and his wife have no issues with the worker having a bit of fun as the work - to repair a manhole cover - was completed.

Since posting the footage on social media it has gone viral, with loads of people weighing in on the topic.

Josh added: “Neither me nor my wife had any issue with it whatsoever.

"As far as I'm concerned, if the work's been done and everything's left as it should be, I couldn't care less if he has a little kickabout while he's there.

“I posted it on X because I thought a few people might find it funny. I certainly wasn't expecting the attention it's had!

“It's now approaching three million views, which is absolutely mental.

“The vast majority of people have found it funny, although I've also had a fair few calling me a grass and suggesting I'm trying to get him into trouble, which is ridiculous really.”

Yorkshire Water have also seen the funny side of the incident, replying to his post with “An around the world AND a manhole repair? Some serious skills there.”

Now, Josh is hoping to get in touch with the worker to let him know how funny he found the video.

He also tagged top footy sides Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona in his X post - in case any "scouts" want to take a look.