Most people check their doorbell camera to see if a package showed up. Josh Seward checked his and found a soccer highlight reel.

Seward is a 37-year-old dad who lives in Chesterfield in the middle of England. He and his wife were both at work on Monday when she pinged him with a message. The water people were in the yard, she wrote. And they were playing football and doing knee slides.

He pulled up the footage. She was not exaggerating.

Keepy-ups then a knee slide

A worker from the local water company had come out to fix a manhole cover. Somewhere along the way he noticed the family's small soccer goal on the backyard turf. It belongs to their 10-year-old son, who is obsessed with the game, so it is always set up.

The worker could not resist. He juggled the ball a few times and slotted it into the empty net. Then instead of grabbing the ball and heading back to work he dropped into a full knee-slide celebration like he had just won a cup final.

One goal was not enough. He came back for an encore with more keepy-ups and an around-the-world trick before scoring again. Seward says he genuinely could not stop laughing.

No complaints from the homeowner

He posted the clip online and it raced toward three million views. Most people loved it. A few accused him of trying to get the man in trouble, which he says is ridiculous. The manhole was fixed and everything was left as it should be. As far as he is concerned the guy can have a kickabout any time.

The water company saw the funny side too. It replied that an around-the-world and a manhole repair on the same visit showed some serious skills.

Seward has not named the worker and now hopes to track him down to tell him how much joy he caused. Just in case any scouts were watching, he also tagged two of the biggest soccer clubs in Europe.