What has already been a bizarre season in the Premier League was topped off last Sunday with the extraordinary last-gasp headed goal by Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker against West Bromwich which may have clinched a Champions League place for the Reds.
A familiar sight in football these days is that of a goalie running up to the other end of the pitch in dying seconds in the hope of grabbing a desperate equaliser or winner from a corner or free-kick.
Most keepers fancy themselves as strikers, but rarely show that magical scoring touch. More often than not the outcome is the highly entertaining scene of the goalie sprinting back to his own area to prevent himself conceding a very soft goal.
Very occasionally it works however, as witnessed by Alisson's heroics at The Hawthorns.
It was a fine header too by the Brazilian and no fluke. It was true fairytale stuff and TV commentator Jim Proudfoot was almost speechless before blurting out: "Just when you think you've seen it all…"
Anyone who witnessed it would have experienced the same reaction. Inevitably we were treated to "Alisson Wonderland" time and time again.
It was the sixth goal scored by a keeper in the Premier League and the first header.
It was hugely emotional too, Alisson having lost his father in February and he dedicated the goal to his late dad. It importantly also gave Liverpool a good chance of finishing in the top four.
The honour of the first goal to be scored by a goalkeeper in the Premier League goes to Peter Schmeichel when he was playing for Aston Villa against Everton in 2001.
Schmeichel volleyed home a late goal at Goodison Park, but Everton still went on to win 2-1.
Other goalies who have scored in the Premier League are Brad Friedel (Blackburn), Paul Robinson (Spurs), Tim Howard (Everton) and Asmir Begovic (Stoke). But none had quite the impact of Alisson's goal.
Older fans might remember the 1965 Charity Shield at Old Trafford when Pat Jennings' huge punt caught the wind and the bounce totally deceived United goalkeeper Alex Stepney, bouncing over his head into the goal.
Before Alisson's heroics, you have to go to the lower leagues for the most meaningful goal by a custodian.
In 1999, struggling Carlisle United went to Plymouth Argyle in what was then Division 3, knowing they would drop out of the Football League if they didn't win.
The game had gone into injury time and with the score 1-1 Carlisle looked doomed.
With just 10 seconds of injury time left, Carlisle goalie Jimmy Glass, on loan from Swindon, came up for a corner.
With the last kick of the game, he banged the ball home to save Carlisle and send Scarborough Town down to the Conference.
It has rightly become part of football folklore, with an ecstatic Carlisle chairman Michael Knighton coming out with the immortal line: "If that's not entertainment, then I'm a banana."
Despite his heroics with Carlisle, the goalkeeper's fame turned out to be fleeting and a few years later he was driving a taxi in Dorset.
It was way back in August 1962 that as a teenage spectator at Reading's old Elm Park ground that I witnessed for the first time a professional goalkeeper score from open play.
It was admittedly in very different circumstances to Alisson.
The hosts were playing Halifax Town in a Division 3 encounter and during the first half, Reading goalkeeper Arthur Wilkie injured his hand while making a save and couldn't carry on between the sticks.
It was in the days before substitutes, so one of the defenders took over the goalkeeping duties and Wilkie, rather than leaving the team with 10 men, was put on the right wing, the traditional position for injured players in those days.
Amazingly Wilkie went on to score two goals in the second half as Reading beat Halifax 4-2.
They were good goals too, not tap-ins and I can remember cheering my head off on the South Bank terrace along with the other 5,000 fans in the ground. I have not witnessed a keeper score twice since.
Back to the present. Alisson is a rare breed and his goal will never be forgotten. However, one suspects that most fans in the 92 clubs of the Football League will still settle for a goalie who saves goals rather than scores them.