We here at "If Selected..." always get pretty excited at the prospect of a committee: herds of ageing mandarins sitting around a large walnut table, discussing some vitally important administrative matters, and occasionally producing a voluminous report containing some 'recommendations'. So you can imagine the hiatus here at IS Towers when we learned about the existence of a 'Dubious Goals Committee' deep in the bowels of that most quango-obsessed of all organisations, the Football Association.

Our attention was drawn to this hitherto unheard-of (and frankly unlikely sounding) decision making body with the announcement that Mr Alan Shearer's winning goal in Newcastle's 4-3 defeat of Manchester United had been declared officially dubious. Apparently the FA Premiership Dubious Goals Committee was instructed to assemble, and within a couple of weeks had come to the decision that the Geordie has-been's strike should in fact be credited as an own goal scored by, who else, Brown.

So you can imagine our excitement when Paul Banoub duly obliged our red tape fantasies by claiming a dubious goal all of his own in Logica's defeat at the hands of Lillington this morning. Timing his run to perfection, Banoub latched on to a superb defence-splitting pass from Tim Wood and flicked the ball delicately wide of the onrushing keeper. As the ball bobbled on its way, a Lillington defender appeared from nowhere and sliced the ball into his own net in a somewhat botched attempt to clear.

Within seconds debate was raging as to the justified claimant of this goal. The Lillington man was not exactly rushing to get his name on the scoresheet, but some of Banoub's colleagues observed that the initial shot was going wide until the unfortunate defender's intervention. Some even claimed that the pace of the ball was such that it may not even have reached the goal-line of its own volition. The Logica number nine countered with the argument that his fine run deserved to be rewarded, and that, in his view, the shot was in fact goalbound.

Not really that interested in either sides' arguments, our thoughts were consumed with this scarcely believable opportunity to construct our very own Dubious Goals Committee. As one of the primary aims of any quango is to get as many people involved as possible with the express purpose of dragging out proceedings, we hereby formally invite all of you to join us on the Logica Dubious Goals Committee.

And, of course, the first questionable strike for your consideration is Noobie's notch against Lillington. In the absence of a large walnut table, we resort to the tried and trusted e-voting mechanism below. Simply select whether you consider the goal should be awarded to Banoub or the Lillington defender, using your expert skill and judgement and based loosely on the evidence presented above (unfortunately no video footage is available). When the DBG have completed their business, we will publish the result below. And once you've decreed on this strike, we've got a vast backlog of dubious Sidaway goals for you to start trawling through.

DUBIOUS OUTCOME

Here are the results of the vote on the dubiosity of Noobies notch:

Give it to Noobie! 46.67%
Its got to be an ownie! 53.33%

15 members of the Logica Dubious Goals Committee voted.

This live results summary was created using Perseus ExpressPoll.