'I couldn't stop laughing after my wife told me to check our Ring doorbell'

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Josh Seward, a football-mad dad from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, was staggered at what his Ring doorbell captured in his family's garden — and has shared the footage on social media

A homeowner was left in stitches after checking his Ring camera footage and discovering a Yorkshire Water worker had turned his garden into a football pitch — complete with goal celebrations and knee slides.

Josh Seward was at work when his wife sent him a message urging him to check the footage from their home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

The 37-year-old said he "genuinely couldn't stop laughing" when he watched the video, which captured the worker enjoying an impromptu kickabout on November 10.

The footage shows the man, who Josh has chosen not to identify, showing off his keepy-uppy skills before slotting the ball into his son's empty football net.

But rather than simply retrieving the ball and getting back to work, he launched into an exuberant knee-slide celebration.

He then repeated the trick, this time performing a series of keepy-uppies and even a 'round-the-world' football skill before finding the back of the net once again.

Josh shared the footage on X and tagged Yorkshire Water, but insists he has no complaints about the worker and simply wanted to share an amusing moment.

The 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.

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