Collapsed Bench Results in Greatest Team Photo Ever

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Sam Laird
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Collapsed Bench Results in Greatest Team Photo Ever
Credit: @teamthirtythree

Derry City FC is a pro soccer team in Ireland that just took possibly the most excellent team photo of all time -- completely by accident.

When the squad went to take its season group shot on Thursday, seven players and a coach were supposed to be sitting on a bench in the front row. When the bench collapsed, all eight fellas went sprawling -- just as the camera snapped away. The result is this all-time classic photo:

Bench collapses during @derrycityfc cup final photo, leads to best team shot ever. pic.twitter.com/tSMVlVbXwy— Newstalk's Team 33 (@teamthirtythree) October 17, 2014

That's right up there with this baseball picture in our Hilarious Sports Photo Hall of Fame. The team eventually regrouped for round 2, which came out like this:

@derrycityfc Derry City First Team Squad 2014 pic.twitter.com/bJW6zsTnBK— Kevin Morrison (@KMorrison810) October 16, 2014

Not nearly as cool.

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