A recent inquiry by a reader of The Guardian has sparked a collaborative effort among football fans to identify players who have scored goals in months that match their surnames. The project, which relies on reader submissions, seeks to document instances where a player's name aligns with the calendar month in which they find the back of the net.

One cited example is Birmingham City player August Priske, who scored a goal against Swansea during the League Cup match held on August 8. The project organizers have established strict criteria for inclusion, noting that they generally prefer exact spellings of month names. However, due to the limited number of surnames that directly translate to English months, some contributors have expanded the scope to include month names from other languages, such as 'Agosto.'

While the list is intended to be comprehensive, it remains an informal collection of anecdotal evidence provided by the public rather than a verified statistical database. The collection process highlights the intersection of linguistic trivia and sports history, as fans continue to search through historical match records to fill in the remaining months of the year. The Guardian reports that readers have successfully identified examples for nearly every month, though the accuracy of these claims depends on the specific naming conventions and language variations accepted by the contributors.