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QUICK FACT: Where did the phrase “score a goal” come from?

January 8, 2009 | The Beautiful Game | Add a comment

Did you know that small marks were made on the post to keep track of the number of goals? Every time a goal was conceded, a small nick was made into the post. So literally, a goal was “scored” onto the post, hence the phrase “to score a goal“!

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Ah! I didn’t know that!!

On January 12, 2009 Mike V said

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