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Own goal

noun

(soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending.

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"Own goal" Quotes from Famous Books

... is when a little shaver comes in and uses his head. Now, you're not going to win this game, but by the Almighty you're going out there and going to hold that Andover team! You've got the wind against you; you've got everything against you; you've got to fight on your own goal line, not once, but twenty times. But you've got to hold 'em; you're going to make good; you're going to wipe out that disgraceful, cowardly first half! You're going out there to stand those fellows off! You're going to make the school cheer for you again as though they believed in ...

— The Varmint • Owen Johnson

Words linked to "Own goal" : goal, soccer, association football