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Definition of Own goal
1. Noun. (soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending. "The own goal cost them the game"
Definition of Own goal
1. Noun. (football) A goal that results from a player putting the ball into his own goal; the resulting goal being scored for the opposition. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) A blunder that damages one's own prospects. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Own Goal
Literary usage of Own goal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tribune Book of Open-air Sports by Ottmar Mergenthaler, Henry Hall (1887)
"If any player, guarding his own goal, receives the ball from his own ... At a
kick-out, the opponents must be on the 25-yard line, or nearer their own goal. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"... unless there are at least three of his opponents nearer their own goal-line.
No player can be offside when within his own half of the ground. GLOSSARY. ..."
3. Athletics and Football by Montague Shearman (1887)
"No player can be off side in his own goal.. 22. Every player when off side is
out of the game and shall not touch the ball in any case whatever, ..."
4. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1909)
"In returning home after such a run, a player may be tagged by any opponent who
left his own goal after the runner left his own goal (not the enemy's goal), ..."
5. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1909)
"In returning home after such a run, a player may be tagged by any opponent who
left his own goal after the runner left his own goal (not the enemy's goal), ..."
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