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unusual facts about goal-setting theory



1884–85 in English football

Note – Some sources credit England's third goal as a Joe Lofthouse goal, but match reports clearly state an Eames own goal.

1927 in association football

The goal was scored by Hughie Ferguson who was played by Gary Dobbs in the 2007 Welsh TV recreation of the famous match.

1936 Coupe de France Final

The 1936 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes on May 3, 1936, that saw RC Paris defeat FCO Charleville 1–0 thanks to a goal by Roger Couard.

2006 Miami Dolphins season

After a scoreless first quarter, Miami got on the board first with kicker Olindo Mare getting a 52-yard field goal, but the Texans got a field goal for themselves, as kicker Kris Brown got one from 32 yards out.

2011 A-League Grand Final

Roar captain, Matt McKay's lobbed pass to Jean Carlos Solórzano, whose first time chest control gave him space he needed to find a pass to Thomas Broich who set up Henrique to side-foot the ball into the Mariners' goal.

Adel Sellimi

But the Frenchman's replacement with Ammar Souayah coupled with the national team's goal drought brought about his recall.

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 2006

Freshford qualified for the final when sun blinded the Cashel goalkeeper, Jovita Delaney, enabling Imelda Kennedy’s speculative shot to drop under the bar for the only goal of the semi-final.

Andrei Zăgrean

He scored his first goal for Internațional on 13 December 2009 against Steaua Bucureşti making 2-2 on Ghencea.

Big Book

The Big Read, a 2003 survey carried out by the BBC, with the goal of finding the "Nation's Best-loved Book" by way of a viewer vote via the Web, SMS and telephone

Carlos Bueno

On the 15th he scored his first goal for the club, against Everton de Viña del Mar in a 5–1 success (also away), coming off the bench at Estadio Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso in Coquimbo; nine days later he also found the net against Oriente Petrolero of Bolivia, a in 2–2 home draw (2–3 aggregate loss).

Corner kick

Megan Rapinoe of the United States Women's National Soccer Team scored an Olympic goal direct from a corner kick in the semifinal match between the United States and Canada in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Dara Ó Cinnéide

The points kept coming from Ó Cinnéide's team and an injury-time Michael Conroy goal was nothing but a consolation for Mayo.

Estadio José Amalfitani

Vélez striker Juan José Ferraro scored the first goal in the stadium's history (the others were scored by Ángel Fernández for Vélez and Adolfo Pedernera twice for River).

French Impressionist Cinema

1 Others, namely Richard Abel, criticize these attempts and group the films and filmmakers more loosely, based on a common goal of “exploration of the process of representation and signification in narrative film discourse.” 2 Still others such as Dudley Andrew would struggle with awarding any credibility at all as “movement.” 3

Georgi Milanov

On 7 September 2012, Milanov scored his first international goal in a 2–2 home draw against Italy during 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying.

Harold Ray Wing

Hal became mayor of Springville in 1997 and was able to accomplish his goal of ridding Springville of its debt.

High School High

Jon Lovitz as Richard Clark, a naive Caucasian teacher whose main goal is to help underachieving students at Marion Berry High School succeed.

Humberto Suazo

In the 2nd leg, he made a pass for his colleague, Aldo de Nigris, and then scored a goal himself at injury

Jorge Manuel Guerreiro Soares

In 1996, Soares joined Benfica after he caught their attention in a late goal in 1995-96 season, appearing sporadically over the course of two seasons, partnering with Bermudez, Hélder, and Tahar.

José Orúe

After a loan to Barakaldo CF in the same region, in the second division, Orúe returned to Athletic to be an instrumental part of the sides that won one league and three Copa del Rey trophies in the 50's, including the double in the 1955–56 campaign, with the player contributing with 35 official games (one goal, in a 3–2 home win against Deportivo Alavés on 1 January 1956, his only as a professional).

Julio Gómez González

In the play that derived in the second goal for Mexico, an Olympic goal by Jonathan Espericueta, Gomez's head collided with Samed Yeşil's, after which he was left lying on the field, bleeding heavily.

Ken Birch

A tremendous display by Len Davies in goal kept City in the game, and after 25 minutes of the second half, Ellis headed the ball down into the path of McAllister who slotted the ball past Pontel in the Napoli goal.

L. D. Meyer

He kicked the winning field goal in the famous 3-2 TCU victory over LSU in the 1936 Sugar Bowl.

Livio José Bendaña

Nicknamed el Pollo (the Chicken), he made his professional debut for Diriangén on 8 March 1986 against Juventus Managua and scored his first goal against Real Estelí on 4 May that year.

Lucas Evangelista

Even in a crisis of club, the young praised his goal, dedicating it for his father (in Brazil, that day was Father's Day), Jesus.

Luke Jukulile

In Jukulile's short spell at Kaizer Chiefs he scored a goal in the CAF Confederation Cup final against Interclube and Patrick Mabedi scored an injury time penalty in the 2nd leg final which they won.

Mario Galinović

While at Kamen Ingrad, he also played in both of the club's two UEFA Cup matches against famous German club FC Schalke 04 in 2003, where they narrowly lost 1–0 on aggregate, conceding the only goal 14 minutes before the end of the second leg played in Gelsenkirchen.

Marlon Harewood

His next Villa goal did not come until October when he scored in a 1–1 draw with Litex Lovech in the UEFA Cup.

Massimo Colomba

On 26 April 2003 he scored his first and only goal for Aarau in the match against FC St. Gallen.

Meaningful play

In Rules of Play, Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman introduce meaningful play as the goal of successful game design.

Melody Fairchild

While failing to reach that lofty goal, she did finish 8th at the 2012 World Mountain Running Championships and winning the 2010 women's division of the running version of the Transrockies race.

Meni Levi

Levi scored his first goal in the Israeli Premier League on October 12, 2001; in the 90th minute of a match against Hapoel Petach Tikva in Bloomfield Stadium.

Neil Simpson

In 1982–83, he played in every one of the matches of the Dons’ 1983 European Cup Winners Cup campaign, scoring a goal in the 3–2 victory over FC Bayern Munich in the second leg of the quarter-finals and becoming one of the “Gothenburg Greats” who lifted the trophy after beating Real Madrid in the 1983 Final.

North Star Games

He fulfilled his lifelong goal of starting a board game company in 2003 while attending Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Operation Bürkl

The goal of the operation was to "liquidate" Franz Bürkl, a notorious Sicherheitspolizei officer who had been sentenced to death by the Polish Special Courts for the murder of at least several dozen people.

Paul Arriola

Arriola was a second-half substitute and assisted on Darío Benedetto's goal only four minutes after entering the match.

Ptah, the El Daoud

"Turiya", according to the liner notes, "was defined by Alice as 'a state of consciousness — the high state of Nirvana, the goal of human life", while "Ramakrishna" is named after the 19th-century Bengali religious figure; this track omits the horns.

Rafik Djebbour

His first European goal for Olympiakos came in a Champions League home win (3–1) against Borussia Dortmund.

Ron Blum

After Titans kicker Joe Nedney missed a short field goal, he was given another chance when Blum flagged Steelers cornerback Dewayne Washington for running into the kicker.

Rory Fallon

After originally representing England at youth level, he has been capped by New Zealand at international level and scored the goal that took them to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Rosenborg BK

Frazer Wright's goal earned the Scottish side a memorable 1-0 victory in Norway before fighting back from an early goal to draw 1-1 at home.

Strictly standardized mean difference

In an HTS assay, one primary goal is to select compounds with a desired size of inhibition or activation effect.

Sula Matovu

On 24 November 2012, Matovu scored his lraq-Kurdish league debut goal in the 7th min in the 3-2 win over Al Sulimaniya.

Tam McManus

McManus scored his first competitive goal for Derry City on 16 July 2009, in their Europa League Second Qualifying Round first leg match away to Latvian side Skonto FC in a 1–1 draw.

The Higher Learning Foundation

The Higher Learning Foundation was a public charity located in Washington, D.C. Its goal was to improve college achievement possibilities for graduates of the District of Columbia Public Schools system (DCPS).

Travis Varcoe

Varcoe played a critical role in delivering a handball to Paul Chapman late in the game which resulted in a brilliant Chapman goal giving Geelong a six point lead.

Tzykanisterion

According to John Kinnamos, the tzykanion was played by two teams on horseback, equipped with long sticks topped by nets, with which they tried to push an apple-sized leather ball into the opposite team's goal.

Walt Schmotolocha

That day, he scored a goal in the 61st minute of a 2-2 tie with Mexico in 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifier.

Women's association football

In 2000, during the Women's African Cup of Nations final, Nigeria scored a controversial goal that many felt was offside.

World Bowl IX

After both teams failed to score on either of their respective opening drives, the Thunder struck first with Scott Bentley getting four points on a 53-yard field goal.


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