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golden goal, n.
Brit. |ˌgəʊld(ə)n ˈgəʊl|, U.S. |ˌgoʊldən ˈgoʊl|
[‹ golden adj. + goal n.]
1. An ultimate or much-longed-for aim or result (freq. one involving the accumulation of wealth).
1831C. I. Johnstone Lives & Voy. Drake, Cavendish, & Dampier (1864) iii. 88 When the wind slackened [the ship] was towed on by the boats, each man straining to reach the golden goal. 1844Southern Lit. Messenger 10 246/1 Some soul Who seeks, with trust in truth, Fame's golden goal. 1897E. Hodges Cabots & Discov. Amer. 19 They had not found the golden goal of Cathay. 1942Sociometry 5 p. xxxviii, Universal predictive generalization—the golden goal of all natural science. 1978Forbes (Nexis) 3 Apr. 79 The golden goal in the business is to make money on underwriting alone. 1996Pentimenta Winter 5/2 My family..did not want to be perceived by the world as different. Sameness was the golden goal that fueled all their interactions.
2. Sport (orig. and esp. Association Football).
a. A particularly outstanding or memorable goal.
Now rare, due the predominance of sense 2c.
1957J. Milburn Golden Goals i. 16 It was to prove counsel which brought me golden goals at Wembley. 1986Times 26 May 26/8 John Barnes..destined always to be remembered for his golden goal in Brazil two years ago. 1997People (Electronic ed.) 27 Apr. The West Indian wizard hit the golden goal that sealed the Super Reds' place in the big time. Danny Wilson's boys were clinging on to a narrow one-goal lead..then supersub Marcelle hit the jackpot.
b. Brit. At certain Association Football grounds: a type of lottery won by spectators holding tickets printed with the time (usually in minutes and seconds) elapsed between the kick-off and the first goal (or occas. the first by the home team). Usu. attrib., in golden goal lottery, golden goal ticket.
1976A. Nickolds & S. Hey ‘Foul’ Bk. Football i. 85/2 At the interval, the time of Liverpool's first goal is announced. This is part of the ‘Golden Goal Ticket’ ceremony. 1991Daily Tel. (Nexis) 4 Dec. 38 The PA announcer had suggested just before the kick-off that ‘spot the ball’ tickets would be more appropriate than the ‘golden goal’ lottery. 1993Sunday Times (Nexis) 12 Dec. The Golden Goal, where you bought a ticket for 10p as you entered and if your ticket had the exact time of the first goal on it you won {pstlg}50. 1998Northern Echo (Electronic ed.) 17 Nov. The League chairman's golden goal ticket was 90.
c. In some competitions: a goal scored during extra time, which ends the match and gives victory to the scoring side; the method of deciding drawn games which involves playing for such a goal.
First introduced into international Association Football in the European championships of 1996.
1994Daily Mirror (Nexis) 19 July 31 FIFA general secretary Sepp Blatter said yesterday that a system of sudden-death would be introduced in extra-time, with a goal—the ‘golden goal’—ending the match. 1994Times (Nexis) 1 Dec. Huddersfield Town made a little bit of football history when they became the first team to win a cup-tie with a ‘golden goal’ in sudden-death extra time. 1996Independent 19 Aug. s20/6 Ali Raza, Pakistan's full back, made hockey history in the final of the Volvo Masters Four Nations Junior Tournament in Vught when he scored hockey's first ‘golden’ goal nine minutes into extra time. 2000Tuam (Co. Galway) Herald & Western Advertiser 8 July 25/4 It is a bit like the ‘golden goal’ but it was very tough on the [golf] team. |