goal difference noun

The difference between the number of goals scored by a football, etc team and the number of those scored against them during a season, used as a factor in deciding league positions

goalˈkeeper noun

A player whose task is to defend the goal (informal goalˈie)

goal'keeping noun

goal kick noun

1. A free kick awarded to a defending player when an opponent has sent the ball over the goal line but not between the posts (football)
2. An attempt to kick a goal (rugby)

goalˈkicker noun

A player who kicks a goal, or takes a goal kick

goalˈkicking noun

goal line noun

The boundary marking each end of the field, on which the goals are situated

goalˈmouth noun

The space between the goalposts and immediately in front of the goal

goalˈpost noun

One of the upright posts forming the goal

goal'scorer noun (football)

A player who scores goals, esp regularly

goalˈ-tender noun

(in some games, esp ice-hockey) a goalkeeper

goalˈ-tending noun

1. The practice of being a goal-tender
2. In basketball, the illegal touching of the ball on its downward trajectory towards the basket

change, move or shift the goalposts

To alter the rules of a game, conditions of an agreement, etc unfairly after proceedings have begun, or the agreement has been entered into

own goal

1. A goal scored against one's own side by a player from one's own team
2. Any self-inflicted disadvantage