NOT KNOWN FACTUAL STATEMENTS ABOUT FOOTBALL

The 1st references to goals are within the late 16th and early 17th centuries. In 1584 and 1602 respectively, John Norden and Richard Carew referred to "aims" in Cornish hurling. Carew explained how aims ended up made: "they pitch two bushes in the bottom, some 8 or ten foote asunder; and directly in opposition to them, 10 or twelue [twelve] rating