Own goal
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own-goal-168-15151672
title:
Own goal
text:
An own goal occurs in sports when a player performs actions that result in scoring points for the opposition, such as when a footballer puts a ball into their own net. In some parts of the world, the term has become a metaphor for any action that backfires on the person or group undertaking it, sometimes even carrying a sense of "poetic justice". During The Troubles, for instance, it acquired a specific metaphorical meaning in Belfast, referring to an IED that detonated prematurely, killing the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Goal scored against a player's own team
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Own_goal
date created:
2003-11-26T14:33:29Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T06:06:41Z
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