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History of Goalnets
It's
in the net
What finer sight is there than the ripple of the net as a goal is scored?
Even the sound of the leather skimming across the nylon is tantalising.
Yet, when football was first played, there were no nets. This led to
arguments as to whether a goal had been scored or not, until a Liverpool
engineer, John Alexander Brodie, decided to design 'a huge pocket' for the
goal.
The world's first footballer ever to 'put the ball in back of the net' was
Geary of Everton, at a trial game in Nottingham, England, in January 1891.
The referee that day, incidentally, was Sam Widdowson, the man who
invented shinpads.
Brodie went on to develop several other inventions and complete
engineering works across Britain, Spain and India. But he always said that
goalnets were his finest achievement. And who are we to disagree?
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