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  2. List of highest-scoring Premier League matches - Wikipedia

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    The only other team to have scored nine times in a match are Tottenham Hotspur, in their 9–1 victory over Wigan Athletic at White Hart Lane on 22 November 2009. This game boasts the record of total number of goals scored in one half of Premier League football (nine), and by one team in one half of Premier League football (eight, by Tottenham).

  3. Away goals rule - Wikipedia

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    Away goals rule. The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" win the tiebreaker.

  4. 1973–74 in English football - Wikipedia

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    The 1973–74 season was the 94th season of competitive football in England. Leeds United became league champions for the second time, finishing five points ahead of runners-up Liverpool in the First Division. Middlesbrough, Oldham Athletic and Peterborough United won the Second, Third and Fourth Divisions, respectively.

  5. The hand of God - Wikipedia

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    t. e. " The hand of God " ( Spanish: La mano de Dios) was a goal scored by Argentine footballer Diego Maradona during the Argentina v England quarter finals match of the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The goal was illegal under association football rules because Maradona used his hand to score. The referees did not have a clear view of the play and ...

  6. Glossary of association football terms - Wikipedia

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    Hand of God – Diego Maradona's first goal against England in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, which he scored by using his hand. [172] Hang up one's boots – to retire from football [173] Hard man – a player noted for his aggressive style of play, especially for strong tackles. [174] [175] [176] Hat-trick – when a player scores three goals in a ...

  7. Fastest goals in association football - Wikipedia

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    2.1 sec [3] [4] This match was a junior (non-league) match involving two teams from the West of Scotland Super League First Division in Scottish football. Distance from the halfway line was approximately 46 metres. 2 Vuk Bakic 2012 GSP Polet v FK Dorćol: 4–1 2.2 sec [5] [6] This match was a junior match of the Serbian 2. League.

  8. Grandstand (TV programme) - Wikipedia

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    Grandstand was the former flagship sports programme of the British Broadcasting Corporation which was broadcast on Saturday afternoons on BBC1 between 1958 and 2007, and from 1981 on Sunday afternoons as Sunday Grandstand on BBC2, although until 1998 the Sunday edition aired only during the summer. The last editions of Grandstand and Sunday ...

  9. Two-point conversion - Wikipedia

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    In gridiron football, a two-point conversion or two-point convert is a play a team attempts instead of kicking a one-point conversion immediately after it scores a touchdown. In a two-point conversion attempt, the team that just scored must run a play from scrimmage close to the opponent's goal line and advance the ball across the goal line in the same manner as if they were scoring a touchdown.