Crossword clues for own goal
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context sports English) A goal that results from a player putting the ball or puck into the goal of his or her own team; the resulting goal being scored for the opposition. 2 (context figuratively English) A blunder that damages one's own prospects.
WordNet
n. (soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending; "the own goal cost them the game"
Wikipedia
An own goal is when a player scores in their own team's net or scoring area, not the opposing team's, during sports games in which points-scored are referred to as "goals" (e.g., association football). An own goal is usually accidental, but is counted as a regular goal. It may result from an attempt at a defensive play that either failed or was unexpectedly intercepted by an opposing player. It is considered to be one of the more embarrassing blunders in all of sports.
In some parts of the world, the term has become a metaphor for any action that backfires on the person/group undertaking it, sometimes even carrying a sense of " poetic justice". During The Troubles, for instance, it acquired a specific metaphorical meaning: referring to an IED ( improvised explosive device) that detonated prematurely, killing the very person making or handling the bomb with the intent to harm only others. In February 1996, the death of Edward O'Brien in such an incident was followed by an article in The Independent entitled "Terrorists killed by their own devices".
Usage examples of "own goal".
All faces were now turned toward this puck, Danlo's and his hallmates', and, behind their own goal line, the tense faces of the Stone Row novices at the field's upper end.
Perhaps the magic came from the fact that each such contributor found, within the scope of Gene Rod-denberry's vision, room to insert his own fantasy passions into that remarkably intricate universe, room to create some segment of his own Goal Effect.
The crowd came to its feet, roaring, as Tom, five steps from his own goal line, tripped and fell headlong to the grass, putting him out of the first play.
But their time was running out and his fellow victims had gone, gone sooner than any historical schedule had promised, and they, the looters, were now left to face the undisguised reality of their own goal.
Defenders are famously quick to disclaim an own goal if it is possible, but the Everton centre-half, staggered by his opponent’.
In their hardness and durability, these plates are an insult to our own goal on this world, to be shriven down to innocence.
He had his own goal and knew, essentially, what he had to do to reach it.
They were the nomads of the inner lands and the off-worlders would have to transverse those in order to reach their own goal.
The military had persuaded Narmonov to remove it, as a precondition to its own goal of a truly professional force, loyal to the country and the new constitution.
My own goal for the journey, about which the President questioned me before my acceptance into the League, was a simple one, but many members of the League had set themselves goals which, although I respected, I could not fully understand.