The locations of some of the greatest goals are identifiable not by the players who scored them, but the nets the ball ended up in
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
UEFA Champions League - FC Schalke 04
You may have read references on this site comparing the goal nets of today to trampolines, but it's a metaphor to describe nets stretched square and so taut they cannot retain the ball. No club actually installed trampolines for goal nets. Except Schalke...
In the mid 70's they rigged a system to suspend the goal nets at the Parkstadion by installing a full goal-sized frame behind the goals and attaching the nets to the frame with trampoline springs.
You can guess at the aesthetic affect...
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