Talk:Golden goal

Who scored the first golden goal in worldcup history

• France (against Paraguay, in 1998). Kinitawowi 08:28, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)

Question

Can anyone please tell me why FIFA is abandoning the golden and silver goal format?

I wondered that too.."The important thing was to have clarity and to have a single method to determine the outcome of a match. The question was, where would we draw the line? Would there later be a bronze goal and then something else?" http://www.fifa.com/en/news/feature/0,1451,74458,00.html -- Paul 18:35, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Article says it all: horrendously unpopular, confusing to have more than one way to play extra time (I refereed a game once where one team was convinced it was golden goal and the other was convinced it was silver goal because they'd both seen it on the telly, when the competition rules said vanilla 30 minutes), etc... Hig Hertenfleurst 23:13, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Shouldn't there be a mention as to why the goal is called 'Golden' in the first place? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.230.205.47 (talk • contribs) 23 Sept 2005.

I read that the powers that be did not like the negative perception of the term "sudden death" that is popular in other sports. --mnw2000

Perhaps; do you have a reference as to why it is? --Daveb 07:58, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

I am trying to establish the quickest golden Goal. I witnessed one after 15 seconds at Brentford FC. Any faster one known? Baldy1952 (talk) 14:33, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

- On the main page it says: 'It is a type of sudden death'. I don't agree with that or am I wrong? -

Removed from the Law?

Are you sure Golden and Silver goal procedures were ever part of the Law of the Game? I thought they were part of the competition regulation, but not from the Law itself?

Other methods

Is it right, that football matches used to be ended with a golden goal without a time limit? Does anyone know any more about that?

Certainly never in soccer. In American football they used to have sudden death without a time limit Dankru 22:26, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

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Why the heck did they abolish Golden Goal in football (soccer)??

• 2002 World Cup (with golden goal). 3 matches decided in extra time. 2 matches decided by a penalty shootout.
• 2006 World Cup (with no golden goal). 2 matches decided in extra time. 4 matches (including the final) decided by a penalty shootout.

The same pattern holds if you look at a wider range of tournaments, including the UEFA cup. Golden goal is significantly more successful in getting a result in extra time and avoiding penalties. Surely it's better to decide a match by a golden goal than a penalty shootout? Idiots. Grover cleveland (talk) 05:43, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Merge article Silver goal into Golden goal

Disagree Having the Silver goal article separate is the most appropriate, as it is not the same as the Golden goal concept. 24.63.105.208 (talk) 15:27, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Agree Golden goals and silver goals are similar concepts and were introduced around the same time in association football (soccer). Silver goals can just be a separate section within the article. Both articles need some work anyway, especially the silver goal article. 11:47, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Agree this should be merged --Pretty Green (talk) 09:18, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Historical Context

There is an instance of a golden goal being scored in a Youdan Cup tie of 1867 that predates the one scored by The Wednesday in the Cromwell Cup final by nearly a year. It was reported in the Sheffield Independent of 26/03/1867 that the Youdan Cup second round tie between Norfolk Park and Broomhall on 23/02/1867 went to extra-time. The tie was won by Norfolk who managed to 'kick a goal' within two minutes of the restart. see here Youdan Cup - The World's First Football Trophy Tuskom (talk) 16:51, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Merge?

There’s some duplicate material; golden goal is essentially synonymous with sudden death. —Wiki Wikardo 14:58, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Mild Disagree I agree that golden goal isn't so much a type of sudden death as a synonym applied to certain sports. However, there are other articles of the same ilk (e.g. Golden point), and the article on silver goal was merged with golden goal, despite their being two different concepts (the silver goal one being VERY different from either golden goal or sudden death). My view:

• If this article is kept (implying golden goal is a type of sudden death), gridiron football references should be eliminated from this article (it doesn't even have the concept of goals, the method used ISN'T actually the same as golden goal in any league currently, and is well-covered by the article on sudden death). Possibly, NHL references and any other sports where the term "golden goal" is not used should also be eliminated, though in these cases you could at least argue that the rule is the same as the defunct association football golden goal. In this case the current small reference to silver goal in the golden goal article is probably fine as-is.

• If this article is merged, other references to sudden death that are less common or are "types" (e.g. Golden Point) should also be merged. However, silver goal (which has nothing to do with sudden death at all) should then probably be given its own article.

Liam3851 (talk) 16:11, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Baseball

The inclusion of baseball in this article seems tenuous at best. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bcostley (talk • contribs) 01:33, 20 January 2022 (UTC)