NOT KNOWN FACTS ABOUT FOOTBALL

The first references to objectives are while in the late 16th and early 17th generations. In 1584 and 1602 respectively, John Norden and Richard Carew referred to "aims" in Cornish hurling. Carew described how plans were being manufactured: "they pitch two bushes in the ground, some 8 or 10 foote asunder; and right towards them, ten or twelue [twel