The Goal of the Year is a competition for the best goals kicked in the Australian Football League. It is run in conjunction with the Mark of the Year competition. Competition is the act of striving against another force for the purpose of achieving dominance or attaining a reward or goal, or out of a biological imperative such as survival. ... In Association Football (soccer), the word goal refers to both the result of a score and the physical structure that defines when a score has occurred. ... Kicking is a method used by many types of football, including: football (soccer) Australian rules football International rules football American football Canadian football Gaelic football Rugby League Rugby Union List of common kicking styles Grubber kick - rugby league, rugby union, Australian rules football Bomb kick - rugby league, Australian Rules football... This is a page about the national league in Australian rules football. ... Luke McPharlins Mark of the Year 2005. ... Competition is the act of striving against another force for the purpose of achieving dominance or attaining a reward or goal, or out of a biological imperative such as survival. ...

Each week, three of the best goals of the round (including the finals) are selected as nominees. A panel of AFL selectors choose the winning goal of the round. For the first time in 2006, the general public are able to vote for nominated marks via the AFL's website. The results of the public voting are combined with the panel's votes. Any one of the goals of the round is able to win the official Goal of the Year. In Association Football (soccer), the word goal refers to both the result of a score and the physical structure that defines when a score has occurred. ...

Many of the best goals in the VFL/AFL were featured in a VHS/DVD named Golden Goals. Top view VHS cassette with U.S. 25c coin for scale Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS or simply as Video, is a recording and playing standard for video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by JVC (with some... DVD-R writing/reading side DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...

History of the Goal of the Year

AFL Goal of the Year Winners

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External Links

• AFL Goal of the Year competition