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Originally Posted by voiceoflg
My guess to mimic the rugby goalposts, which are 5.6 meters/220 inches/18feet 4 inches.
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When they were measured English style, they were 18'6". That's the mystery I've never found an answer to, i.e. how that came about. Apparently it arose on Rugby's campus, there being no standard width of goal previously.
The 23'4" version there's actually a story about. John Waldorf wrote that the committee had already adjourned after making it 24' even, but a lumberman asked what they were going to use for boards. Supposedly 24' was the maximum length, but they had to allow for overlap to nail them together. So they hastily reconvened a quorum to allow 4" overlap with the 4" wide boards on each post. I'm skeptical; how'd they make 25' wide soccer goals?