'occasionally' you will hear the phrase 'in the stanchion', which basically means the top corner

most top football league goals don't have them anymore, they use a support pylon behind the goal and wiring for a nice square rigid netting, but they still use the phrase because that's what the English do, sentimentality, tradition and all that. You will also hear people refer to the post and bar as the woodwork, even though pretty much no goal frames are wood anymore

From wiki: In association football and other goal-based sports, horizontal or diagonal extensions to the goalposts that prevent the goalnet from drooping.

here's an example



example of Premier League and other top flight league goal netting



This post was edited by Marieusz on Dec 15 2015 09:09pm

Top right 90

the fuck is this?

Muricans

this.

In swedish: Kryssribban

Which basically translates to crossbar. This is familiar to me



But if not in the woodwork. Top right/left corner

This post was edited by ChingeR on Dec 16 2015 02:29am

Crossing or top corner IMO.

That's what I have heard from Fifa iirc

AFIK "Top corner" what is it in german? In dutch its "kruising" best explained as, where the bar and the post meet.

we just call it "winkel" or "kreuzeck".

"top corner" is what i'll probably use from now on but i also like the american term "upper 90", makes sense too.
marieusz' post about "in the stanchion" was also pretty informative and i'm pretty positive i've never heard it before - unlike the term "woodwork" which i actually use quite frequently myself.

anyway, glad i'm asked, thx again, guys...

90 degree angle hence upper/lower 90