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dub3's pixel tribute to goal.com in 2009: a Modern-era sports site
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2009 page

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goal.com (2009)

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Cost
3 RAM
Power
5
Rarity
Rare
Family
Media
Era
Modern (2009 on)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: +2 Power to the next card you play.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 3 RAM to play and brings 5 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Media cards broadcast Power to your other lanes.

The site, in 2009

A football news website covering the international game, published in 18 languages.

Its Goal 50 ranks the season's best players and its NXGN list picks out the best under-19s. By mid-2023 it was the fifth most popular sports news site in the UK, with 1.5 million monthly British readers.

In 2009: Its yearly Goal 50 ranking of the season's best players had been running since the 2007-08 season.

Modern era, 2009 on. Phones, feeds and cookie banners. The web got fast, flat and very sure about notifications.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2009 page.

Put it on your site

Run goal.com, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:

goal.com is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2009, then plays a short scene. Want goal.com in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.

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