Football game

A method of playing a football game, comprising the steps of:

• (a) erecting two collapsible goals having a net attached to a frame defining a goal mouth, the goals being spaced apart and facing each other;
• (b) selecting two teams having two players per team;
• (c) playing a round in which a player from each team stands at one of the two goals and makes two throws of a football at the other goal;
• (d) awarding points according to a differential in throws resulting in the ball lodging in the net, including awarding one point for a differential of, one and three points for a differential of two;
• (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) until one of the two teams accumulates a point total equal to an agreed point total;
• and
• (f) declaring the team accumulating the agreed point total winner of the game.

A collapsible goal for a football game, comprising:

• a pair of parallel base legs and a bight connecting the two base legs, defining a U-shaped base;
• a U-shaped goal frame having a pair of parallel legs and a top crossbar joining the legs, the legs of the goal frame being pivotally attached to the legs of the base;
• a second crossbar spanning the legs of the goal frame, the top crossbar, the second crossbar, and the legs of the goal frame defining a goalmouth;
• a net having a closed end and an open end attached to the goal mouth;
• and
• a support bar pivotally attached to the bight of the base, the support bar being removably fastened to the top crossbar in order to prop the goal frame up for use as a goal, the support bar and the goal frame being pivoted against the base in order to collapse the goal for storage and transport.